Samyang AF 135mm F1.8 Autofocus Lens for Sony FE

Increíble objetivo, supernítido! Construcción de calidad y no muy pesado. El 135mm tiene ese toque especial 🤩

purchased this lens based on the stellar reviews... it was my primary lens on safari in Africa. Excellent performance. It worked even better in low light conditions... razor sharp in a smoky hut with the door half closed and no artificial light.

Reçu aujourd'hui, en remplacement du Sony 135mm F/1.8 que j'ai déjà pu tester. Dernière version du firmware pré-installée (0.4).Après quelques photos faites pour l'essai, je sens que le Samyang est plus léger, le piqué est équivalent, l'autofocus est un peu moins réactif.J'enlève une étoile sur la note générale à cause de ce dernier point et aussi parce que la photo principale du produit est trompeuse: on y voit la station Samyang qui pourtant n'est pas fournie.Photo de test ci-joint, prise avec un Sony A7 III (sans aucune retouche, juste la conversion RAW > JPG).

La lente è molto buona, l'effetto ottico e la sfocatura sono pazzeschi. L'unico difetto che noto su A7II è che l'autofocus non è per nulla affidabile, come capita anche con altri lenti samyang (tipo il 35mm 1.4). Anche se il soggetto è fermo a volte non lo prende bene mah...Probabile che sia un difetto legato alla macchina, anche se sulla stessa macchina i tamron sono molto più performanti da questo punto di vista.

I swore to myself that I would never “waste” money on a Samyang lens due to all the bad results from their older range. If I want a prime lens, I prefer just purchasing once and being happy. This was the case for the 135mm f1,8 for e mount. I was impressed by the reviews of the Sony GM version and was just about to purchase it when I stumbled on the positive press about this lens from photographers whose work I like. I did not believe the results so decided to start reading reviews to highlight the flaws… but I did not find any major - instead I found the warmer images it produces better than Sony… but it was the light weight that really got me interested and so decided to give it a go. Here is what I think:PROS:- weight. Lighter than competition. Lightest out there… I can hold it for hours without messing up my wrist- image quality (sharp, warm and better than competition in colors. At least in my taste)- price. Less than half the price of the GM option- autofocus is very decent and better than expected including Eye AF (of course not beating the GM but still good and close enough and beating Sigma)-quality and build better than expected (especially when I saw the very awful cheap designed box I was dreading what was inside!) - for the price it’s ok as long as you don’t drop it ;)- bokeh is very decent and creamy smooth flow (I was surprised by the decent quality for the price)- little to no chromatic aberrationCONS- Terrible Packaging/Box. Ugly and cheap looking white box giving the impression that there can only be junk inside. (I had to find something negative to say although a box is totally irrelevant really). ;) … seriously, if this was on the shelf I would think twice about wanting to look at it. As is the reason focusing on packaging can be important for marketing! ;pConclusion:If you are looking for a 135mm f1,8 then this is the best option as picture quality is excellent, price is extremely decent, it’s the lightest option out there, autofocus is very good for a third party lens. Even if the GM option was priced the same it would be a hard choice in terms of image quality. This lens beats it in my opinion and because it is lighter I still would go for the Samyang. If you feel Autofocus needs to be best then you can’t beat Sony obviously, although this Samyang lens is coming close to be on par. Sony will have to release a new version to be better…