Samyang 14mm f/2.8 ED AS IF UMC Lens Review

Samyang 14mm f/2.8 Sample Photos

Sharpness is excellent across the frame between f/5.6 and f/11 | 1/160 sec | f/5.6 | 14.0 mm | ISO 1000 High-Res	Contrast is noticeably lower than manufacturer's own lenses, especially when shooting into the light | 1/200 sec | f/8.0 | 14.0 mm | ISO 200 High-Res
Focus confirmation can be hit and miss, so care needs to be taken | 1/160 sec | f/5.6 | 14.0 mm | ISO 640 High-Res	Darkening can be seen in the corners, even with the lens stopped down to f/8 | 1/400 sec | f/8.0 | 14.0 mm | ISO 200 High-Res
1/160 sec | f/4.0 | 14.0 mm | ISO 800 High-Res	1/200 sec | f/6.3 | 14.0 mm | ISO 200 High-Res
1/200 sec | f/2.8 | 14.0 mm | ISO 200 High-Res	1/160 sec | f/4.5 | 14.0 mm | ISO 250 High-Res

Value for Money

As this 14mm from Samyang is available for around £260, that alone makes this lens amazing value for money, if you can live with manual focusing.

An extreme example of how inexpensive this lens is can be seen when compared to the Carl Zeiss ZF Distagon T* 15mm f/2.8, which is also a manual focus lens, with a chip for transferring exposure information to the camera. The Zeiss 15mm may perform better on the whole than the Samyang lens, but the lens costs a whopping £2,350. That's nearly £2100 more than this Samyang lens!

Autofocus 14mm f/2.8 lenses from Canon and Nikon also cost substantially more, ranging between £1200 and £1350. Third party manufacturers, such as Sigma and Tamron, also offer their own 14mm f/2.8 lenses, ranging between £600 and £800. Another lens covering the 14mm focal length is Nikon's well regarded 14-24mm f/2.8, which costs around £1250.

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