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Cons: Quality control FF distortion but could live with it FF vignetting but could live with it

Pros: Good price if you get a good one Sharp if you get a good one AE along with focus confirm works on Pentax mount Reasonably fast

Summary: Firstly I am a happy user of Samyang 85 and 8 mm lenses and I was looking forward to adding the Samyang 14mm to my lenses! Unfortunately mine came with 2 issues: 1. Lens could not achieve infinity focus (easily adjusted at least) 2. Focal plane badly tilted - could only have one part of image in focus at a time. This is a show stopper. Due to tilted focal plane, this lens was completely useless for star shots (very blurry on the sides - let alone corners) and even landscapes shot at f8 were not good very sharp on edges. After taking plenty of test shots, I decided to send it back along with sample images of the problem. After 3 weeks the answer came back that the lens was not faulty and was performing within specifications. After debating this the supplier gave me a credit but if I asked them to send another copy \"I can expect it to be similar to the last one\" and there would be not subsequent credits. So be aware you may get a useless lens that Samyang thinks is acceptable!

Cons: Heavily barrel distortion (use lens correction in Lightroom to fix that) Different focus on many copies Soft in corners at f/11 also

Pros: Sharp, even wide open (sharper than Nikon 14-24 at f/2.8) Cheap Smooth focus ring Easy to find infinity focus for stars Electric circuit - control aperture/shutter in camera FX lens

Summary: One of the greatest, cheapest and best lens for photographing the Northern Lights. It work great for landscape, but you need to know DOF when focusing, but it's quite easy.

Cons: like every SY distance scale needs to be calibrated with Live View/ Contrast detect; but after that has been done...perfect can have issues with flair

Pros: very sharp and good contrast nice format

Summary: very good Ultra Wide; and FF

Cons: Moustache distortion, no filter, bokeh not so nice,heavy,only MF,no electronic coupling with the camera

Pros: very sharp,good colour,good build quality,good optical quality, cheap, fast f2,8, MF works well

Summary: A nice, very sharp, wide angle lens good for landscape,astrophotography, group photos,very good value for the money

Cons: -

Pros: - excellent for night time and street photos

Summary: Just. Love. It. Such a lovely lens. Beautiful especially for night time and street photography. think this is an excellent product and company. Samyang's got lots of other great lenses up on their website. I'm absolutely in love with the lens and hoping to get another one soon.

Cons: -only manual (can be a con) -no filters -no exifdata -distortion not usable for architecture

Pros: +only manual (can be a pro) +no coma! +good sharpness +good buildquality +manualfocus ring works great +cheap

Summary: This is the best lens for widefield astro work. Much better than the Canon 14mm 1:2.8 L II. Also okay for landscapes. But: Do not try to use it for architecture!

Cons: No autofocus, tricky distortion

Pros: excellent resolution, suprisingly high build quality for the money i spent

Summary: Distortion can be corrected by post production and is not to worry about while photographing landscape an nature. On my Nikon D7000 the aperture can be controlled by the camera, exif-files and the focus indicator are working well. High value for an affordable price.

Cons: No AF.No connection whit the camera aboud the information of the lens.A lot off distortion.

Pros: Razor sharp ate all F stops.Good build quality.usefull ate all F stops.

Summary: Very good razorsharp lens ate all F stops.Be carefull whit the distortion.,Very low priced,about 8 times cheaper than Canon and Nikkon.

Cons: No electronic coupling with the camera body means no exif info for future reference

Pros: Incredible IQ for the price

Summary: A well-built lens with the image quality of much more expensive alternatives. I shoot landscapes so the distortion is no problem for me, and I can always correct for it with PTLens. More importantly, I found out that shooting 4 frames at f/8, when focusing on the 0.28m, 0.4m, 0.7m, 2.0m markings, allows me to create a composite image where everything is tack sharp from 0.23m to infinity (post processing done with Helicon Focus). This lens is SHARP!