Samyang 14mm F/2.8 IF ED MC Aspherical Reviews & Tests

Consumer review (amazon.co.uk)

Amazon.co.uk review summary for Samyang 14mm F/2.8 IF ED MC Aspherical

alaTest has collected and analyzed 86 user reviews of Samyang 14mm F/2.8 IF ED MC Aspherical from Amazon.co.uk. The average user rating for this product is 4.6/5, compared to an average user rating of 4.5/5 for other products in the same category on Amazon.co.uk. Reviewers really like the reliability and design. The usability and price also get good feedback, but there are some critical views about the size.

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95% of the reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.

Nov, 2024

Expert review by : photozone.de (opticallimits.com)

Samyang 14mm f/2.8 IF ED UMC Aspherical - APS-C Review / Test Report

Samyang 14mm f/2.8 IF ED Aspherical UMC is a very affordable lens yet performing up there with the very best big boys. Its primary strength is an extremely high resolution across the image frame combined with low CAs. There's a tiny bit of field...

Apr, 2010

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Expert review by : Szymon Starczewski (lenstip.com)

Samyang 14 mm f/2.8 IF ED MC Aspherical

We haven't had time to cool off after the premieres and good results in the tests, of lenses like Samyang 8 mm f/3.5 Fish-eye and Samyang 85 mm f/1.4, when the Korean manufacturer announced a new lens on the market. This time the time's come for a...

decent build quality ; very good image quality at the center of the frame ; good image quality at the edge of an APS-C/DX sensor ; very slight chromatic aberration, even on a full frame ; slight coma ; vignetting on a small sensor well-corrected ; good...

mediocre image quality at the edge of a full frame ; complicated distortion at the edge of a full frame ; dreadful working against the bright light ; large vignetting on a full frame ; filter use impossible

Oct, 2009

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Expert review by : Ken Rockwell (kenrockwell.com)

14mm f/2.8 Samyang, Pro Optic, Rokinon and Bower

If you're a pixel-counter, skip this lens and get a real Nikon or Canon 14mm, but if you're a student on a budget, heck, I would have bought one of these back when I was a student, if they had made these back then. (hint: Nikon's and Canon's 14mm...

Jan, 2012

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