Samyang AF 12mm F2.0 Autofocus Lens for Sony E

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I shoot with my Sony 10-18mm most of the time for ease of use with autofocus and auto aperture. When I look at my EXIF data, I’m almost always in the 10-14mm range. If I want to get closer to an object, I tend to do so with my feet since I’m so used to shooting with primes. This isn’t always possible when in the mountains, so I occasionally shoot at 18mm. The problem is that 18mm is still very wide and not ideal for getting close to things that are far away. panther fan LOL 🤗 Are you trying to tell that Fujifilm X-Trans sensor is the one designed by and used in Sony cameras? If not then it's a completely different sensor than Sony uses in its cameras. The new linear stepping-motor delivers fast, quiet and accurate autofocus, with a close focus distance of just As far as I can tell, many of these new third party lenses compete for best-in-class at their price points, sometimes beating out more expensive first-party glass. Can YOU point out the new deficient lenses and which first-party lenses beat them out? The new elegant design, with 'hidden' red ring is compact and lightweight; measuring 70mm in diameter, 59.2mm

Samyang 12mm f/2.0 AF Compact Ultra-Wide Angle Lens for Sony Samyang 12mm f/2.0 AF Compact Ultra-Wide Angle Lens for Sony

Get the latest photography news straight to your inbox by signing up to our newsletter. Newsletter Signup If you’re looking to start shooting astrophotography, this lens will be an excellent option if you have an APS-C sensor camera like the Sony a6600.

It’s a mostly plastic design with a metal mount. It comes with a nice compact case that will certainly keep it protected as well.

Samyang 1220506101 12 mm F2.0 Manual Focus Lens for Sony-E Samyang 1220506101 12 mm F2.0 Manual Focus Lens for Sony-E

That's like saying that Intel and Apple CPU's are exactly the same, just use different instruction sets. Photography IS about colors. And different filter arrays and demosaicing make a tremendous difference even if the underlying tech is the same. If you can live with its flaws, the Samyang AF 12mm F2 X represents impressive value for money. Image credit: Andy Westlake Petr Klapper You are wrong on every point. The sensors got much better and Fuji designs own sensors. Matthew Richards is a photographer and journalist who has spent years using and reviewing all manner of photo gear. He is Digital Camera World's principal lens reviewer – and has tested more primes and zooms than most people have had hot dinners! Today we speak mainly of power and heat dissipation and energy efficiency... According to the latter, the energy efficiency of a flagship camera (A1 et al.) followed by a PC for PPS in LR/PS is abysmal for RAW->JPG processing vs. a phone with CP...Fuji designs own sensors completely and utterly different from Sony's. Hence, colors and picture quality. " Sell the kit you’re not using to MPB. Trade in for the kit you need to create. Buy used, spend less and get more. Buy. Sell. Trade. Create. OPPO's mid-range smartphone aims to provide a sophisticated camera system at an attractive price. Andy Westlake sees how it measures up. Fuji designs own sensors completely and utterly different from Sony's. Hence, colors and picture quality. Sony produces sensors for Fuji based on Fuji's own design — like for many many other top brands — but they are not Sony's sensors. The same way Taiwanese TSMC produces A14 and M1 chips for Apple. Sony is a mere fabricator. Vignetting on this lens is visible but it is nicely graduated which makes it much more pleasing to the eye and can even be beneficial to some images.

Samyang 12mm f2 AF Wide Angle Lens (Sony E) - CameraWorld

At small apertures, depth of field is huge but the edge is taken off fine detail by diffraction. Fujifilm X-T5, Samyang AF 12mm F2 X, 1/40sec at f/11, ISO 125, converging verticals corrected in Adobe Camera Raw. Image Credit: Andy Westlake While shooting outside, I haven’t had too much of an issue with flares. The Rokinon 12mm comes with a lens hood that I don’t use due to the constraints of my hiking camera bag. You can see what the flares look like in the image below. They are very easy to remove in post processing. Marshall Canyon Bokeh

Here are some sample images which were taken with the Samyang 12mm f/2 AF, using a Sony a6000 and a Sony a7 III. His expertise with equipment doesn’t end there, though. He is also an encyclopedia when it comes to all manner of cameras, camera holsters and bags, flashguns, tripods and heads, printers, papers and inks, and just about anything imaging-related. Thanks to its 7-blade aperture, the Samyang AF 12mm F2 X gives attractive 14-ray sunstars. Fujifilm X-T5, Samyang AF 12mm F2 X, 1/50sec at f/11, ISO 125. Image credit: Andy Westlake I frequently used the 1018 stopped down and at low shutter speeds to compensate. I now own an A6600 so that is not that relevant anymore. But I also mostly use the 1018 at 10mm and it is often just wide enough. Typically I don’t even consider buying manual focus lenses anymore. There are so many good options that come with autofocus at very affordable prices that it’s not worth sacrificing the utility of autofocus.