SAMYANGAF 14mm F2.8 Autofocus Lens for Canon EF

Whats not to like about this lens? It's very affordable, built extremely well and most importantly takes great photos. The lens arrived with version 4 installed so I think earlier reviews around autofocus abilities have largely been resolved. It produces quite warm images that are razor sharp, especially when considering I have only taken photos in f1.4. I am so happy with this lens and am looking forward to taking more photos with it, especially in low light.The first test I did was at my childrens sports day where I managed to captue a large proportion of photos in focus, sometimes the focus completely missed and instead of getting the face it focused on the hair on the top of the head. However the images I did get in focus made me happy and were of a good quality. I am not a professional and therefore have fewer worries around not getting all the imagaes, I missed nothing of importance and managed to capture several good images from each event.Love the lens and would definitely consider buying another Samyang lens in the future.

Personal experience of this EF lens with a DSLR and SLR is that it is one of the best performers for Ultra wide angle at such a low price.The construction seems good, fitting is perfect and the autofocus works very well. The quality of glass seems great and the optical performance is excellent, it has some distortion which should be expected but it is an acceptable amount and will work for most landscape or astro photography.The biggest disadvantage is that it does not accept filters which means the very large front element can't be protected.For the price it is an excellent performing lens.

I bought this lens due to its Interesting focal length of 45mm which is not so narrow or too wide and also the relatively large aperture of F1.8.The lens performs well beyond my expectations with fast AF, light weight and decent build quality.Personally i think its performs better than my Sony 50mm f1.8 lens which i found slow and clunky and just a tad but below my Sony FE 55 ZEISS f1.8 Lens which costs considerably more.The lens also came with a nice compact zip case which was an welcome addition for safe dust free storage which will come in handy for travels- yes that day will come again.I have tested this lens on Sony Full frame A7 iii, A7 II and Sony NEX 5r.

Using it on a Z6 via an adapter. It is really compact but also good optically right from f1.8. I was looking for a compact but decent lens for casual use - not a reprographic quality optic like a Milvus.Very pleased so far.Note it has no weather sealing but I can't remember taking any camera/lens sealed or not into the rain without protection.Build quality: this feels fine to me. The presence of a metal lens mount will no doubt please some but I have had ( for 11 years + ) plastic fantastic M43 Pan kit lenses which perform as well as when I got them. Only lens mount that I had that failed was a metal one.Looks to me like Samyang is on the path Sigma followed: from ordinary and maybe QC unreliable lenses in the early days to state of the art optics now. We shall see how long these AF Samyangs last.SY has produced a range of FF Sony lenses that are not a million miles away in size from the super compact M43 ones. This I like - for this "casual" photographer use case.One thing to note - common in most compact / inexpensive FF WA lenses is the presence of LOCA - colour fringing. The "Tiny" Samyang 24,35 and 45 have this as do the Sony FE 28/2 and their compact G lenses like the 40/2.5Inexpensive lenses tend to have more variation in optical performance than expensive ones. Check your copy out - you can always swap it if needed ( I haven't had to ).NB check "product support' AFTER you have bought this - Amazon says it will "cover" for 2 years. I have D/L and kept this in case of issues. The 3 year SY warranty probably doesn't apply since it seems Amazon is not an approved reseller.

Firstly - the negative reviews on here can only be written by people who know absolutely nothing about photography, their camera or this lens.This is my 4th lens and it's my favourite. It's ultra quick to respond, pin sharp and very light.Like EVERY lens it will HUNT in certain light conditions but this lens performed amazing.At 1.4 it's low light performance was incredible. The depth is beautiful and it's value is outstanding.I'm a photographer for a living and I swear by this lens.Photos from my trip to Edinburgh which is where I used it first.

This is a great lens and well worth the price. I love the F1.4 look.Focusing is the typical objection in reviews and the endless internet chatter. For me it is acceptable. With a shallow depth of field you'll want to use DMF to make sure your focus point is tack sharp, and remember that its minimum focusing distance is quite long so you'll have focusing problems when close to the subject. If you really want to photograph sport, or super fast moving subjects, this is probably not what you want - I'd recommend a Sony option and trade finer image quality for focusing speed.I like the sharpness of the lens, but it's the overall look that's more impressive. Recommended.

I took a chance on this lens as I was looking for a 24mm for my Sony a7iii. I wish I hadn't bothered - the lens was so badly de-centered that it was unusable - all apertures and all focusing distances the right hand side of the image was so far out of focus it wasn't even funny - and no, I wasn't looking for optical perfection given the price but even so (and given the broadly positive reviews about on the net) I expected it to be at least half decent. Already returned it and will save up for the Sony version. The old saying - "buy cheaply, buy twice" never rang truer here.