p.5 #1 · Samyang AF 18/2.8 FE officially announced
GMPhotography wrote:
I passed on it and bought the Batis 18 again. Did not feel comfortable on this one. But hope it works for folks
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flilow06 wrote:
Yea, might be silly but the 58mm filter size makes this a hard buy for me. I think I'm going to hold out until the Tammy 20/2.8 drops, hopefully not too far into 2020..
Your losses
Here's one of the first photos I took with it Saturday. Don't judge sharpness too much, since it was from the A9 at somewhat higher ISO with noise reduction applied.
p.5 #2 · Samyang AF 18/2.8 FE officially announced
I don't think so but please believe what you want too. I've owned the Batis 18. A comment like that needs a serious test instead of some opinion and insulting members in the process. Until there is proof I simply don't believe it from what I see so far . Why I bought a far more expensive lens . I've had every Samyang lens for Sony . Only one has survived the 85 1.4 . So that's my experience with them. I simply don't trust them for my work. I have said that several times and still tried all of them with my money. I'm hoping this 85 holds up. I still have it today.
Just to be clear I don't care about brand names at all. Proof is in the pudding show me the proof.
p.5 #3 · Samyang AF 18/2.8 FE officially announced
If Tamron do indeed make the Batis 18/2.8 and 25/2 lenses, it could take quite a while for the supply of sensibly priced Tamron 20/2.8 and 24/2.8 lenses to normalize.
Here's one of the first photos I took with it Saturday. Don't judge sharpness too much, since it was from the A9 at somewhat higher ISO with noise reduction applied.
p.5 #5 · Samyang AF 18/2.8 FE officially announced
GMPhotography wrote:
insulting members in the process.
How are you this sensitive? I literally had a smiley face on it. Good Lord, man. Yeesh! Remind me to block your posts.
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chez wrote:
There is something about that photo, looking at it full screen on a large monitor makes me feel like I'm about to fall over.
Ha, maybe because I was shooting over a balcony, and the horizon isn't level. My composition wasn't A+, since the bride walked waayyyy faster than we discussed, and I had to sprint-walk to the front of the church to get her face and the groom's face. I'll fix it when I'm editing the gallery.
p.5 #6 · Samyang AF 18/2.8 FE officially announced
Please do but that’s a grin not a smiley and your past track record on Samyang proofs my whole point. According to all your posts on it we are the stupid ones. Btw I’m not sensitive at all I just don’t buy what your dishing out. Show proof
That photo is not worth salt for proof. All you gave where excuses for it.
p.5 #8 · Samyang AF 18/2.8 FE officially announced
Krich wrote:
Great approach (small, light, AF, with asph and ED elements, very reasonably priced), and probably great optically -- but a little too late.
Tamron 17-28 /2.8 makes this thing redundant.
I agree. Assuming someone doesn't already own a wide. I guess for the money this would be nice. But I'm with you. I'll take the Tamron 17-28 and versatility over a couple small 2.8 primes. I had the Batis18mm and sold it and have not missed it one bit. The 67mm on the Tamron is nice because I still have the 24GM which is 67 as well. One could add the 40 batis and 85 and 135 and only need a 67mm filter. To bad I hate the Batis design, bummer
p.5 #11 · Samyang AF 18/2.8 FE officially announced
nhsonyshooter wrote:
I agree. Assuming someone doesn't already own a wide. I guess for the money this would be nice. But I'm with you. I'll take the Tamron 17-28 and versatility over a couple small 2.8 primes. I had the Batis18mm and sold it and have not missed it one bit. The 67mm on the Tamron is nice because I still have the 24GM which is 67 as well. One could add the 40 batis and 85 and 135 and only need a 67mm filter. To bad I hate the Batis design, bummer
It all depends. I’m a prime shooter, and I don’t have any affinity for zooms because I have trouble composing with them...something about not having a fixed viewpoint. For my travel kit, it’ll be paired with the Voigt 40/1.2. Then it slots nicely into my wedding kit (18, 35, 50, 85, 135)
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Dultimate wrote:
Me too. He should share some more if he has any. I'd like to see them.
