Comments on: Falcon 14 mm f/2.8 ED Asph IF sample shots

By: Just a Thought

Just a Thought — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 16:44:59 +0000

The Samyang 85mm is another bargain basement wonder. LIke zeeGerman pointed out below – “there’s a bot of softness in the corners, but step down it seems to perfom pretty well”. That applies to the 85mm Samyang aswell. When you consider the price difference between an equivalent Nikkor and the Samyang, you soon realize what a bargain the Samyang lenses are (or rebranded as Falcon and a few other rebrand names).

Samyang reminds me of what Kiron was offering in days forever gone – amazing lens value for the money.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 08:24:16 +0000

that looks delicious

By: zeeGerman

zeeGerman — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 06:58:22 +0000

Even some RAW files out of the D3X:
http://www.samyang.pl/strona.php?action=12

By: zeeGerman

zeeGerman — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 06:30:27 +0000

Here are samples of the samyang on a D3X:

http://lenstip.com/1761-news-Samyang_14_mm_f_2.8_IF_ED_MC_Aspherical_-_sample_shots.html

Wide open there’s a bit softness in the corners, but step down it seems to perform pretty well.

By: Nau

Nau — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 04:24:03 +0000

Considering fisheye lens from this guys maybe in a next few month
8mm 3.5 I think

kinda crap that all the lenses from them are manual (for wide angle its ok but for 85 its kinda down scaling)

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 03:05:17 +0000

All of the samples are extremely soft and lack contrast. For images shot with a Canon one would expect JPEGs to be sharper than they are if the lens was halfway decent.

I want to see the corners on FX. I can only imagine how terrible they look.

By: rangefinder bob

rangefinder bob — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 01:31:40 +0000

The sample pics are rather disingenuous. They were shot on a 20D, a low resolution cropped sensor (1.6X) camera, resulting in 21-22mm equivalent FOV. Most any lens ( including coke bottles ends) will look good cropped away from the corners and stopped down. Still, probably a passable lens, especially since it is likely to be used rarely.

Oh,and the big piece of glass up front will impress the chicks and will make me look like a “pro”

By: JUst a Thought

JUst a Thought — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 20:49:50 +0000

“WHO BUYS A FALCON LENS??”

People who buy a lens to use on a camera to take photogrpahs, that’s who..

Those who “ONLY” buy a brand name to hang around their neck so everyone can see their expensive toys, would likely never even consider this lens.

The older version if this lenses got lots of great reviews by people who actually used the lens to take photographs. I believe a technical review of the older Samyang lens put it’s performance not much different to an equivalent sized Nikkor. I bet that most would not be able to tell the difference between an enlargement (say 8×12) taken with the Falcon/Samyang and the same shot taken with an equivalent sized Nikkor or Canon or Sony or Pentax lens. I suspect the way the different camera brands handle sharpening, noise, white balance, colour rendition and JPG conversion and even RAW conversion would have far more effect on the final photos than the lens used in such a comparison.

By: Hmm?

Hmm? — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 20:26:44 +0000

WHO BUYS FALCON LENS ??