Samyang 85mm 1.4 FE - Current owners still happy with the lens?
I've neglected this thread for awhile! I purchased the Samyang 85mm 1.4 FE a month or so ago to give me an 18mm, 45mm and 85mm Samyang lens trio! I love the Samyang 85mm lens! Sharp wide open, minimal CA, rich colors and size-wise it's quite manageable for it's aperture (unlike the heavy Sigma lenses). My copy works great as both a portrait lens and as a short telephoto at both far and near distances. Samyang's lens design has really improved beyond just knock-offs of first party brands.
I found with Samyang lenses, it's best to get the USB dock mainly because I think Samyang just backwards engineer's the E-mount, but it does allow other things like focus tuning. I was able to focus tune my 18mm 2.8 FE lens, and it's far sharper now with minimal adjustment. Also Samyang seems quite prolific with their firmware updates, their Sam 50mm 1.4 FE already has 32 firmware updates! You can either view that as some shoddy compatibility or Samyang embracing Fuji's "kaizen" style constant improvement!
Nov 30, 2019 at 01:59 PM
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