Re: Lightest lenses you use for street photography
Jonas B wrote:
I think there are more negatives: No weather sealing, no aperture ring (either that or no focusing ring), kind of slow focusing, un-inspiring images, quite some LoCA, _if_ you need the image to be sharp from border to border you need to stop down to f2.8 or f4. Another possible problem is the sketchy quality control the (don't) perform at Samyang.
I completely agree with all that you said. I wasn't trying to account for all the negatives...just noting one that particularly annoyed me. I would indeed prefer to own the Sony 40G, but it's twice the cost and I bought what I could afford at the time.
While the Samyang may not be sharp in the corners at 1.8 that may not be critical for some photos and the 40G can't do 1.8 at all. whereas both lenses can be used at F/2.5. The Samyang is half the cost of the 40G and if both lenses were compared at F2.5 I think they might be comparable in sharpness.
After updating the firmware the AF seems quite responsive to me and the image quality is good. Naturally I prefer my 35GM, but when I want to go super light I'm happy to have and use the Samyang.
But, sure...I want a 40G - I'd love to have one - especially with that Haoge lens hood!!
Jun 15, 2026 at 03:23 PM
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