carstenw wrote:
I recall that the boke was similar and the Rokinon had less CA. I am not certain that the Rokinon would be better in all cases though. I used to own the 80/1.4 Lux-R, and loved it. I have also tried the Samyang 85/1.4, and wasn\'t overly impressed with it, just meh. Competent but not interesting. This was for walk-about, not portrait or close-up use.
Actually, the Leica samples in tdong\'s test showed \"ringed\" bokeh highlights where the Rokinon\'s was extremely smooth.
Sharpness-wise, at 100%, the Rokinon easily matched the Leica as well. Colours were basically the same.
His test was a major influence on my purchase of the Rokinon. I was an owner of the FD SSC Asph, EF 85/1.8, and Rokkor 85/1.7 at the time. I sold them all after testing the Rokinon.
Perhaps not a walk-around, but for portraits (which is basically all I use it for, except for some performance stuff as well) I couldn\'t find anything better, especially when price was considered.
If I hadn\'t needed the money so badly at the time, I would have kept the FD SSC Asph (and the CV 125/2.5, and the CZ21, and....). Now that I am financially better off, I do not feel the desire to re-purchase the FD. The CV125 and CZ21? Yes.
Dec 15, 2012 at 03:07 PM
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