Originally posted by blende8 The Samyangs leave me with mixed feelings.
The price is nice of course.
But the quality is problematic.
I had a 85mm and the contrast wide open was mediocre. Also corner resolution not good. And then
the aperture problem. I gave mine back.
The 14mm has a very pronounced, ugly wavy distortion. Sharpness is top, though. Flare was so bad that Samyang trashed the first edition after tests and had to improve coatings. Still a problem.
And then the size.
This 35/1.4 is incredibly large. Why?
Ok, the Zeiss is that large, too.
Let's wait for the tests …
You probably get a bad copy of the 85mm, because mine is almost perfect. Optically, my best lens (probably even better than my Tamron 17-50 f/2.8). Colors are fantastic, and no corner problem (anyway, I usually shot between f/1.4 and f/2, so corners...
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The 1st edition of the 14mm had flare issue, Samyang decided to postpone the release to correct it (how many company do that?!?) and now is almost better as all its pairs for flare and exceed their resolving power (including the new Nikkor 14-24mm).
The only remaining problem is the wavy distortion, but without consequences on landscape (only problematic on architecture) and can be corrected in different software using appropriate profiles.
For that price, it is going to be mine within the next days!
Then, the 35mm is released the sae year than all its pairs, so the IQ comparaison will be easy.