Samyang 85mm f1.4 Aspherical IF (Some samples)

Uzay · Joined: 16 May 2009 Posts: 92 Location: Turkey

Finally i received my Samyang 85 1.4 today but guess what? They sent me the wrong mount(EOS) even though i told them that i want Nikon mount by email at least 3 times. Now i have to wait more for a resolution!!
Sad

NikonD · Joined: 29 Jul 2008 Posts: 1922 Location: Slovenija

damn, I hope you'll solve the problem...
I'm about to order Samyang 8/3.5 and 85/1.4, but I think I'll wait a bit more Confused

f6cvalkyrie · Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 1:50 pm Post subject:

Hi,

My first post here, I couldn't find a "present yourself" topic, so I say "hi" to everybody here Smile

Informed and motivated by this excellent forum & topic, I bought a Falcon 85/1.4 that should be identical to the Samyang. On a Nikon mount.

However, the lens sits loose on my Nikon to 4/3 adaptor that receives all my original Nikkor glass without any problem. The Falcon seems to sit firm on any original Nikon mount, so it must be a question of very small differences in tolerance.

I have now fixed the problem by sticking some paper tape to the lens mount, and it now sits firm Very Happy

I find the optical quality and the bokeh of the 85/1.4 very very nice !

C U
Rafael

koji · Expire: 2012-12-27

f6cvalkyrie · Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 2:46 pm Post subject:

Thank you, Koji, I'll go and have a look over there !

C U
Rafael

Nelson · Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 8:07 pm Post subject:

hinnerker · Expire: 2015-08-09

Uzay · Joined: 16 May 2009 Posts: 92 Location: Turkey

Finally i received my Samyang Polar but i couldn't find a model to test the lens (my wife is not in her mood to be my model).

I hope i can take a few this weekend and share with you.

bluecove · Joined: 11 Apr 2009 Posts: 31 Location: Germany

Hey!

I got a Nikon one, to get it with a focus alert adapter on my Canon 40D. It has good sharpness, when you get the point of desire. If i may show two pictures, they're between F2.8 and F4 - i can't remember, sorry. The models are from the Wilhelma, a nice botanic and animal park in Stuttgart/Germany.

Greetings,
Seb.

f6cvalkyrie · Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2009 8:42 am Post subject:

Let me show you 2 close-ups I shot recently with this lens in Nikon mount, at shortest focusing distance and @ 2.8 iso400 (camera G1)

C U,
Rafael

paperinik · Joined: 11 Jan 2009 Posts: 100 Location: Adro, italy

I resume this old post for a question.

A friend of mine wants a fast prime for his nikon D40.

Has the nikon version a chip to wake up the meter or not?

Thanks!!!!

AhamB · Joined: 22 Jun 2008 Posts: 733 Location: Germany

Joosep · Joined: 25 Jan 2010 Posts: 305 Location: Estonia, Tallinn

I seriously want a M42 version.

sichko · Joined: 20 Jun 2008 Posts: 2475 Location: South West UK

paperinik · Joined: 11 Jan 2009 Posts: 100 Location: Adro, italy

Thanks!
Time to convince him now, this would be his MF lens.
But the first time I gave him my film camera in his hands the reaction was pretty evident Shocked

The camera was mounting my "relic" oreston 135 "1Q" Laughing

the most funny part was watching him looking at the back of the camera after each shot Mr. Green

AhamB · Joined: 22 Jun 2008 Posts: 733 Location: Germany

sille · Joined: 12 Jul 2008 Posts: 13

A sample, this time wide open with 25mm macro tube. Olympus E-400

More in my photostream at Flickr. http://www.flickr.com/photos/runarmunkhaug/

Arninetyes · Expire: 2013-03-26

After years waiting for prices of Nikkor 85/1.4 MF lenses to drop, then being rewarded last year with a hefty price increase on 30-year-old-lenses, I finally gave up and bought a Samyang (Rokinon) last December. I played with it quite a bit on a short vacation in January, but have had very little time to play with it since.

Amusingly, the first thing I did was screw up a shot. I snapped this the day after I got the lens. I was in a hurry, thought I'd opened it up all the way on aperture priority, and had to handhold it; not a tripod in sight.

Later when I looked at it, I liked the color, but was a bit disappointed that it wasn't sharper. Of course, for me to handhold at 1/30th with an 85mm lens, I couldn't expect it to be too sharp. Then I noticed that it was taken at f/2.8.

Apparently, the aperture ring was a bit stiff. I set the f/stop by feel, and only got it to f/2.8. It might have been actually sharp at f/1.4 @ 1/125. Lesson learned.

Now that the craziness of the past few months at work is past, maybe I can spend a little more time with the Samyang.

Next time I do a city night shot, I'll have it at f/1.4, or use a tripod, or both.

RTI · Joined: 15 Jul 2011 Posts: 282 Location: Moldova, Chisinau

I'll bump the thread with some of my samples Smile