Specs
A tiny lens with a mighty performance, Samyang AF 35mm F2.8 FE is ideal for daily photography as well as travel photography. This new compact and lightweight lens, together with the existing AF 14mm F2.8 FE and AF 50mm F1.4 FE lenses, now expands Samyang’s autofocus lens line-up to three.
The AF 35mm F2.8 FE weighs just 85g and measures 3.3cm in length, without the hood and rear cap. Thanks to Samyang’s exceptional optical technology, its compact size is packed with features for outstanding image quality. Featuring seven elements in six groups, two aspherical lenses and one high refractive lens plus Ultra Multi Coating to minimise aberration and unnecessary light dispersion, the lens delivers high resolution from the centre to the corners of the image.
Perfect Partner for Everyday Photographers
This new lens is specifically designed to work in harmony with full frame mirrorless cameras in Sony E mount. For full frame sensors, the focal length resembles the human eye the most. For APS-C types for Sony alpha 6000 and 5000 series users the lens is equivalent to approximately 52mm, which is also one of the most popular focal lengths among photographers.
Portability with mighty performance and a 35mm focal length makes this lens the best choice for daily photographers who want to capture every memory as a high quality image. The autofocus is fast and accurate and is ideal for the capture of outdoor events such as hiking, sports events and landscape photography. It also has a minimum focusing distance of 0.35m and is ideal for street, portrait and close focus photography.
$399 price, available in July 2017.
Review
Centre sharpness is very good when shooting wide-open at f/2.8, and excellent from f/4 onwards, with f/22 being adversely affected by diffraction. The edges aren't quite as sharp as the centre, with f/5.6-f/16 producing the sharpest results.
http://www.photographyblog.com/reviews/samyang_af_35mm_f2_8_fe_review/
To throw in my own experience - a fantastic lens that combines extreme light weight, very fast autofocus, excellent image quality and a low price. But its real advantage is that it turns any A7 body into a true street photography camera. At ca. 600g, an A7s with the full frame Samyang 35mm/2.8 is more compact, less obtrusive and just as lightweight as an A6000 with the equivalent Sony 24mm/f1.8 APS-C lens. Pics: https://allopach.wordpress.com/2017/07/23/aachen-bizarr-2017/
New Firmware
It fixes an issue where ‘Fast Hybrid AF’ is not working in 6 cameras models when the focus mode is set to ‘AF-C’ and focus point is set to ‘Wide’ or ‘Zone’.
https://www.samyanglensglobal.com/about/notice.do?SQ=225&pageSize=10&LOCALE=en&pageNo=1
Firmware Update Version 6
Rokinon 35mm f/2.8 AF, $175
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