Handling and features This lens is available to fit many different types of cameras, including Canon, Nikon, Pentax, Sony and Four Thirds SLRs as well as Samsung NX mirrorless cameras and costs around ￡260.

Upon first contact you will experience two immediate drawbacks - the lens does not offer AF nor any "native" coupling apart from the Canon EF-compatible mount. Consequently you have to focus manually either by checking the viewfinder image or by using Live-View.

No promises, but I would like to write a full Samyang 14mm f/2.8 IF ED UMC Lens review in the future. In the meantime, I think that you will find the standardized Samyang 14mm f/2.8 IF ED UMC Lens results currently available to be helpful.

Handling and features Performance Verdict Specification This lens is available to fit many different types of cameras, including Canon, Nikon, Pentax, Sony and Four Thirds SLRs as well as Samsung NX mirrorless cameras and costs around ￡260.

Extremely inexpensive; Excellent sharpness in the centre at f/2.8 and across the frame when stopped down to f/5.6 or beyond; Good build; Relatively lightweight; Extremely low CA levels

Wavy distortion; Falloff of illumination towards the corners; No hyperfocal scale or hard infinity stop

Ultra Wideange - Samyang 14mm manual lens This manual lens is fantasticly sharp provided you allow for the fact that infinity focus occurs at 3m on the scale on the lens. With the lens focused on its scale at 3m and f2.8 Infinity is sharpest With the lens then set to f5.6 everything from infinity to...

Though can't autofocus and has quite a strong barrel distortion, BUT ITS ultra wide and SUPER sharp. Great for astronomy and landscape photography! Good solid build

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Although it can be used on both 'full frame' and APS-C DSLRs, Samyang's 14mm f/2.8 ED AS IF UMC lens is best suited to 'full frame' DSLRs, where it covers a maximum angle of view equal to 115.7 degrees and can focus down to 0.28 meters (28 cm).

Image i shot in New Zealand with this lens. http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i114/nighthunter1961/_DSC5504web_zps4e202f0f.jpg

Sharp,Seems good build

Vert small distortion in corners,just crop

As a serious amateur landscape photographer, I find this lens to be an excellent choice. It yields razor sharp imagery with extreme depth of field on my D800E. This lens is one of the best price to value propositions on the market today.

Consistent Output; Durable; Excellent sharpness; Rugged; Strong Construction