Review on 📷 Samyang 35mm f/1.4 ED AS UMC AE Nikon F Lens - Superior Performance and Optimal Versatility by Anastazja Lenarcik ᠌

Name: 📷 Samyang 35mm f/1.4 ED AS UMC AE Nikon F Lens - Superior Performance and Optimal Versatility
Item: 📷 Samyang 35mm f/1.4 ED AS UMC AE Nikon F Lens - Superior Performance and Optimal Versatility
Rating: 4

April 13, 2023

I'm completely satisfied with the product, it works.

An excellent everyday lens despite the lack of auto focus. I filmed the last trip to Amsterdam on it practically without taking it off the camera and not because I no longer understood how it was done. :) I shoot mainly on it periodically changing to "wide" tokina 12-24 dxII and excellent Sigma 50 1.4. I bought used under the Rokinon brand for 13,000 (for ours) in excellent condition.

Pros

Excellent resolution wide open. You can shoot a night city at shutter speeds no longer than 1/60 at iso not exceeding 800 (handheld). Automatic exposure metering, focus confirmation works and EXIF is written on the younger cameras in the Nikon line. Looks reliable, nothing backlash.

Cons

True infinity is 3 mm earlier than marked on the scale (I heard it can be corrected, but my hands do not reach). Pictures from it, under certain conditions, come out underexposed by -0.3 / 0.5 steps (it doesn’t matter, you get used to it quickly). Outside, all plastic, while large and heavy as all-metal. :)