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Is Samyang 500mm f/8 ED IF MC Preset any good ? |
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I haven't tested it |
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solar_sea
Joined: 19 Mar 2010 Posts: 5 Location: Bulgaria, Plovdiv
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Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2010 1:52 pm Post subject: Samyang 500mm f/8 ED Preset - now with examples :) |
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solar_sea wrote:
Hello everyone,
I've been recently interested in this specific lens from Samyang, after I've been nicely pleased by their 85/1.4 and 8/3.5 fisheye.
However, this looks like an upgrade to the already existing 500mm f/8 preset 4 element version, which has been sold under numerous names and brands and which quality - while good enough for it's price suffers from some chromatic aberrations. Some examples here (pbase link)
Can anyone please post (or link to) photos with the 5 element, ED, white version of this ?
Thanks for reading
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Boomer Depp
Joined: 08 Oct 2009 Posts: 552 Location: Kingston,Washighton
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fatdeeman
Joined: 13 Jun 2009 Posts: 780 Location: UK
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Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2010 9:35 pm Post subject: |
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fatdeeman wrote:
I didn't know they had updated this lens too, it seems to be actually pretty good and more in line with their more recent designs.
It's still a slow tube of a lens overall but the image quality looks pretty impressive to me! It's probably better than most of the 500mm mirror lenses around. _________________ - Dave
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Attila
Joined: 24 Feb 2007 Posts: 57849 Location: Hungary
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Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2010 11:07 pm Post subject: |
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Attila wrote:
Looks really good! Thank you for sharing with us these samples! _________________ -------------------------------
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solar_sea
Joined: 19 Mar 2010 Posts: 5 Location: Bulgaria, Plovdiv
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Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2010 11:37 pm Post subject: |
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solar_sea wrote:
Thanks for the samples. I got the same link when I wrote to samsung.pl from their site's contact form.
The results look really nice to me, especially when having in mind it's price.
The only serious issue that I see is purple fringing / aberration, but it's easy to deal with using hue setting in any photo editing app.
I've already ordered one based impressions from those samples, it should be here in a week or two.
Still, any other links/photos will be appreciated too I believe. _________________ :|Fujifilm S5 Pro|::|Samyang 85mm f/1.4|::|Samyang 8mm f/3.5 Fisheye|::|Samyang 500mm f/8 ED Preset|::|Nikkor AF-S 60mm f/2.8|: |
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Attila
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Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2010 11:56 pm Post subject: |
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Attila wrote:
solar_sea wrote: |
Thanks for the samples. I got the same link when I wrote to samsung.pl from their site's contact form.
The results look really nice to me, especially when having in mind it's price.
The only serious issue that I see is purple fringing / aberration, but it's easy to deal with using hue setting in any photo editing app.
I've already ordered one based impressions from those samples, it should be here in a week or two.
Still, any other links/photos will be appreciated too I believe. |
Share with us your result when you get it, I also interest about your other Samyangs. _________________ -------------------------------
Items on sale on Ebay
Sony NEX-7 Carl Zeiss Planar 85mm f1.4, Minolta MD 35mm f1.8, Konica 135mm f2.5, Minolta MD 50mm f1.2, Minolta MD 250mm f5.6, Carl Zeiss Sonnar 180mm f2.8
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solar_sea
Joined: 19 Mar 2010 Posts: 5 Location: Bulgaria, Plovdiv
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Posted: Mon Apr 12, 2010 5:45 am Post subject: |
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solar_sea wrote:
I finally got it and I must say I'm impressed. It's made of metal and has a very solid feel to it. The tripod foot is plastic, but is removable.
