Samyang 14mm f/2.8 surprise…a cheap high-quality lens for Sony Alpha cameras

I always check Photozone and their lens reviews. Their latest Samyang 14mm f/2.8 review is quite a surprise: http://www.photozone.de/canon_eos_ff/532-samyang14f28eosff. They tested the lens on a Canon but the same lens is also available here on eBay for Sony Alpha camerasavailable here on eBay for Sony Alpha camerasavailable here on eBay for Sony Alpha camerasavailable here on eBay for Sony Alpha camerasavailable here on eBay for Sony Alpha camerasavailable here on eBay for Sony Alpha camerasavailable here on eBay for Sony Alpha camerasavailable here on eBay for Sony Alpha camerasavailable here on eBay for Sony Alpha camerasavailable here on eBay for Sony Alpha camerasavailable here on eBay for Sony Alpha camerasavailable here on eBay for Sony Alpha cameras. The lens itself costs 320EUR/420US$ works on both FF and APS-C cameras. The image quality is surprisely high! Photozone itself says that this is “may be the surprise product of the season”. One more review is available here on Dyxum.com

A little bit weird that the lens is sold with 4 different brands (Samyang, Bower, Rokinon, Walimex)! That’s why on Amazon US you find it as “Rokinon 14mm f/2.8” (click here).

First Sony NEX5 + Leica lens test

Sawamura Tetsu from DC.watch tested the Leica Super-Elmar-M 18mmLeica Super-Elmar-M 18mmLeica Super-Elmar-M 18mmLeica Super-Elmar-M 18mmLeica Super-Elmar-M 18mmLeica Super-Elmar-M 18mmLeica Super-Elmar-M 18mmLeica Super-Elmar-M 18mmLeica Super-Elmar-M 18mmLeica Super-Elmar-M 18mmLeica Super-Elmar-M 18mm on the new Sony-NEX5. Click here to read the google english translation.

By the way, the Leica Super-Elmar-M 18mm is a very expensive lens…available for 3.000$ on eBayavailable for 3.000$ on eBayavailable for 3.000$ on eBayavailable for 3.000$ on eBayavailable for 3.000$ on eBayavailable for 3.000$ on eBayavailable for 3.000$ on eBayavailable for 3.000$ on eBayavailable for 3.000$ on eBayavailable for 3.000$ on eBayavailable for 3.000$ on eBay :(

Sont TidBits (and tons of NEX and Alpha reviews)


Sony NEX-5 review at whatdigitalcamera

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Head to Head: Samsung NX10 vs. Sony NEX-5 (Digitalcamerareview).
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Sony NEX-5 preview at Engadget and Photoradar
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CNET UK reviewed the NEX-5
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Fotopolis tested the NEX3 here and here
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Pixinfo tested the new Sony A390 (google english translation)
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Sony A450 review at Photographyblog
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Adorama is accepting preorders for the new Adobe Lightroom 3