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Samyang SY12M-E-SIL 12mm F2.0 Ultra Wide Angle Lens for Sony E Cameras, Silver

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Style: Sony NEX


Features

  • Focuses to 7.9" (0.2m) and Accepts 67 Filters. Diaphragm Blades - 6. Optical Design - 12 Elements in 10 Groups. Format Compatibility - APS-C
  • 98.9 Degree Angle of View / 18mm (35mm Equivalent
  • Fast f/2.0 Maximum Aperture Benefits Working in Low-Light Conditions
  • Nano Coating System (NCS) For Increased Light Transmission and Reduced Internal Reflections
  • Utilizes 12 High Precision Glass Lens Elements Including 1 Hybrid Aspherical (H-ASP) + 1 Aspherical (AS) + 1 Low-Dispersion (ED) High Precision Glass Lens Elements For Superior Image Quality

Description

The Samyang 12mm f2.0 NCS CS Ultra Wide Angle Lens is designed specifically for mirrorless cameras. Its 35mm focal length equivalency for Sony E- Mount (NEX) Cameras is 18mm. With an f2.0 maximum aperture, it is particularly effective in low-light capture and can control shallow depth of field for precise subject focus with pleasing out-of-focus backgrounds. It offers a minimum focus distance of 7.9" and its front filter thread accepts 67mm size filters. The lens's impressive optical construction consists of three Extra- low Dispersion elements, one aspherical, and one hybrid aspherical element. The nano-crystal coating is applied Made just for mirrorless cameras is the new Samyang 12mm f2.0 NCS CS Ultra Wide Angle Lens. Its 35mm focal length equivalency for Sony E- Mount (NEX) Cameras is 18mm. With a f2.0 maximum aperture, it is particularly effective in low-light capture and can control shallow depth of field for precise subject focus with pleasing out-of-focus backgrounds. It offers a minimum focus distance of 7.9" and its front filter thread accepts 67mm size filters. The lens's impressive optical construction consists of three Extra-low Dispersion elements, one aspherical, and one hybrid aspherical element. The nano-crystal coating is applied to the inner surface of the two front-most lens elements to minimize ghosting and flare and improve overall image clarity.

Brand: Samyang


Focal Length Description: 12 mm


Lens Type: Wide Angle


Compatible Mountings: Sony E


Camera Lens Description: 6


Product Dimensions: 2.3 x 2.8 x 2.8 inches


Item Weight: 8.5 ounces


Item model number: SY12M-S-S


Is Discontinued By Manufacturer: No


Date First Available: May 22, 2014


Manufacturer: Samyang


Country of Origin: Korea, Republic of


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I'd been searching for a good wide angle lens for full body portraits because of the cool angles that can be achieved with it and WOW this is a purchase I do *not* regret!! I was a little scared to buy this because I'm not as financially secure as most everyone saying this is a "budget" lens plus none of the reviews on any sites featured portrait examples so this was a big gamble for me lol but it soooo paid off. As you can see by the billion example photos I've uploaded, this lens works really well for photographing people in close quarters. Almost all of these pics were taken up close and personal which allows for a really nice field of depth while not distorting facial features or limbs and keeping the subject nice and sharp. I've had this lens for almost a year and it has not let up!! Anyway, I decided to write this review for anyone else looking for wide angle lens for portraits rather than landscape or architectural photography. I use this lens in my Sony a6300 which is cropped sensor 1.5x so it's not as wide as it could be btw! ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on August 23, 2022 by truces truces
    • Great manual prime lens
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I purchased this for low light landscape and astrophotography mostly while backpacking. The lens is sturdy and well made, but not heavy. The focus ring has the right amount of control to get the focus right- use focus peaking. My copy is a little soft at f2, but up from that it just steps down into wonderful sharpness. The only drawback to this lens is it only has 6 blades, so sun stars and moon stars are not as great as a more expensive lens. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on December 27, 2020 by Ryan C My 12
    • NOT Perfect, But serves its purpose PERFECTLY
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This review should cover both the Samyang & Rokinon 12mm lenses since they share exactly the same components (just branded differently). This lens is NOT perfect, but it serves its purposes PERFECTLY. What do I mean? This is obviously a landscape & architectural lens and when the lens is set for those purposes, it works very well. But once you start trying to use it for different scenarios its shortcomings become very apparent. CONS: 1) Manual Focus Lens: pretty much means anything fast-moving is none capturable (Not a word, but you probably get what I mean) 2) Since it is COMPLETELY manual, it doesn't even leave aperture metadata (not a huge deal since you should only be shooting at f8 & f11. Photos will detail exactly why) 3) My particular lens was off center and the left side was not as sharp as the right side, but was remedied at smaller apertures 4) I bought this lens for landscapes and astrophotograhy (because its f2.0) but f2.0 the photos are far from sharp which somewhat defeats its purpose for astro. PROS: 1) Exceptionally wide angle view w/o fisheye (I feel fisheye has its place, but not for my purposes) 2) Once the aperture is set appropriately the lens sharpens up A LOT! (see the pics to see what I mean) 3) Affordable (subjective) 4) It is compact and relatively light and matches my a6000 very well, dare I say, even jacket pocketable, but not pants pocketable. FINAL VERDICT: If you want to shoot landscapes, this lens will serve you VERY well at F8.0 & F11. Other apertures are pretty poor. It has a short minimum distance which is good to get a somewhat macro-ish image I don't think there is a better deal out there for landscape photogs at the moment and if that is your preference, but it now (mine 3 1 9 u s d)! Do check the photo to see why the extreme apertures are not recommended, but the sweet spot is f8-f11. Hope this helps! Also, you can check out my post processed images I've taken with this lens on my flickr account "k1ngkong" just in case Amazon doesn't allow my links below. [...] [...] [...] [...] ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on April 13, 2016 by A. Kong A. Kong
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Reviewed in the United States on September 3, 2017 by Charliec
    • Not full frame
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This technically will work on full frame, but its for a crop sensor. There was conflicting information on this in the description. I returned it because of this.
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I'm a photo hobbiest and fairly critical of lenses. As the professional reviews state, this is a good value, fixed focal length wide-angle lens. I was taking this on vacation and planned on setting it to focus from about 3ft to infinity and leaving it there. I compared this against the much more expensive Voigtlander Nokton 17mm/.95 wide-angle lens. I made many comparison shots with both at similar distances with the same aperture/speed/iso settings. Given that I wanted a lens that I could set-and-forget for 3ft-infinity focusing, the Samyang proved just as capable for that purpose. I'm happy to spend more money on a lens when it delivers a much better image. In this case, I went with the Samyang. ... show more
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