Samyang 14mm f/2.8 Availability Announced

Zoltan Arva-Toth | Lenses | February 5, 2010 | 2 Comments |

The price and availability of the new, ultra-wide Samyang 14mm f/2.8 manual-focus lens has been announced. According to a report by lenstip.com, the Samyang 14mm f/2.8 IF ED MC Aspherical will go on sale in Europe at the end of March. About four months ago, Samyang announced a delay in production, after early reviews of pre-production samples had unveiled some image quality issues. Since then, the company has allegedly been able to improve edge resolution by 15%, and reduce flare as well. The Samyang 14mm f/2.8 IF ED MC Aspherical, which projects a large enough imaging circle to cover the full frame on 35mm film, will be available for Canon, Nikon, Sony, Pentax and Four Thirds, priced at €329.

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#1 dsi

On this one I actually prefer it without AF. At f8 everything from <3ft out is in focus.Could definitely be interesting, but the Sigma 15-30 goes for cheaper and is probably of similar quality.

6:26 am - Saturday, February 6, 2010

#2 Markus

I got my Samyang 14 / 2.8 lens, here
http://4photos.de/test/Samyang-14mm-2.8.html
are some test images – in full Canon EOS 5D resolution.
The lens has a moustache distortion, and the border sharpness lacks on some images.
In PTLens
http://epaperpress.com/ptlens/index.html
a distortion correction is available.

I think a good zoom lens could probably give the same image quality - but I have no zoom for a comparison.

5:23 am - Wednesday, April 21, 2010