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Samyang FE 35mm f/2.8 AF : Specifications and Opinions



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avatarjunior
sent on 08 Ottobre 2021

Pros: Size, Weight, Image quality in the type of photograph for which it was designed

Cons: Considering the type of use I would say nothing.

Opinion: I pretty much said it all about pros and cons. I believe that when we talk about this lens we must evaluate it according to its use. it is clear that it cannot be used in portraits of a certain level. Equally clear is the fact that it is not a suitable optics for sport. This is a perspective dedicated to street and reportage. Mounted in an a7 it seems to have a fuji x100f in your hand as it is small. Put around the neck you can go around the city or you can take it on a trip without ever feeling the weight. It will also give very little in the eye so you can shoot much more easily without the subject noticing. Personally I always carry it behind, together with the 24mm f2.8 (which unfortunately I sold) they make a fantastic travel-street pair. I took a trip to Tokyo and shooting all day with these optics around my neck was really enjoyable. I also used it in some weddings, clearly for fun during lunch and it was just as pleasant allowing me to take home absolutely usable photos. Among other things, the image quality is good, so much so that printed there will be no great differences with more expensive optics. The hood is small, it mounts very well and above all makes the lens even more anonymous because it covers most of the writings on the front. In short, if you are looking for a light, cheap, small but quality lens for reportage and travel, this is the perfect one.

avatarjunior
sent on 06 Marzo 2021

Pros: Lightness, compactness, cost

Cons: Nobody

Opinion: If you buy this lens you already know that you can not have big pretensions. I have been owning it for a year, after buying my first Sony I could not afford an expensive lens and being new to Sony I needed more time to correctly choose the goals that would be part of my kit. I have not had some expectations, as it is a basic objective and for what it costs you know that it cannot be considered in your kit. Yet it surprised me after the first test shots, on a portrait level you get a bokeh not bad and you can also get a good detachment between the subject and the background. It has a good color rendering, does a bit of vignetting at the corners but is easily removable in post production. I still own it today and use it for travel or when I go around without weighing myself down too much.

avatarjunior
sent on 25 Giugno 2020

Pros: Small, easily transportable, price,

Cons: Autofocus not very precise, plastic, not trpicalized,

Opinion: A lens that offers discreet results, not excellent, but considering the price you can not ask miracles. It vignettes enough at the maximum opening, to gradually shrink when the diaphragm closes. Autofocus a little dancer and not quite precise, but overall enough. The market offers better but not at this price. So considering the pros and cons a vote that is more than sufficient.

avatarjunior
sent on 06 Gennaio 2020

Pros: Excellent definition in the middle, good at the edges, even from the most open diaphragms. Lightness and size, good autofocus, price.

Cons: Looks like a toy.

Opinion: Bought second-hand with just under a year to use it on a Sony A7S and replace the 28 70 in kit. For what it costs also new is definitely a lens to have in the kit. The 35 is a bit of an all-rounder lens for light and thoughtful exits. Excellent definition in the middle and good at the edges even at 2.8, good autofocus even if not excellent on the old A7s, with some in low light or "problematic" backgrounds. It looks like a toy but works as a lens of size and especially significantly higher costs. Purchase recommended. Overall it deserves a 10

avatarsenior
sent on 02 Gennaio 2020

Pros: Great performance, amazing if you refer to the price. Featherweight and compact size.

Cons: Ability to upgrade the FW only via dock, sold separately at 60 euros.

Opinion: Taken to have a compact lens to mount on my A7II, for "light" outputs, without having to load the heavy duffel bag. Optical yield really great, considering the price (240 euros) and the light construction (plastic leg), although accurate. The brightness of 2.8, is acceptable for almost all situations, the focus works regularly, let's say that once mounted you want to leave it fixed. The alternative, except for the ultraluminous and bulky 35, is the 35 2.8 Zeiss, which does pretty much the same job, but costs three times. The only small defect I found using AFC: the A7II, if set to AFC, with diaphragm f 9 or more closed, passes in AFS on the central point, then with the original optics disappear the "squares" in continuous movement and the fixed center square appears. With the 35 2.8 Samyang, the same happens but the lens does not find the point of fire and the engine continues to go back and forth. If I use it on AFS, it focuses perfectly. The inconvenience should be possible by updating the FW, from what I have read in the documentation, but to do this you have to buy the dock, which more or less is a "cap" retro lens with a usb port, sold at the nice figure of 60 euros, since I have no other Samyang lenses , and the problem is marginal, I decided to keep it that way.

