Re: Your favorite under 300g lenses for Sony FE mount
Knut. wrote: Juha Kannisto wrote:
Samyang Remaster Slim set is missing from the list. I like that set a lot more than Viltrox 28/4.5 in the lightest and smallest AF lens category. The container is only 58.1g and each of the 3 optical modules are between 8g and 13g. 91.6g for the combo of container + 3 lenses. https://www.lksamyang.com/en/m/product/product-view.php?seq=653
Otherwise my smallest and lightest lenses that are used frequently are mostly adapted MS-Optics lenses.
Samyang Remaster Slim - amazing!
- What is the optical quality of these lenses?
- Do they cover full frame into the corners?
I think that review will give you a good idea about the techinical IQ. They are character lenses to a point and the IQ is not perfect but personally I find the results quite pleasant with a bit of old school taste. They do cover full frame into the corners but for best corner-to-corner results it's best to stop down to f8 or so. I like it that even though they are such tiny lenses, they support aperture control and both AF and MF (and have AF/MF switch on the AF container) unlike Viltrox 28/4.5. Bokeh is also pleasant and they focus fairly close esp. in MF mode. 32/2.8 has a bit of abrupt vignetting into the extreme corners even stopped down. I use automatic distortion correction and CA correction in-camera and in C1 Pro via lens profile data from EXIF but I don't do any vignetting compensation.
Some samples (processed through C1 Pro with some of my favorite filmic styles):
