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Archive 2021 · Samyang 35mm f/1.2 ED AS UMC CS - real surprising gem

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p.1 #1 · p.1 #1 · Samyang 35mm f/1.2 ED AS UMC CS - real surprising gem

Hello guys and greeting from Sofia, Bulgaria!

To be honest I couldn't find any topic about this fantastic mf lens that's why I decided to share my personal impressions and experience. This lens is generally intended for APS-C cameras but maybe a lot of people have noticed the same as me. It's very sharp wide open at 1.2 and the surprise - covers almost full frame with negligible vignettng. As the good news is that this vignette can be eliminated without cropping - just using 2 sliders in LIghtroom!

So I can show some of my photos taken with A7xx full frame cameras (the real wow surprise is that it's razor sharp @1.2 even on 42MP sensor)

https://www.flickr.com/photos/124318089@N06/albums/72157697631987955

Best regards,

Pavel

P.S. In terms of interesting bokeh IMHO Samyang beats even Voigtlander Nokton 40 1.2.

Feb 15, 2021 at 04:40 AM

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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · Samyang 35mm f/1.2 ED AS UMC CS - real surprising gem

This lens is for E-Mount Lens/APS-C Format.
How do you get you A7xx camera to use it as full frame?

Feb 15, 2021 at 06:55 AM

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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · Samyang 35mm f/1.2 ED AS UMC CS - real surprising gem

Just by disabling crop mode.

Feb 15, 2021 at 08:03 AM

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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · Samyang 35mm f/1.2 ED AS UMC CS - real surprising gem

Those mirrorless manual focus APS-C Samyang primes are very good. I've tried the 12/2, 35/1.2, and 50/1.2. I am sure the 85/1.8 is also very good. The 50mm also covers full-frame fairly well--just not as well as a cheaper full-frame lens. Also quite a few F1.4 primes are brighter than those F1.2's.

Feb 15, 2021 at 08:25 AM

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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · Samyang 35mm f/1.2 ED AS UMC CS - real surprising gem

Great shots, Pavel!

Feb 15, 2021 at 09:46 AM

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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · Samyang 35mm f/1.2 ED AS UMC CS - real surprising gem

Woooooooow. Well, if I ever wanna drop money on a manual focus only lens, this looks to be a great option. Can't believe it's so close to full frame.

Feb 15, 2021 at 10:08 AM

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p.1 #7 · p.1 #7 · Samyang 35mm f/1.2 ED AS UMC CS - real surprising gem

Nice shots but would be nice to see some higher res shots to judge the lens quality IMHO.

Feb 15, 2021 at 10:19 AM

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p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · Samyang 35mm f/1.2 ED AS UMC CS - real surprising gem

Love your pictures!

Feb 15, 2021 at 02:05 PM

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p.1 #9 · p.1 #9 · Samyang 35mm f/1.2 ED AS UMC CS - real surprising gem

Tomorrow morning I will try to upload original JPEGs shot with Sony A7RIII + Samy 35 1.2 wide open!

Feb 15, 2021 at 04:59 PM

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p.1 #10 · p.1 #10 · Samyang 35mm f/1.2 ED AS UMC CS - real surprising gem

Wow! So that first example in your link, the B&W portrait of the man, that's not cropped at all? Or did you crop some while processing? Great photos, by the way.

Feb 15, 2021 at 07:13 PM

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p.1 #11 · p.1 #11 · Samyang 35mm f/1.2 ED AS UMC CS - real surprising gem

fotografur wrote:
This lens is for E-Mount Lens/APS-C Format.
How do you get you A7xx camera to use it as full frame?

spotter84 wrote:
Just by disabling crop mode.

Definitely a nice feature of Sony, let the user decide if they want to try and make use of lenses on full frame. Not really sure about other manufacturers other than Canon's EF vs EF-S thing.

Some lenses work better than others, I actually use the 16-50mm PZ lens as a tiny walkable pancake lens. In the middle range it covers fairly well, but at the ends of the zoom range there are definitely some limitations (though I like the option of being able to recover some of it).

Feb 15, 2021 at 08:21 PM

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p.1 #12 · p.1 #12 · Samyang 35mm f/1.2 ED AS UMC CS - real surprising gem

VetraLens wrote:
Wow! So that first example in your link, the B&W portrait of the man, that's not cropped at all? Or did you crop some while processing? Great photos, by the way.

Here as far as I can remember, I made some slight cropping.

Feb 16, 2021 at 12:17 AM

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bobby350z wrote:
Nice shots but would be nice to see some higher res shots to judge the lens quality IMHO.

Here I uploaded jpegs sooc. If you somewhere notice lack af any vignette, I have been shooting on clear image zoom x 1.1 or 1.2:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1pgl6V6R4QTQE7c69E6EY9ndNlk5kjH1U?usp=sharing

Feb 16, 2021 at 01:57 AM

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Feb 16, 2021 at 10:06 AM

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p.1 #15 · p.1 #15 · Samyang 35mm f/1.2 ED AS UMC CS - real surprising gem

spotter84 wrote:
Here I uploaded jpegs sooc. If you somewhere notice lack af any vignette, I have been shooting on clear image zoom x 1.1 or 1.2:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1pgl6V6R4QTQE7c69E6EY9ndNlk5kjH1U?usp=sharing

Just ordered. That 3D pop is exactly what I've been looking for in a travel/vacation lens. It'll be interesting to see how it performs next to my Voigt 35mm 1.2

Feb 16, 2021 at 04:19 PM

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p.1 #16 · p.1 #16 · Samyang 35mm f/1.2 ED AS UMC CS - real surprising gem

What do the RAWs look like SOOC?

Feb 17, 2021 at 07:16 AM

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p.1 #17 · p.1 #17 · Samyang 35mm f/1.2 ED AS UMC CS - real surprising gem

Teo Rey wrote:
What do the RAWs look like SOOC?

These are jpegs from mode RAW + JPEG. Style = Portrait , Contrast +2 , Sharpness +1

Feb 17, 2021 at 07:25 AM

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p.1 #18 · p.1 #18 · Samyang 35mm f/1.2 ED AS UMC CS - real surprising gem

spotter84 wrote:
These are jpegs from mode RAW + JPEG. Style = Portrait , Contrast +2 , Sharpness +1

Would it be possible to see the untouched RAW images?

Feb 17, 2021 at 07:27 AM

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p.1 #19 · p.1 #19 · Samyang 35mm f/1.2 ED AS UMC CS - real surprising gem

Teo Rey wrote:
Would it be possible to see the untouched RAW images?

Ok I got it!

I will upload them as well later today.

Feb 17, 2021 at 07:43 AM

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p.1 #20 · p.1 #20 · Samyang 35mm f/1.2 ED AS UMC CS - real surprising gem

Our forum member cahren wrote me a PM but due (yet) low number of posts I cannot reply to this message. So the questions regarded front element moving (yes or no) and comparison to Voigtlander 40 1.2. My answers:

1. No - the front element is not moving I think

2. I have both lenses - I still consider Samyang to be the sharpest and funniest :P

Feb 23, 2021 at 05:10 PM


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