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Exakta 18-28mm - Samyang made
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Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2012 8:34 pm
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Having seen this lens demonstrated previously by other posters, and seen the quality control issues experienced, I thought I'd pick up one and put it through its paces as well Very Happy



You'll have to excuse the wonky examples, everything was handheld on my Canon EOS 5D whilst out on a beach walk. No pp other than convert to JPG and 20% 0.5px unsharp mask.

18mm @ f/4



18mm @ f/5.6



18mm @ f/8



18mm @ f/4



18mm @ f/5.6



18mm @ f/8



18mm @ f/4



18mm @ f/5.6



18mm @ f/8



The lens obviously vignettes heavily and suffers from quite severe field curviture. But...it seems sharp in the middle!

How about at 28mm?

28mm @ f/4.5



28mm @ f/5.6



28mm @ f/8



28mm @ f/4.5



28mm @ f/5.6



28mm @ f/8



Same again really!

How about infinity?

18mm @ f/4



18mm @ f/5.6



18mm @ f/8



18mm @ f/4



18mm @ f/5.6



18mm @ f/8



Not so good at infinity Laughing It's better at 28mm there:

28mm @ f/4.5



28mm @ f/5.6



28mm @ f/8



28mm @ f/4.5



28mm @ f/5.6



28mm @ f/8



Few more snaps:







Verdict? Fun lens! Reminds me of a Holga lens! It's sharp in the middle, suffers on the left side but renders quite nicely in the centre Smile


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Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2012 8:37 pm
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+1 not bad at all if you not shoot to infinity and not bad at all especially for it's price , usually go for peanuts.


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Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2012 8:47 pm
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it looks quite good for the bus and the portrait... concentrate on the center/key message Smile


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nice lens.
i think it can shoot some very nice landscapes.
but why is it vignetting @ 28mm?


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Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2012 9:45 pm
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Smoli4 wrote:
but why is it vignetting @ 28mm?


It was a very early ultra wide lens for full frame Wink Vignetting can be removed in Photoshop, although I guess it won't be so bad on a crop sensor camera Smile


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Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2012 10:07 pm
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im just waiting for the right moment to grab me a wide angle lens Smile
but it requires for all the right pieces to come together ($$$) Laughing
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