avatarjunior
sent on 15 Novembre 2019

Pros: Price, portability, yield, autofocus, Fowa 5-year warranty

Cons: Lamplight, vignette, focus by wire

Opinion: For sony A7 it is a best buy, in relation to the price I consider it a great lens, to be carried everywhere. The blur is pleasant and the colors do not displease me. The autofocus has never given trouble (only mole: you can hear the sound slightly). It is sold with 5 years of warranty, which should not be underestimated. The only thing I don't particularly appreciate is the lampshade.

avatarjunior
sent on 15 Novembre 2019

Pros: compact cheap light in relation to price you can not look for the fur in the egg

Cons: the classic exceptions that can be found on economic optics

Opinion: if you do not have high claims for what it costs is not bad with a targeted post production many flaws will conceal without too much trouble. An optic that you can buy for those who have expensive and heavy 35 mm to use as a lens to assemble when you want to photograph in conditions at risk of damage to the lens. I used it with the sony A7r III which with this optics takes on the size of a compact. I managed to put it all in the phone bag of the bike. I think that samyang with this lens has hit a double lens that of those who do not want to spend big sums in optics and want a travel optics that marries the philosophies of the mirrorless system and that of those who have challenging and thinking lenses. I for example i have the 35 mm f 1.2 Art which is an opticof great quality but it is certainly not an optic stomp to take around by bike or boat with little money I have an optics that turns my sony into a compact and I do not have to worry about the damage or clutter. For what it costs has a great yield

avatarjunior
sent on 15 Novembre 2019

Pros: Compact, light, nice system for lampshade

Cons: Vignette, sharp only in the middle, the rest is terrible, AF slow and inaccurate

Opinion: A lens for those with little pretensions, it is cheap and cheap. Used with very little satisfaction on Sony A7RII. The sharpness is bad, it only improves by closing to f8. Cartoon and not a little, sometimes it is incorrigible in post. Af... we do not talk about it, slow and inaccurate, it works well only in AFC, otherwise it is wrong, even eye af is poor and slow. The af dive is too soft. In short, avoid if you have already average claims

avatarjunior
sent on 20 Giugno 2019

Pros: Cost, quality, blurry great, details.

Cons: Nobody

Opinion: Purchased a Sony alpha 5100 I found it necessary to enrich the kit with an average daily fixed canvas , so the choice fell on this goal. Great choice over the supplied zoom (16-50). The results are satisfactory and there is a very good chance of blurring. I think I'm unlikely to disassemble this view from mirrorless.

avatarsenior
sent on 16 Maggio 2019

Pros: Af fairly precise, compactness, lightness, optical quality

Cons: It gives the impression to expire a bit ' to infinity

Opinion: Very light, optical quality better than expectations, transforms the A7II into a compact. It holds the backlight discreetly and has a good yield especially in the closer shots, even if it does not have a very relative optical correction. Yet it gives the feeling of kneading the subjects away even in RAW, but maybe it's just my impression. A pancake I could.

avatarsenior
sent on 16 Aprile 2019

Pros: Weight, construction, packaging, optical quality, price, Focheggiatura

Cons: Vignetting

Opinion: I used it still little, but I noticed that on a FF as my a7rII vignette much, I will try to activate the shading compensation in the menu of the machine to see what happens, otherwise I will go to post, without one or the other at F8 there is a vignetting still in my Very obvious notice. Maybe this lens is better suited to an APS-C where I read that much less sticker. I will continue the tests, however, a beautiful optics.

