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Samyang 135mm f/2 ED UMC : Specifications and Opinions

Samyang 135mm f/2 ED UMC

The Samyang 135mm f/2 ED UMC is a tele lens for FF and APS-C, manufactured from 2015. The focus is done by Manual Focus, it does not have image stabilization. The average price, when it has been added to the JuzaPhoto database, is 540 €;

29 users have given it an average vote of 9.8 out of 10.

MOUNT

This lens is available with the following mounts:

Canon EF: this lens is compatible with reflex fullframe and APS-C Canon EF.

Nikon F: this lens is compatible with reflex fullframe and APS-C Nikon.

Sony E: this lens is compatible with mirrorless fullframe and APS-C Sony.

Sony A-mount: this lens is compatible with reflex fullframe and APS-C Sony A-mount.

Fujifilm X-mount: this lens is compatible with mirrorless APS-C Fuji.

Micro 4/3: this lens is compatible with mirrorless micro-4/3.

Pentax: this lens is compatible with reflex fullframe and APS-C Pentax.

Specifications
Focal lenght	135 mm
Angle of view	18.2°
Format	FF, APS-C
Max. aperture	f/2.0
Aperture blades	9
Lenses/Groups	11 elements in 7 groups
Min. focus distance	0.80 meters
Reproduction ratio
Features
Stabilization	No
Focus	Manual Focus
Internal Focus	No
Built and notes
Tripod ring	Yes
Extenders	No
Filters	77 mm
Lens hood	Yes, supplied
Weather sealing	No
Weight	830 g
Dimensions	82 x 122 mm
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Philomene Reis

sent on February 19, 2018

Pros: Sharpness from F2 with a great restitution of colors. It's quite very solid and has a weight well balanced. Remarquable transmittance (T2.2).

Cons: The manual focus but that's the game ;) The focusing ring is a bit hard on the video edition of this lens…

Opinion: For 338 € on a black Friday, I let myself be tempted by this lens for video reports. (You still can find it at that price I presume). I have got the Samyang 135mm T2.2 VDSLR II ED UMC version, which is fitted with a narrow focusing ring, hard and indented in order to receive the follow focus. Apart from that the photo and video versions have exactly the same optic composition. So, then, I tried it to take pictures. And to me since the very first trigger, the optical result is magnificent! For now, among my five lenses this one is my favorite. Within two months of event work, I have been using it on a second camera with an average of two hundred pictures per day (which actually is a lot for a manual lens). Furthermore that frenzy cost me real pains in my hands :'( To conclude, here is my advice: if you buy it for creative pictures which give you time to create your composition and shut whenever you feel like, at that price it's the best choice. You might get better with a Zeiss… ? But I don't have any gold teeth to sell! ; ) But if you want to shoot events like dance, sports or get clear wildlife pictures, I wouldn't say it's useless, but not suitable at all... Without autofocus, you waste lots of pictures. Apart from all what I said, this lens can be a real good investment because without autofocus or stabilizer (and if you do not let it drop or bang it ;), then you should keep it for years without any breakdown ;)

The following opinions have been automatically translated with Google Translate.

Maxsaab64

sent on September 18, 2023

Pros: Excellent image definition and precise MAF adjustment

Cons: maybe the weight but I think it is consistent with the characteristics of the lens, the hood rather ugly

Opinion: I took the samyang 135 f2 to use it on mirrorless aps-c Fujifilm then with the well-known crop factor that makes it a bright 200mm. I use it mainly for remote portraits, landscapes and photographs in events: what can I say, as an owner of both the Fuji 56 APD and the viltrox 85, I am very favorably impressed. The color rendering is balanced (in my opinion better than that of the Viltrox that tends to magenta in some situations) and hardly mistakes a photo for incorrect focusing. I use it mostly on X-H1 so I benefit from the stabilizer being able to shoot even with 1/60 time without motion problems. I highly recommend it.

Fausto Pesce

sent on January 19, 2023

Pros: Although it has been designed for FF, it is so sharp as to guarantee an excellent performance even on APS-C and M4/3, in fact it is also available with the latter connection. Very good at TA, great at 2.4, excellent at 2.8. Closing more only serves for greater depth of field. On the M4/3 only the central part of the lenses is used, the best one, so the center / edges yield is uniform and the blurred light points remain regular spheres even at the edges and do not become ovals or as on many zooms of pointed ovals not very aesthetic. Excellent blurred.

Cons:

Opinion: I waited for years for Pana or Oly to design a fixed lens between 100-135 mm f / 2 to be used in indoor events where light is never enough especially for M4 / 3 sensors. The old 35-100 f/2 of Oly was too heavy a lens as well as expensive to be able to use it freehand for hours. Purchased new 2 years ago at 460 euros during a Samyang promo, I think it has an excellent quality / price ratio.

El.crab

sent on August 20, 2021

Pros: Everything or almost everything

Cons: A little weight

Opinion: I bought this lens mainly for astrophotography and I must say that it works great by tightening a little' the diaphragm you get fairly round stars and with very contained chromatic aberrations even at the edges of the field ( I have a canon 80D normal and a 1100D fullspectrum). Good definition as well I am very satisfied with the purchase

Soapman

sent on June 04, 2019

Pros: Brightness, resolution, precision focus ring, F2!!, cost, build quality, solidity!

Cons: Weight... Executioner if he weighs..

Opinion: A brick! But a very nice brick:) It weighs a lot but what about... Just for this in the end you have well clear how solid and well "present" in the hands this magical and economical glass by Samyang bought on E-Infinity at 360 euros, a price from nothing... Although it is a MF and does not have anything electronic.. Definitely worth more! Recommended for those like me do not do problems to wink in the viewfinder to see if you're focusing or not.. :) But just use the highlight feature of the focus area and away.. I use it with Sony A7R2 but also on APSC a6000 which turns it into a 200F2!! Certainly lacks stabilization but for some shots is not a problem..

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