Samyang 24mm F1.4 ED AS IF UMC Reviews & Tests

The Samyang 24mm f1.4 ED AS IF UMC is a wide-angle full-frame lens available for Nikon, Canon, Sony E-mount, and MFT DSLRs. Announced in January 2012, it's the widest member of Samyang's line-up of f1.4 full-frame primes comprising 24mm, 35mm, 50mm,...

Good to very good performance across the frame of a high-resolution full-frame sensor at close range ; Lowest price for a full-frame 24mm f1.4 lens ; Soft Bokeh ; Low coma and loCA

Low contrast wide open in the center ; Needs stopping down to f5.6 for optimum landscape performance ; No autofocus ; No weather sealing ; Reduced / no communication between lens and body

The Samyang 24mm f1.4 ED is a mixed bag: It can deliver resolution right up there with the best, it has little coma and low longitudinal CAs plus a smooth Bokeh - albeit with freckled specular highlights. But on the other side it offers no auto-focus...