Here are the first two somewhat successful shots with it that I made. The conditions were awful in both, no tripod at all, very hi iso and bad light. But still I'm able to recognize the object and make a suitable print
note: they are both crops from the original frames. Here are the originals
Common starling @ 2000 iso + built-in flash:
By solar_sea at 2010-04-09
Jay @ 800 iso
By solar_sea at 2010-04-09 _________________ :|Fujifilm S5 Pro|::|Samyang 85mm f/1.4|::|Samyang 8mm f/3.5 Fisheye|::|Samyang 500mm f/8 ED Preset|::|Nikkor AF-S 60mm f/2.8|: |
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Scheimpflug
Joined: 06 Feb 2010 Posts: 1888 Location: New Zealand / USA
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Posted: Mon Apr 12, 2010 6:33 am Post subject: |
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Scheimpflug wrote:
Your samples look pretty good!
Do you happen to have a photo of the lens itself?
Also, where can you purchase this lens, and how much do they cost? _________________ Sigma DP1, Nikon D40 (hers ), Polaroid x530, Pentax P30t, Pentax P50, (P30t/P50 K-A to Nikon F body mount conversion)
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solar_sea
Joined: 19 Mar 2010 Posts: 5 Location: Bulgaria, Plovdiv
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Posted: Mon Apr 12, 2010 6:48 am Post subject: |
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solar_sea wrote:
The photos here are accurate but do not give hint of the actual size. It's long, but it's diameter is rather small. 67mm filter thread in the front, it gets down to about 55mm mm width for the rest of the tube.
I got it from a local importer for about 150 usd.
He was told by Samyang that they were discontinuing this model and will continue to produce only the basic 4 element one, probably due to requirement from re-branders like Opteka. But they still have some in stock _________________ :|Fujifilm S5 Pro|::|Samyang 85mm f/1.4|::|Samyang 8mm f/3.5 Fisheye|::|Samyang 500mm f/8 ED Preset|::|Nikkor AF-S 60mm f/2.8|: |
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slapo
Joined: 04 Jun 2010 Posts: 3
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Posted: Sun Feb 20, 2011 2:16 pm Post subject: |
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slapo wrote:
I know this topic is of an older date, but I thought that perhaps adding a link to a review I did would do no harm:
http://www.slapo.net/index/obsah/notes/noteid/10
For those who just want a few samples:
The next three have been shot at F8, ISO 800, 1/500s and the full frame is displayed:
F11:
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slapo
Joined: 04 Jun 2010 Posts: 3
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Posted: Sun Feb 20, 2011 2:42 pm Post subject: |
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slapo wrote:
Apparently, either I have made a mistake or phpBB is making fun of me
EDIT: seems to work OK after leaving the thread and coming back again. |
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calvin83
Joined: 12 Apr 2009 Posts: 7553 Location: Hong Kong
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Posted: Sun Feb 20, 2011 3:29 pm Post subject: |
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calvin83 wrote:
slapo wrote: |
Apparently, either I have made a mistake or phpBB is making fun of me
EDIT: seems to work OK after leaving the thread and coming back again. |
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slapo
Joined: 04 Jun 2010 Posts: 3
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Posted: Sun Feb 20, 2011 4:08 pm Post subject: |
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slapo wrote:
calvin83 wrote: |
slapo wrote: |
Apparently, either I have made a mistake or phpBB is making fun of me
EDIT: seems to work OK after leaving the thread and coming back again. |
Welcome to the forum! To aviod spam, no photo is allowed on the first post. |
Thanks
So that's what was happening.
I've been lurking around for some time, I just haven't posted anything before. |
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WilliamMeyer
Joined: 01 Jul 2013 Posts: 1 Location: LOs angeles
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Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2013 12:35 pm Post subject: |
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WilliamMeyer wrote:
solar_sea wrote: |
I finally got it and I must say I'm impressed. It's made of metal and has a very solid feel to it. The tripod foot is plastic, but is removable.
Here are the first two somewhat successful shots with it that I made. The conditions were awful in both, no tripod at all, very hi iso and bad flashlight. But still I'm able to recognize the object and make a suitable print
note: they are both crops from the original frames. at 2010-04-09 |
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