At around a third of the price of the Canon and Nikon alternatives, the Samyang 24mm f/1.4 ED AS UMC is an affordable and most importantly excellent quality alternative to the OEM offerings, that's if you can live with the lack of auto-focusing and on the Canon version the transfer of metering...

Samyang has long been a minor player in the UK lens market, but with supply improving, new releases extending the company's range and each model available in most of the popular lens mounts, Samyang may just find itself emerging from the shadows.

Samyang 24mm f1.4 is a Fixed aperture Manual Focus (MF) Wideangle Prime lens with 35mm FF max sensor coverage, and it is designed to be used with F(FX) Mount cameras. What type of photography is the Samyang 24mm f1.4 lens good for?

Aperture Ring, Distance Scale, DoF(Depth of Field) Scale, Very Fast Aperture, Covers Full-Frame Sensor, Minimum focus distance of, 0.25m / 9.8 inch, No Weather Sealing, No Autofocus

Aperture Ring, Distance Scale, DoF(Depth of Field) Scale, Very Fast Aperture, Covers Full-Frame Sensor, Minimum focus distance of, 0.25m / 9.8 inch, No Weather Sealing, No Autofocus

It may be a bit embarrassing for the original manufacturers, but the Samyang 24mm f/1.4 ED AS UMC manages to produce a quality similar to its roughly double-priced counterparts. Admittedly, the 24mm f/1.4 suffers from slightly lower contrast at large apertures, but the resolution is already pretty...

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Clever safety features, Very good battery life, Reliable camera, Fun colours, You’ve got an ageing iPhone: If you’re on an iPhone 11 or older, then the changes here will make a notable difference.

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Design too familiar, Some average features

Apple's latest non-Pro iPhone is superb - it's just that it's strikingly similar to last year's effort.

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