Yeah I realize there isn’t much info about it this early on. I’ll post more as I go through this wedding, and subsequent ones
p.5 #12 · Samyang AF 18/2.8 FE officially announced
nhsonyshooter wrote:
I agree. Assuming someone doesn't already own a wide. I guess for the money this would be nice. But I'm with you. I'll take the Tamron 17-28 and versatility over a couple small 2.8 primes. I had the Batis18mm and sold it and have not missed it one bit. The 67mm on the Tamron is nice because I still have the 24GM which is 67 as well. One could add the 40 batis and 85 and 135 and only need a 67mm filter. To bad I hate the Batis design, bummer
I've owned and still own a bunch of small primes, and the tamron makes it extremely difficult to choose a prime over the zoom........ at the same time, I want the SY 18
p.5 #13 · Samyang AF 18/2.8 FE officially announced
nhsonyshooter wrote:
I agree. Assuming someone doesn't already own a wide. I guess for the money this would be nice. But I'm with you. I'll take the Tamron 17-28 and versatility over a couple small 2.8 primes. I had the Batis18mm and sold it and have not missed it one bit. The 67mm on the Tamron is nice because I still have the 24GM which is 67 as well. One could add the 40 batis and 85 and 135 and only need a 67mm filter. To bad I hate the Batis design, bummer
My take is that I'm not a landscape shooter, I prefer the small and compact size of the Sam 18mm 2.8 and for less money I can pair the 18mm with the Sam 45mm 1.8 lens which is incredibly sharp and gives me a very nice two lens street combo. I value compactness more for my style of shooting. The Tamron 17-28mm 2.8 doesn't appeal to me, because it's neither wide enough, nor gives me much zoom on the long end.
p.5 #14 · Samyang AF 18/2.8 FE officially announced
Jonathan F wrote:
My take is that I'm not a landscape shooter, I prefer the small and compact size of the Sam 18mm 2.8 and for less money I can pair the 18mm with the Sam 45mm 1.8 lens which is incredibly sharp and gives me a very nice two lens street combo. I value compactness more for my style of shooting. The Tamron 17-28mm 2.8 doesn't appeal to me, because it's neither wide enough, nor gives me much zoom on the long end.
Interesting 18mm is wide enough for you but 17mm isn't? I bought this for the wide end honestly and the extra length is just bonus. I shoot primes as well 24GM, 35 1.8 and 50 1.4. Compared to the Batis 18mm I had before I didn't give up much in size or weight for that extra reach of the Tamron. But hey whatever works, go for it
p.5 #15 · Samyang AF 18/2.8 FE officially announced
Charlie N wrote:
I've owned and still own a bunch of small primes, and the tamron makes it extremely difficult to choose a prime over the zoom........ at the same time, I want the SY 18
I got a thing for small lenses
I here you. I do as well. I have been holding out hope Zeiss would make those rumored ALON lenses
p.5 #17 · Samyang AF 18/2.8 FE officially announced
ftllens wrote:
ALON would put Zeiss at the top again. I want Otus level optics with AF in a 24 GM form factor
Exactly! To me this is their only route back. Forget the camera crap and focus on the something like these. I would be willing to pay the the Zeiss premium for those.
p.5 #18 · Samyang AF 18/2.8 FE officially announced
nhsonyshooter wrote:
Interesting 18mm is wide enough for you but 17mm isn't? I bought this for the wide end honestly and the extra length is just bonus. I shoot primes as well 24GM, 35 1.8 and 50 1.4. Compared to the Batis 18mm I had before I didn't give up much in size or weight for that extra reach of the Tamron. But hey whatever works, go for it
Again, it comes down to size. Plus I don't care about the extra focal lengths. If I'm going to pay more money for a lens, I'd want wider than 17mm. It's the same reason why the Tamron 28-75mm 2.8 doesn't appeal to me either. Plus I don't know why Zeiss 18mm and Tamron 17-28mm owners seem so inclined to defend their lens purchase? Who cares!
p.5 #20 · Samyang AF 18/2.8 FE officially announced
Jonathan F wrote:
My take is that I'm not a landscape shooter, I prefer the small and compact size of the Sam 18mm 2.8 and for less money I can pair the 18mm with the Sam 45mm 1.8 lens which is incredibly sharp and gives me a very nice two lens street combo. I value compactness more for my style of shooting. The Tamron 17-28mm 2.8 doesn't appeal to me, because it's neither wide enough, nor gives me much zoom on the long end.
This is me to a T. I'm going with the exact combo for the exact reasons.
I'm not a landscape shooter so I just want a light, small prime for when I do have a need to shoot landscape. The Tamron 17-28 seems like a great landscape lens that is giving you a 17/2.8, 21/2.8, 24/2.8 and 28/2.8 for those that want it. If you do a lot of photographs in that range I'm sure it's worth it but for someone like me that would like to do the occasional landscape its's $500 more for a lens that I would primarily use for one focal length whenever it is that I rarely use it.
