Samyang 35mm F1.4 is a Fixed aperture Manual Focus (MF)
Wideangle Prime lens with 35mm FF max sensor coverage, and it is designed to be used with Sony Alpha mount cameras.
What type of photography is the Samyang 35mm F1.4 lens good for?
The type of photography that you are planning to use the Samyang 35mm F1.4 is an important decision factor. Here we have evaluated its suitability to various photography scenarios:
| Photography Type |
Suitability |
| Bird/Wildlife | Poor |
| Sports | Poor |
| Portrait | Average |
| Travel | Average |
| Street | Excellent |
| Wedding | Average |
| Walk Around | Average |
| Vlogging | Good |
| Landscape | Very Good |
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Reasons to Buy Samyang 35mm F1.4 AS UMC Lens
Here, we've included a summary of the advantages and disadvantages of the Samyang 35mm F1.4 AS UMC lens in a list form to help you determine whether it offers the features you need.
| Aperture Ring |
| Distance Scale |
| DoF(Depth of Field) Scale |
| Very Fast Aperture |
| Covers Full-Frame Sensor |
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Lens Mount
Samyang 35mm F1.4 is compatible with cameras that have Sony Alpha lens mount. Some of the latest released cameras that are compatible with the Sony Alpha lenses are Sony A99 II, Sony A68 and Sony A77 II.
Samyang 35mm F1.4 is also available in Canon EF , Nikon F (FX), Four Thirds, Pentax KAF, Sony E and Samsung NX mounts.
Size, Weight and Filter Thread
Size and weight is a very important decision factor when searching for your next lens. Samyang 35mm F1.4 has a maximum diameter of 63mm and total length of 112mm. It weighs 660g / 23.3 oz.
Samyang 35mm F1.4 has a filter thread of 77mm.
Focal Range
Samyang 35mm F1.4 has a fixed focal lenght of 35mm. When it is mounted on an APS-C sensor camera with 1.5x crop, it provides an 35mm (FF) equivalent of 52.5mm.
Optical Image Stabilization
Samyang 35mm F1.4 doesn't have an optical image stabilization system so the only option to stabilize the image taken with this lens is to mount on a camera body with IBIS (sensor based In-body image stabilization).
Alternatively, you can check the Tamron 35mm F1.8 Di VC USD in Sony Alpha mount that have similar focal range but features Optical Image Stabilization.
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Aperture
Samyang 35mm F1.4 has a max aperture of F1.4 and a minimum aperture of F22.0.
Optical Formula
Samyang 35mm F1.4's optical formula consists of 12 elements in 10 groups . Following special elements are used in this design:
- 2 high-refraction glass elements
- 1 aspherical element
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