Compare Samyang 16mm F2 ED AS UMC CS vs Samyang 135mm F2.0 ED UMC vs Zeiss Batis 85mm F1.8

Construction

Aperture Blades
8 blades
9 blades
Form Factor
Wide-Angle Prime Lens
Medium Telephoto Prime Lens
Short Telephoto Prime Lens
Image Size
APS-C
Full-Frame
Full-Frame
Lens Barrel
Physical aperture ring, Distance scale
Physical aperture ring, Distance scale, DoF scale
Distance scale, DoF scale
Lens Mount
Canon EF-M-mount, Canon EF-mount, Micro Four Thirds-mount, Fujifilm X-mount, Micro Four Thirds-mount, Nikon F-mount, Pentax K-mount, Samsung NX-mount, Sony A-mount, Sony E-mount
Canon EF-mount, Canon EF-M-mount, Micro Four Thirds-mount, Fujifilm X-mount, Micro Four Thirds-mount, Nikon F-mount, Pentax K-mount, Samsung NX-mount, Sony A-mount, Sony E-mount
Sony E-mount
Material
Metal barrel, metal mount
Optical Formula | Elements
13 elements
11 elements
10 elements
Optical Formula | Groups
11 groups
7 groups
8 groups
Optical Formula | Special Glass
1 ED glass element, 1 aspheric element, 1 hybrid aspheric element groups
1 ED element, Ultra Multi Coating groups
T* coating groups

Dimensions

Filter Diameter
77 mm / 3.03 in
77 mm / 3.03 in
67 mm / 2.64 in
Size | Diameter
83 mm / 3.27 in
82 mm / 3.23 in
105 mm / 4.13 in
Size | Length
89 mm / 3.50 in
122 mm / 4.80 in
78 mm / 3.07 in
Weight
583 g / 20.60 oz
830 g / 29.33 oz
475 g / 16.78 oz

Function

Angle Of View
84.1° Diagonal | 73.7° Horizontal | 53.1° Vertical
18.2° Diagonal | 15.2° Horizontal | 10.2° Vertical
28.6° Diagonal | 23.9° Horizontal | 16.1° Vertical
Aperture
f/2 ~ f/22
f/2 ~ f/22
f/1.8 ~ f/22
Autofocus
No
No
Yes
Crop Factor
1.5
Focal Length
16 mm
135 mm
85 mm
Focal Length (35mm Equivalent)
24.0 mm
Focus Type
Internal
Internal
Image Stabilization
No
No
Yes
Weather Resistance
No
Yes

Performance

Min Focus Distance
200 mm / 7.87 in
800 mm / 31.50 in
800 mm / 31.50 in

Production

Accessory
Lens hood included
Lens hood included
Lens hood included
Debut
2013-06-13
2015-01-12
2015-04-22

Reviews

Neofiliac score
50%
50%
93%
Pros
  • A bit large for an APS-C lens
  • Smooth rendering
  • Good resolution
  • Optically stabilized
  • Weather-sealed
  • OLED display
  • Rather lightweight for its focal length
Cons
  • Not the best grade of build
  • Not the strongest IQ
  • On the heavy side
  • Lacks weather sealing
  • Hard to MF at this focal length
  • Barrel with large diameter

Price

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