Review on Compact Full Frame Wide Angle Lens for Sony E Mount: Rokinon 35mm F1.8 Auto Focus, Black (IO3518-E) by Anand Gedam ᠌

Impressions from the lens are extremely positive. Took it at the same time as switching to a full frame for indoor shooting. Previously, on a crop, I had the equivalent of a 50mm main lens (sony 35 1.8 for aps-c). But in a confined space, sometimes with 50mm it was hard because. sometimes there is not enough space to make the desired composition. In terms of design, I really like its compact size and light weight (280 grams). This focal length has many options from different manufacturers, but, as a rule, they all weigh 2-3 times more. And they are also much larger. Of course, they have a higher aperture ratio, but personally, aperture ratio of 1.8 is enough for me. The depth of field at aperture 1.8 is already small - only one eye is sharp in half-profile, the rest begins to blur. Therefore, I would probably not shoot at 1.4 or 1.2 anyway. But this is my personal preference and my shooting style, of course. It focuses quickly and accurately. It’s hard to speak for the quality of the picture, here I’m not an expert, but a simple amateur, my requirements are not exorbitant. I will say this - on the A7m3 the picture turns out to be very decent, there is absolutely no desire to even show from RAW. Sharpness is good immediately from a fully open aperture. Chromatic aberrations are not strong, but they are, depending on the plot, of course. Vignetting is strong, but it is well corrected by the camera - in jpeg which, the camera gives out, it is almost non-existent. Bokeh is quite suitable. I won’t say that it is some kind of mega-artistic or with a special pattern, as sometimes happens, it just exists and that’s it ))) I am attaching some photos taken with it. Almost all of them are jpeg output from the camera. There is also a couple jpeg + photoshop. They are also immediately from the camera, without converting from raw, without sharpening and any effect on the lens image - I just added something that was not there))). Unfortunately, Yandex does not allow you to attach a file larger than 10Mb, so the photo had to be compressed.