[Guest]

[quote name='mst' timestamp='1308426585' post='9338']

I'll see what I can do, Pinhole. I can't promise anything, though. The weather is quite dismal currently and I was lucky to take advantage of a few short periods of sunshine today.



However, the full review will of course contain the usual distortion and bokeh sections.



-- Markus

[/quote]



Thanks very much - I know what you mean about the weather: all that early summer sun has turned into rain and grey skies here in Berlin.



Regards,

Pinhole.

[frank]

The images on this site and those on fredmiran are very imapressive. I am not familiar with the Samyang brand lens. How is the reputation of it, compared to e.g. Sigma and Tokina? I hope that the sample variance will not be that large.



Frank

[Klaus]

[quote name='Frank' timestamp='1308539851' post='9351']

The images on this site and those on fredmiran are very imapressive. I am not familiar with the Samyang brand lens. How is the reputation of it, compared to e.g. Sigma and Tokina? I hope that the sample variance will not be that large.



Frank

[/quote]



These are prime lenses based on a metal body. Old school stuff. The quality is very good.

The only issue that we've observed is that the distance scale may not be correctly calibrated.

Remember that these are fully manual lenses. An automatic aperture is available for Nikon only.

[Dick England]

[quote name='mst' timestamp='1308412351' post='9331']

Just uploaded a few sample images taken with the D3x:



http://photozone.smugmug.com/Reviews/samyang35d3x



-- Markus

[/quote]





Love the picture of the toy tractor and trailer.



Dick

[mst]

[quote name='jenbenn' timestamp='1308517509' post='9347']

how did you find fokssing in the field at f1.4? Were you able to nail fokus through the viewfinder (without liveview)?[/quote]



Not really. The viewfinder screen of the D3x is unprecise for anything faster than f/2. The "green dot" doesn't really help here, either.



However, that's a limitation of the camera (not just the D3x, but any current DSLR with an optical viewfinder). If the subject allows, I usually do some focus bracketing instead of switching to liveview. I'm probably old-fashioned <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />



[quote name='jenbenn' timestamp='1308517509' post='9347']

If I wanted to shoot at narrow apterures I wouldnt buy such a fast and comparable big and heav Lens. Would you (or Klaus) mind adding more low light samples at f/1.4?

[/quote]



Well, personally I think it's a lens to cover both scenarios, at least that's how I use fast glass. On the other hand I often wish I could provide more samples, but I've set a hard limit of 20 images per lens (which is already quite a bit more than the limit Klaus would like to see (his concerns are about bandwith usage)) and I often struggle to get down (!) to that number.



I'm afraid I won't be able to shoot any more samples with the lens. Time's running out (I'm preparing to leave for summer vacation) and it's more or less continously raining here now.



-- Markus

[PuxaVida]

[quote name='mst' timestamp='1308412351' post='9331']

Just uploaded a few sample images taken with the D3x:



[url="http://photozone.smugmug.com/Reviews/samyang35d3x"]http://photozone.smu...ws/samyang35d3x[/url]



-- Markus

[/quote]



Thanks for sharing the images Markus...



The focusing and metering compatibility, the not-bad-at-all bokeh and MFD might be compared to the old Nikon AiS 35mm f/1.4. And most probably this Samyang will be sold at half the price of it...



But if I would have the budget and a reason for a 35mm f/1.4, the Zeiss Distagon would definitely be the cure I guess.



Serkan

[netrex]

[quote name='Klaus' timestamp='1308547817' post='9353']

These are prime lenses based on a metal body. Old school stuff. The quality is very good.

The only issue that we've observed is that the distance scale may not be correctly calibrated.

Remember that these are fully manual lenses. An automatic aperture is available for Nikon only.

[/quote]

Are you sure about the aperture? I have automatic aperture on the Pentax version of the 85mm from Samyang.

[Klaus]

[quote name='Alexander ' timestamp='1308572918' post='9362']

Are you sure about the aperture? I have automatic aperture on the Pentax version of the 85mm from Samyang.

[/quote]



I don't know about Pentax.



It has surely none for Canon, Four-thirds and Samsung NX.

[popo]

Is the Pentax aperture control mechanical as opposed to electronic? Wonder if that could also apply to Sony/Alpha if so.

[netrex]

[quote name='Klaus' timestamp='1308575313' post='9363']

I don't know about Pentax.



It has surely none for Canon, Four-thirds and Samsung NX.

[/quote]

Ok. I expect it to be for Pentax as well as it is on the 85mm, and I think I once asked them LensTip about the 14mm, and it has it as well. Pentax has a mechanical aperture control, so no electronics needed, which is why I assume it has automatic aperture for Pentax.