p.2 #3 · Samyang 24mm f/3.5 ED AS UMC Tilt-Shift Lens Reviews!
Disappointing, but not unexpected. Pretty hard to have great mechanical and optics at that price.
I'd certainly be curious how the Samyang compares to a batch of the original Canon 24 TS-E. I didn't find the old Canon all that bad, once the CA was cleaned up. I would certainly buy a used Canon original at $750-800, over this Samyang.
I enjoyed reading the tear down Roger. It seems like the Samyang's engineers were able to design a budget lens with decent mechanical and optical quality. The only concern is the rotation-locking levers. Having the screws and levers metal would make photographers less concern about this lens reliability.
Question: I have read reports that their 14mm f/2.8's screws (3) from the metal mount are actually screwed in plastic instead of metal. Is it the same for their tilt and shift?
p.2 #9 · Samyang 24mm f/3.5 ED AS UMC Tilt-Shift Lens Reviews!
I'm a 3d artist and could easily mock up replacement plastic parts on a 3d printer..... I wonder if there is any legal issues doing so? If you sell them of course.
p.2 #10 · Samyang 24mm f/3.5 ED AS UMC Tilt-Shift Lens Reviews!
Fred Miranda wrote:
Question: I have read reports that their 14mm f/2.8's screws (3) from the metal mount are actually screwed in plastic instead of metal. Is it the same for their tilt and shift?
Fred, there are some screws into plastic on the tilt=shift, but the plastic is much more robust than the 14 and the screws have thicker threads. I'm much more comfortable with the tilt-shift. The other RokiBowYang primes have, to put it mildly, a fairly short half-life. I think the build quality here, while not Canon or Nikon, is clearly better.
p.2 #11 · Samyang 24mm f/3.5 ED AS UMC Tilt-Shift Lens Reviews!
RCicala wrote:
Fred, there are some screws into plastic on the tilt=shift, but the plastic is much more robust than the 14 and the screws have thicker threads. I'm much more comfortable with the tilt-shift. The other RokiBowYang primes have, to put it mildly, a fairly short half-life. I think the build quality here, while not Canon or Nikon, is clearly better.
That's good to know Roger. Perhaps they will update their current 14mm with a similar build soon.
Best,
Fred
