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Samyang 21mm F1.4 ED AS UMC CS

APS-C Lens

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Product Overview

Samyang 21mm F1.4 ED AS UMC CS is a large-aperture manual-focus wide-angle prime lens for Canon EF-M-mount, Fujifilm X-mount, Micro Four Thirds-mount, and Sony E-mount. It covers the APS-C image circle. Introduced by Samyang in 2015, it has 8 elements in 7 groups.
Manual focus may be limiting to some, but purists will find it much more engaging. There are also fewer things to go wrong on the long run. Unfortunately, Samyang has opted to omit weather sealing for this lens, so owners should pay extra attention when shooting in incremental weathers.
The bright maximum aperture for a wide-angle lens is appreciated for night and astro photography, though some may prefer the perspective of an ultra wide-angle lens for this. Even though the lens is not stabilized, at this focal range it does not usually matter. In fact, some may be able to get cleaner corners without image stabilization.

Ratings

What we found

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Pros
  • Bright maximum aperture
  • Very sharp
  • Good color rendition
Cons
  • Lacks weather sealing

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