avatarsenior
sent on 17 Dicembre 2018

Pros: Price, sharpness, final yield

Cons: Construction? But you can't ask €200 the moon

Opinion: Splendid optics, especially in relation to cost. Used is about €200, and it's worth them all. It's the cheapest Sony lens there is, and it's one of the absolute most lightweight ever built. Sure it's all plastic, but what do you pretend? The metal weighs, Samyang has been shown to be able to produce qualitatively important optics, but in this case it has decided to save both in terms of weight and cost of production (and thus of final sale). It is not a sharp lens from edge to edge, it is not suitable to make night landscape (not to f 2.8, you have to close really so much for a uniformity as it should be and therefore at night it is unusable), it is a nice handyman for street to carry around without many problems. You cannot expect the image quality of a Sigma Art, but it still restores beautiful three-dimensional images, favored by a non-brutal sharpness and an important micro-contrast. In Summary, for street enthusiasts is a must-buy, it costs much less than the Zeiss (which makes its price its brutal flaw), but still given its ridiculously priced I would call it "must-have" for all Sony owners. Samyang if it continues so it can clear all other third-party manufacturers, managing to offer the right product at the right price.

avatarsenior
sent on 16 Dicembre 2018

Pros: Very small and light, clear at all aperses, satisfying from an aesthetic, economical point of view

Cons: Motorized manual focus, lightweight construction, distortion to be corrected in the room or via software

Opinion: After two weeks of use I can express a reasoned opinion. The small 35 Samyang works very well and is equipped with very good sharpness, which also expresses at full aperture both at reduced focusing distances, from portrait, and at long distances: overall it holds the comparison with more emblazoned optics, even if I have not Could compare with the direct rival Zeiss. It has good colors, natural tones and all in all if it is in backlight, in which of course loses a little ' contrast. It has a barrel distortion well visible in the raw, automatically canceled in the JPG in the room or in Capture One. The autofocus is not the strong point of this lens: the focus generates a "robotic" noise that is barely perceptible, but unpleasant; The autofocus sometimes wavers and it is difficult to see if it has hooked the foreground or the background; The motorized manual focus for my personal judgement is neither practical nor particularly precise. The lens is equipped with an elegant removable front plastic ring, which allows the use of filters and plugs of both 40.5 diameter and 49mm diameter. It is highly recommended for full-frame sonists who like the 35 focal length and who need to work light and discreetly, maintaining a high quality in street situations, landscape or portrait set. My Rating: 9

avatarjunior
sent on 29 Settembre 2018

Pros: Light, compact and economical

Cons: Autofocus noise

Opinion: I've taken from a month the A7III and FF lenses really cost so much. I took this 35mm 2.8 which makes the Sony really compact and lightweight, keeping the spirit of a mirrorless alive. The yield is really good, sharp photos, excellent autofocus and also supports the AF on the eyes. Really compact and focal ideal for video and for portraits set. The only note is that it feels a tad bit af when it needs to focus. Nothing worrying but it is right that you know optics recommended. Taken at the end of September 2018 in a physical store at €255, new and with 5 years warranty.

avatarjunior
sent on 07 Luglio 2018

Pros: Image quality, weight, price, TA-edges

Cons: AF speed at some junctures, AF-C

Opinion: I purchased this lens at the time of my trip to Holland, I was eager to have a lightweight handyman to keep mounted on my A7R III and the choice was between this and its direct rival: the Zeiss 35 2.8. After a few ratings on buying the new Samyang or the Zeiss used I decided for Sammy. The lens is presented with a construction that provides plastic materials but well assembled and with a very negligible weight, I find very curious the "lens hood" (problem that unites with its direct rival) as it is a simple plastic ring screwed on the lens. As for the photographic compartment the lens is really amazing: even at TA it maintains a good quality of the edges and if you close 1.5/2 stop it becomes noticeable all over the frame. In AF-S the speed of MAF is really good and always hooks well (except in low light conditions where it suffers not little), the situation becomes a little more problematic when you decide to switch to AF-C: Easily loses the hook and if you use it in video know that You really feel so much. However for the use that I have to do it goes more than good and I can only recommend it, compared to the Zeiss the real big differences that I find are in the price and in the noise of AF while regarding the image quality nothing to say: very sharp files and Clean, the first few times we are amazed at price & weight visas. For me, since I switched to mirrorless, it's together with the Sony 85 1.8 FE a best-buy

