Samyang AF 12mm f/2 X (Fuji version) lens review

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2 жыл бұрын

Fuji's long-appreciated (and slightly long-in-the-tooth?) bright 12mm lens gets an the autofocus makeover, and this time it on the Fuji X system, where its older manual focus brother has always been popular)
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@maxmuenchow 2 жыл бұрын

I really enjoy the new style of samyang lenses. Great review as always Chris!

@AndreiDimaReviews 2 жыл бұрын

Great review as always!

@andrei0525 2 жыл бұрын

The manual 12mm is one of the first primes i got for fuji after some kit lens and i also had it on canon M before switching. I don‘t think the lens needed autofocus so i‘m very happy with mine

@stephanweiskorn6760

Excellent video 😊!

@chadbalonick1784 2 жыл бұрын

I was really hoping you were going to review this lens. Seems like a nice buy for the price. Cheers!

@sclogse1 2 жыл бұрын

Chris, I've been looking at a montage sequence of some of the best camerawork from the film, The Cranes Are Flying. They are indelible and extraordinary. It makes you wonder how, with all that camera movement it was always in focus. (This is 1959!) Then you realize ir's shot with wide lenses, lit well enough indoors to probably be filmed at f8, outdoors no problem, but it's the film ratio that takes it over the top. 2.35/1. Or so. With that ratio, the edges are cropped, so less distortion is visible, and edge softness is eliminated. It's a win win deal, and I think this should be talked about as a subject for new video work. It is exactly the reason I'm buying the lens, and we haven't even mentioned the depth of field these wide lenses give, which is another big plus for using the manual focus lens.

@tjkrueger2655 2 жыл бұрын

Been using the manual version for astro and it's great, especially for the money. But it was never great during the day due to flaring. This at least makes it usable as more than a niche lens

@BojanBojovic 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Christopher, great as always. It would be nice if you could review the Samyang 21mm f1.4 for Fuji. 🖖

@christianevangelista4562 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Chris thanks for the review, have you find a way to focus the lens in Infinity under manual focusing?

@robertbirnbach2312 2 жыл бұрын

I have the manual focus lens and don't use it that often, for an ultra wide-angle autofocus is less of an issue than it is with a portrait lens. So the main upgrade for most people would really be the improvement in reducing flares, correct? is it enough of an improvement to warrant an upgrade?

@AndreasRavnestad 2 жыл бұрын

Great review, thanks! I own a copy of both the old and new version of this lens for my Fuji X-S10, and I'm not entirely sure that the optical formula is unchanged based on my own head-to-head comparisons of the two. That being said, I really hope you will be able to compare this lens to the Viltrox 13mm whenever Viltrox finds it appropriate to lift the embargo.

@rui-uh5ib 2 жыл бұрын

hello Christopher, the camera lens correction works well? It fix also CA? Thank you very much

@wutzzzzz 2 жыл бұрын

Could you tell something about how it works with the ibis? (Xs10 xt4 xh1) I read something, that this won’t work. Actually this is for me the reason to keep the manual one

@arunavade2571 2 жыл бұрын

2:01

@martinfennell1866 2 жыл бұрын

How does the autofocus version compare with the manual for astrophotography Chris?

@eprohoda 2 жыл бұрын

yeah, cool s-ee u around! Christopher~🙂

@franzjosefstakes 2 жыл бұрын

It's a tough sell now that the Viltrox 13mm is out. Yes, the Viltrox is ~50$ more expensive, a bit bigger and slightly narrower, but seems to be much sharper and is one stop brighter!

@GlockenSpiel 2 жыл бұрын

Hey, i see that you have visited my city, Izmir. I hope you had a great time haha

@Utoober-yp7mf 2 жыл бұрын

Is this good for videos? I recently bought the sigma 16mm 1.4 lens for my Sony A5100 but my crane M2 gimbal is not powerful enough to handle the sigma lens. Debating if I should get this or get a more powerful gimbal like weebill S.