@Jonathan F saw these and the pics you put on your flickr page. It's a shame about the flaring and CA—when I first saw the lens diagram I thought it'd be quite well corrected (probably foolishly) as I looked at the number of special corrective elements. OTOH, it seems to have a bit more pleasing look than Sony's 35 1.8. In the smoothness of bokeh especially so, but also in the rendering. Seems to lean heavily into that low contrast filmic look and images look pretty charming overall... or is that the processing?
JVan_02 wrote:
@Jonathan F@ saw these and the pics you put on your flickr page. It's a shame about the flaring and CA—when I first saw the lens diagram I thought it'd be quite well corrected (probably foolishly) as I looked at the number of special corrective elements. OTOH, it seems to have a bit more pleasing look than Sony's 35 1.8. In the smoothness of bokeh especially so, but also in the rendering. Seems to lean heavily into that low contrast filmic look and images look pretty charming overall... or is that the processing?
I only edit for color and sharpening, the bokeh is what you get with the lens. In fact it almost reminds me of some of the 7Artisan M-mount lenses. Thinking about it, I'm probably just being harsh, it's actually quite sharp with smooth OOF rendering and I tend to shoot towards the sun as a torture test for lenses to see how they handle. Also Los Angeles tends to have strong golden hour lighting especially this time of year.
I think Samyang designed the lens with OOF rendering and contrast/sharpness to be it's strengths, but the trade offs seem to be poor purple fringing and flare control. Now I'm curious to try the Sony 35mm f/1.8 or maybe the 28mm f/2 again to see how they compare.
@Jonathan F so is the low contrast part of your color editing? Asking because while it seems to be present in your samples and those from the fstoppers review it seems to be absent from a lot of sources as well.
JVan_02 wrote:
@Jonathan F@ so is the low contrast part of your color editing? Asking because while it seems to be present in your samples and those from the fstoppers review it seems to be absent from a lot of sources as well.
It's probably just my editing. I like to lessen the highlights and white point of my images in order to bring out the dynamic range a bit. I found the lens to be fairly contrasty, but compared to other 35mm f/1.8 lenses I've tried, the Samyang 35mm almost feels like a classic and modern lens combined.
It reminds me somewhat of the Voigtlander 40mm f/1.4 Nokton MC (similar flare characteristics), 7Artisan 50mm f/1.1 (OOF rendering) and Nikon 35mm f/1.8 ED FX lens (sharpness and contrast) all combined. It also renders differently than the Sam 45mm which definitely seems more swirly and the Sam 35mm f/1.4 FE which felt a bit more controlled. It's interesting in that I'm starting to notice a distinct Samyang design philosophy in their glass.
Actually the more I look at the images, the more I get the feel it's a character driven lens. I don't really like it for close focus though, for example my Tamron 28-200mm FE just does an amazing job at close distances with flare control and sharpness at MFD. Though for an f/1.8 lens the OOF areas are pretty nice, almost bordering on M-mount like rendering!
p.11 #11 · Pre-order: Samyang 35mm f/1.8 AF ($399)
A couple night shots with the A9 + Sam 35mm f/1.8 FE lens. I think it does alright in low light, but I think for outright performance, the Sam 35mm f/1.4 does better in these conditions especially how the lens handles points of light. Though the 35mm f/1.8 lens is easier to carry and manage, but still quite sharp.
Got the SY 35mm F1.8 today and so far I quite like it. It is a bit larger than the 45mm and has a slightly better build quality (probably due to sealing).
Image quality is excellent, CA (including LoCA) is quite well controlled for a lens of this focal length.
Bokeh appears to be smooth and AF is fast enough for my use case.
The only gripe I have with the lens is that it seems to be decentered
Thinking about sending it back...
p.11 #14 · Pre-order: Samyang 35mm f/1.8 AF ($399)
Sorry to bother you but I'm looking at add a lightweight budget 35 and with the current price drop on the samyang 35 1.8 & tamron 35 2.8 which do you prefer? I know the tamron has slow af but is it fast and accurate enough? I usually back button focus tracking and don't ever switch focus distance often. Thanks QuietOC wrote:
Thank you. My copy arrived today. I ran some test charts, and it seems quite good. I did suspect that it wouldn't be quite as good as the Tamron 35/1.8 and 35/2.8 for night sky. And now I won't feel compelled to test that suspicion.
I will add that it has less vignetting than any of the 35mm F2.8 and F2 primes I have but more than the much larger Tamron 35mm F1.8.
p.11 #15 · Pre-order: Samyang 35mm f/1.8 AF ($399)
mrpicky wrote:
Sorry to bother you but I'm looking at add a lightweight budget 35 and with the current price drop on the samyang 35 1.8 & tamron 35 2.8 which do you prefer? I know the tamron has slow af but is it fast and accurate enough? I usually back button focus tracking and don't ever switch focus distance often. Thanks
I don't see much reason to keep any of the Tamron primes, but they focus alright. I am not going to be in much hurry to sell them.
p.11 #16 · Pre-order: Samyang 35mm f/1.8 AF ($399)
I'm sorry I didn't quite understand that. Sorry if my question wasn't clear. Out of those two lenses which do you prefer? I've already read the reviews of both lenses but would like to get an opinion from someone who has both. QuietOC wrote:
I don't see much reason to keep any of the Tamron primes, but they focus alright. I am not going to be in much hurry to sell them.
