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Samyang 50mm F1.4 AS UMC

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Product Overview

Samyang 50mm F1.4 AS UMC is a large-aperture manual-focus normal prime lens for Canon EF-mount, Nikon F-mount, Pentax K-mount, Sony A-mount, and Sony E-mount. It covers the full-frame image circle. Introduced by Samyang in 2015, it has 9 elements in 6 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.
A normal prime lens, the Samyang 50mm F1.4 AS UMC has the potential to be one of the most used and ultimately versatile option in a photographer's bag. Usually the easiest to design and to QC, it is a great option for landscape and street photography. Its bright maximum aperture also helps night and portrait works. Those who like sunstars (sun bursts) will be pleased by the lens' even-numbered aperture count, though conversely those who find sunstars distracting may have the opposite feeling.

Ratings

What we found

Neofiliac score 59%
Pros
  • Bright maximum aperture
  • Beautiful rendering
Cons
  • Lacks weather sealing
  • Not Samyang's highest grade of build

What external reviewers found

External score 52%
Pros
  • Good optical performances, sharpness is very good if you close down a little bit, the background blur is quite pleasing
  • Fully manual and very bulky as initially designed for DSLR
Cons
  • Bulky and heavy
  • Cameras are a little muted
  • Bokeh is OK but the bokeh balls have some disturbing halos

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External Reviews

sonyalpha[1]

Reviewer score 52% (normalized by Neofiliac)
Reviewers from sonyalpha have found:
The Samyang 50mm F1.4 AS UMC has good optical performances. Sharpness is very good if you close down a little bit, the background blur is quite pleasing. The lens is fully manual and very bulky as initially designed for DSLR. The build construction is good, made of high quality plastic. Nice rendering in video with smooth background blur but colors are a bit faded.
Pros
  • Good optical performances, sharpness is very good if you close down a little bit, the background blur is quite pleasing
  • Fully manual and very bulky as initially designed for DSLR
Cons
  • Bulky and heavy
  • Cameras are a little muted
  • Bokeh is OK but the bokeh balls have some disturbing halos

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References

  1. ^ Samyang 50mm F1.4 AS UMC. [sonyalpha].

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