Samyang 85mm f/1.4 Aspherical IF Pro Reviews

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The Samyang 85mm f/1.4 Aspherical started a new era for the company a few years ago. It was the beginning of a path away from an exotic niche manufacturer towards the mainstream. Samyang may not be there yet - primarily due to the lack of AF - but this simply takes a while. If you can live with the manual aperture and manual focus the Samyang 85mm f/1.4 (as well as is cousins) is certainly worth a serious consideration. After all it costs just a fraction of a "conventional" AF 85mm f/1.4 so it's also within reach of more budget-oriented users. Remember also that the "native" Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM may be a tad "slower" but it resides in the same price league.

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The Samyang 85mm f/1.4 Aspherical may not be the sharpest lens around but it offers a good and very affordable introduction into shallow depth-of-field photography. The resolution figures aren't overly impressive at max. aperture but they're certainly good enough for portraits here and that's the primary application of this lens anyway. If you require more quality you can stop down to f/4 where the lens is easily capable of playing with the big boys.

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