Samyang launched a new teaser on their facebook page. It’s highly likely this is for a new 100mm macro lens. And as usual expect it to be available in native A and E-mount.
found via MirrorlessRumors.
Samyang launched a new teaser on their facebook page. It’s highly likely this is for a new 100mm macro lens. And as usual expect it to be available in native A and E-mount.
found via MirrorlessRumors.
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I’m guessing that this lens will only cover APS-C and not FF which is a shame
Because all their lenses in 14-135mm range are APS-C only!
Oh.. wait…
Ummm…. they have a 16mm for APS-C!
Just change that 14 to a 17 and you’ll be right again 🙂
The latest 50mm is for FF
A small sarcasm there. They have 14mm, 24mm, 35mm, 50mm, 85mm and 135mm FF lenses.
The greatest guess I’ve seen for days. Of course, that’s a shame. Well done Andy!
There are many ff 100 mm macros to choose from.
Only Nikon makes an 85mm macro specifically for crop sensor.
If this is for C size , and optimized for best performance in that format , than that would be something to differentiate it from the crowd.
I’ts full frame.
The new Samsung 28mp mirrorless apsc camera is currently rated as the best apsc camera currently available.
Thier lens selection however sucks making the camera worthless.
If this is a crop sensor lens of very high quality and is made in Samsung mount it will be a big boost for Samsung.
Doubt it will be APS-C only. Especially being that it will be A and E mount makes it fairly obvious they wouldn’t leave out FF users.
samyang said “immense focus and unparalleled features”
so could this be an AF lens?
No?
At least for a dedicated macro lens I wouldn’t care about AF.
I have often wondered why so many people get so excited about another 50 or 35 mm lens when there are already so many available.
100 mm macro is a lens I would find very useful, but before I can get excited I must ask what , if anythingl, makes this lens special.
I only need one lens like this and there are many others available to choose from.
Well said negative Nancy.
It’s the idea people are excited about and not often the reality.
Sammyang is known for very sharp high quality lenses at a fraction of a price compared to other modern lenses in the same Focal Range. That is where the appeal is for most photogs is. Though you may be able to find an older legacy lens that will match price for quality but again, this lens will be built to modern standards so things like better coatings for digital and native mounts is a big plus if price is the same.
if this is indeed a FF 100mm macro, then there’s a lot to be excited about. Being a Samyang, that means it’ll be manual focus, have pretty good image quality, and be very cheap. Macro shooters will rejoice, because 100mm is an excellent focal length for macro shooting, and good macro shooters know that AF is worthless at such short range anyway, so you’re potentially saving a lot of weight and cost.
Personally I prefer that this doesn’t have OIS as it makes it cheaper and lighter, and you can get in-body stabilisation on E-mount anyway – not that you actually need it if you’re using flash, which you generally would be.
I can easily see myself going for this lens if the optical quality is there, and by all accounts it ought to be given Samyang’s recent track record. People who don’t “get” this lens probably aren’t macro shooters, in which case why are you looking at a macro lens??
Based on their past products this should be decent value with good optical performance, but the probable lack of automatic aperture will give it a significant disadvantage compared to other macro lenses.
Macro images are generally taken at narrow apertures because of the tiny depth of field close up. With a typical macro lens you’re focusing at f/2.8 then automatically stopping down to f/11-f/16 when taking the shot. Using a fully manual Samyang lens you’d either have to try to focus at a narrow aperture, or focus wide open then manually stop down before taking the shot. Neither of those options would be ideal.
An EVF helps when focusing with limited light, but with a subject in shadow and an f/16 aperture, it’ll end up providing a very noisy image just when careful manual focusing is required. Stopping down before taking the shot would be fine for shooting still life with a tripod, but not much use when working hand held or trying to capture moving subjects.
Samyang wide angle lenses don’t have the same disadvantages because they simply aren’t used in the same way as a specialist macro lens. Unless the Samyang macro is really something special, a lens like the older Tamron 90mm would probably be a much better option for most people.
I don’t think this will be a relevant problem for Sony users. I agree that there are some disadvantages to using a EVF in low light when shooting with a flash but the I think it will be perfectly fine to focus in low light with little noise in the EVF for the majority of the time. Especially in the A7 series of cameras. The A7S being the least problematic.
I’ve shot macro with both an A57 and A77II. Even using an f/2.8 macro lens I’ve found that noise in the EVF can make accurate focusing difficult in low light, especially when using the focus magnifier to zoom in on a small subject.
I’m sure it would be better with a full frame camera, but I can’t believe that it would be sufficient when using the lens at a narrow aperture like f/16.
Focusing wide open also has the advantage of giving a very narrow depth of field through the viewfinder, allowing the point of focus to be placed precisely. Focusing at a narrow aperture would make it harder to get spot on focus on a bug’s eyes for example.
I shoot this with a manual macro lens at f/11 is easy to focus you only set the focus distance and move back an forward until the object is in focus and shoot
Tic?
That is a nice shot, obviously it’s possible to get them with a manual aperture lens. When I first tried macro photography I used to use an adapted Helios lens on extension tubes and got many shots I was happy with. I just think it’s easier with a lens that allows you to focus wide open, especially if the light is already poor and you need to place the point of focus very precisely.
In bright daylight it might not be an issue at all, especially using something like the A7s, but it’s different in twilight, or under a forest canopy where the trees are blocking out most of the light. Even with an f/2.8 lens the image in my EVF has sometimes ended up quite noisy, making it harder to see when the detail comes into sharp focus. With a lens stopped down and only letting in a fraction of the light it would make things harder under those circumstances.
I am wishing SONY would make an A-mount Zeiss 100mm f2 MACRO. With AF.
Great for Wedding (ring and Portrait), and also good in studio.
Or Zeiss could make one, that Touit 50 is supposedly rather good. But macro lenses with AF…they need a long focus throw for precise MF which makes them slow to AF, even if focus limiters help.
Well Canon did it the EF 100 f.2,8 L is Macro. That is maybe the best macro today
Nowhere near Zeiss makro planar and Voigtlander APO Lanthar.
A focus Limiter Switch would be a Must.. Agree
Agree. If they could make it about the same size and quality as the Nikon 105 mm dc. Then i would break the bank. I know that the Nikon is no Macro. But i love the look of that lens
I guess you could use that in place of a 135 as well. Nice call.
Zeiss Makro Planar 100mm f2 already exists as manual focus lens, so it is adaptable to anything if you dont mind manual focusing. In my opinion, the best lens ever produced.
Nikola, Agree
And that is what would make this ZEISS MACRO so special, Sony SSM2 AF
And set it apart from the manual focus version.
It would be very useful for Weddings/Events/Portraits … Studio
Only downside would be the price. Makro Planar is around 1800e, so with Sony SSM and their pricing strategy, i fear it would be no less than 2500e. But if there is a lens worthy to spend the fortune on it, makro planar is the one.