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Samyang 12mm F2.8 ED AS NCS Fisheye

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Product Overview

Samyang 12mm F2.8 ED AS NCS Fisheye is a manual-focus ultra wide-angle 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 2014, it has 12 elements in 8 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.
As an ultra wide-angle prime lens that happens to have relatively small maximum aperture, it is best suited for landscape photography. 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.
Some photographers may be disappointed by the fact that the lens does not accept front screw-on filters.

Ratings

What we found

Neofiliac score 40%
Pros
  • 180° FOV
  • Reasonably good sunstar
Cons
  • Lacks front filter thread
  • Lacks weather sealing
  • Not the sharpest

What external reviewers found

External score 89%
Pros
  • Fisheye Hemi plugin and works with Lightroom or Photoshop
  • 180° angle of view with non distorted people and object and straight line
Cons
  • Lens fall off is visible at F2.8 but quite reasonable and disapear at F4

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External Reviews

sonyalpha[1]

Reviewer score 89% (normalized by Neofiliac)
Reviewers from sonyalpha have found:
The Samyang 12mm F2.8 ED AS NCS Fisheye is offering a 180° angle of view diagonally on a full frame sensor with a stereographic projection that maintain angles and the objects retain their general true shape even near the corner of the image. The lens is exactly the same for all mounts, below test will give same result as the native E mount version. All photos taken with Sony A7RIII and without post processing are available in full size (42Mpix)
Pros
  • 180° angle of view with non distorted people and object and straight line
  • Fisheye Hemi plugin and works with Lightroom or Photoshop
Cons
  • Lens fall off is visible at F2.8 but quite reasonable and disapear at F4

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References

  1. ^ Samyang 12mm F2.8 ED AS NCS Fisheye. [sonyalpha].

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