Page 1 of 1
My favourite vacation-lazy lens
Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 3:04 pm
by agorabasta
Samyang 14mm f/2.8, fully manual, but most of the time no focusing even needed; battery lasts much longer as SSS, AF and aperture control are all off.
All samples shot with a55. Developed in Lr3.41, geometry left uncorrected.
Re: My favourite vacation-lazy lens
Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2011 1:57 pm
by agorabasta
Two more views and an all-important sun in the frame corner.
Re: My favourite vacation-lazy lens
Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2011 2:26 pm
by mvanrheenen
Hi,
Nice pictures!
I also like this lens.You can actually get sharper results if you do focus it properly
Here's an example from mine, shot with an a580. As you see, it's also a sun in frame shot.
Re: My favourite vacation-lazy lens
Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2011 3:03 pm
by agorabasta
Outside of vacation time, I must confess - I still do focus the thing
But on vacation - no way! I just dial-in 2-3m distance and F/8-11 aperture. The laziest setting is 2m and f/11. And so I also kill that over-lax LPF of the a55.
Re: My favourite vacation-lazy lens
Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2011 3:57 pm
by agorabasta
And then again, it hardly ever gets much sharper. Check the 100% crops -
Re: My favourite vacation-lazy lens
Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 12:08 pm
by Thick as a Brick
these are great pictures - so impressed I've just ordered the 14mm for my a900. Hope it arrives okay, should have asked this forum where to order in the uk. found a site called digitaltoyshop, after a long google search - looks like the lens will dispatch from Spain. fingers crossed
Thanks for sharing them.
Adam
Re: My favourite vacation-lazy lens
Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2011 2:46 pm
by Steve4D
Thick as a Brick wrote:these are great pictures - so impressed I've just ordered the 14mm for my a900. Hope it arrives okay, should have asked this forum where to order in the uk. found a site called digitaltoyshop, after a long google search - looks like the lens will dispatch from Spain. fingers crossed
Hi Adam
As far as I know this lens is APS-C spec'd, and while I know there is APS-C capability on the a900, there may be better options availale for you?
Steve
Re: My favourite vacation-lazy lens
Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2011 2:55 pm
by Steve4D
agorabasta wrote:Two more views and an all-important sun in the frame corner.
Hi Agorabasta,
Very good examples of what can be achieved with this lens!
I like the same maker's 8mm version too, and especially what
camperbc (Glen of Fogo Island) on DPR can get out of that lens - He has become sort of an 8mm crusader over there.
Regards Steve
Re: My favourite vacation-lazy lens
Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2011 8:06 pm
by Dr. Harout
Steve4D wrote:Thick as a Brick wrote:these are great pictures - so impressed I've just ordered the 14mm for my a900. Hope it arrives okay, should have asked this forum where to order in the uk. found a site called digitaltoyshop, after a long google search - looks like the lens will dispatch from Spain. fingers crossed
Hi Adam
As far as I know this lens is APS-C spec'd, and while I know there is APS-C capability on the a900, there may be better options availale for you?
Steve
Samyang 14/2.8 is not APS-C lens, it's FF.
Re: My favourite vacation-lazy lens
Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2011 10:47 pm
by agorabasta
Doc is quite right, the lens is FF.
But it shows a moustache kind of geometry distortion on the FF. So a profile correction is a must for architecture shots.
The APSC crop looks truly beautiful, as the lens has about the right dose of distortion to have the people faces/bodies appear least distorted to the eye.
Re: My favourite vacation-lazy lens
Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2011 11:08 pm
by Steve4D
Yes, I assumed incorrectly that it was only APS-C i.e. the same as the 8mm.....I shouldn't post when it is past my bedtime
Thanks for picking me up on this...
Re: My favourite vacation-lazy lens
Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2011 3:51 pm
by Old Hydro
Thick as a Brick wrote:these are great pictures - so impressed I've just ordered the 14mm for my a900. Hope it arrives okay, should have asked this forum where to order in the uk. found a site called digitaltoyshop, after a long google search - looks like the lens will dispatch from Spain. fingers crossed
How is this lens with the A900? -- I've been thinking of getting one, but there comments around that it is not a great lens for full frame cameras.
Thanks for sharing them.
Adam
Re: My favourite vacation-lazy lens
Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2011 8:16 am
by agorabasta
Re: My favourite vacation-lazy lens
Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2011 8:51 pm
by Dr. Harout
Yuri Afanasev is a very well known photographer and I wasn't aware of his site. Very nice article.
BTW, there was a small article by Armen in Photoworld on the Samyang 14/2.8
Re: My favourite vacation-lazy lens
Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2011 9:00 pm
by Dr. Harout
BTW, he has an article on NEX-7 too...