avatarsenior
sent on 28 Novembre 2017

Pros: Price, image quality

Cons: MAF speed, construction material

Opinion: Probably the cheapest autofocus lens to match Sony and my A7II, the samyang is really super compact. This can be a double-cut weapon ... small and light but really short in manual MAF and therefore not very convenient. Minimalist dressing, nice clutch bag to store it and keep it when not used. The hood is included but does not have the usual petal shape as many others. Metal baionette but the rest of the plastic body give a minimal and cheap feeling. I did at present a few tests - especially housewives - to evaluate the set of this lens. The image quality is also good at 2.8 and it is getting better and better by closing the diaphragm. I expected better on the speed side of the maf. I knew the limits in af-c management but, I do not care about this kind of setting. Even in af-s in different situations - which were hardly contrasted - he struggled to focus. Probably the scene was not very contrasted and I also disabled the LED illuminator that often helps in thiscases. Not very silent but you have to be aware that it is not ultrasound. The only alternative to the most beautiful sony zeiss 35mm ... very close in terms of quality but, better built (sony). I'm looking to make more shots to evaluate it better.

avatarjunior
sent on 31 Ottobre 2017

Pros: light, crisp, cheap and uncompromising

Cons: Almost unusable in AF-C

Opinion: I was pleasantly impressed with this Samyang, transforming the A7II almost into a compact yet maintaining a good image quality. Quite clear already fully open, just close at 5.6 to have a good definition even at the edges. rnAF fast enough if used in AF-S, unfortunately it is almost unusable in AF-C, it never hooks up, it feels the starter move back and forth to try to hook the subject but without success, sin.rnI have never used the direct rival Sony that is definitely better, but considering the price of this Samyang the choice is almost compulsory for an amateur, it saves a decent sum to invest perhaps in other optics.

avatarjunior
sent on 12 Settembre 2017

Pros: Light, sharp, very good manual ring ring, very beautiful aesthetically.

Cons: Continuous fire that does not work well, not tropicalized.

Opinion: The optics are fantastic, economical, lightweight, nice to the touch and sight and above all it's really clear! The continuous fire does not work well, but I notice that if you set face and face detection on your eyes, it improves things a bit! It's great in the videos. I bought it because I did not spend twice on the Zeiss. Fantastic!

avatarjunior
sent on 23 Agosto 2017

Pros: Crisp, really a featherweight, fast af and built very very well

Cons: Afc works in a very limited way

Opinion: The 35 is really a great focal point, which has a unique mood, this samyang is really a great compromise between price and weight quality, an optic that goes unnoticed in the street, good for landscapes and portraits too. Its sharpness is more than good at 2 , 8 to 5.6 - 8 from the best ......... what to turn the mirrorless into a compact with quality pero!

avatarsenior
sent on 21 Agosto 2017

Pros: Small, lightweight, economical, sharp to ta, fast in focus, aesthetically very cute.

Cons: Afc works in a very limited way

Opinion: I was pleasantly surprised by the quality of this goal, despite the fact that it is very economical for a very nice file with a very delicate blur. It makes the a7r2 almost pockety, I carry it in a handbag, where I still have space for 85 1.8, even aesthetically It's very cute and looks good built, quality plastics. Unfortunately, it's not perfect, at least in my machine it works very well in afs afa and dmf but not in afc.rnIn the continuous focus the subject whatever it is is hooked only to the center of the 'Focus area, and then lose focus just as the subject comes out of that area, the same thing happens with eye af, for those who use a lot of AFC is not a good goal, but if they prefer other modes of fire No problem.rnrnApportion of 28.08.2017rnI have realized that by activating face detection, even afc the face is detected and focused in any part of the focus area.

avatarsenior
sent on 08 Agosto 2017

Pros: Featherweight, compact light and in my hands good to use

Cons: Nobody

Opinion: Bought for two days and is soon love, I will love the 35 with whom you can do everything, I take it to vacation for this very reason. RnThe use on 7s where it fits perfectly, does not have fast, precise, and silent fastenings on the jumper.rn You can also use it at f16 where it is sharp corner angle and therefore perfect for long, infrared, and of course landscapes.nnnovative Plug that acts as a mini hood and has a plug-in filters of 40.5 extra and free.rn I recommend it to everyone, with what it costs me to Zeiss do not sell it anymore!








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