Samyang 85 mm f/ 1.4 Aspherical IF Lens

The Samyang 85 mm f/ 1.4 Aspherical IF

• Diagonal angle of view 28.3°
• The optic scheme include hybrid aspherical lens.
• Multilayer anti-reflective coating
• Diameter 72.2 mm

The Samyang85 mm f/1.4 Aspherical IF  is a portrait full frame fast prime lens with manual focusing. It is remarkable for its high resolution and low price.

It is based on the Vivitar Series 1 85mm f/1.4 Aspherical IF lens.

Vignetting at maximum apertures reaches 1.8EV. Chromatic aberration is slight Resolution at the edges of the frame drops at f/1.4-2.8, but nevertheless remains at a high level.

The new version of the Samyang AE85 mm f/1.4 AS IF UMCis designed for the Nikon F bayonet mount only and has contacts to transmit exposure settings data to an EXIF file. Its optical scheme has not been changed.

Samyang lenses may come under other brand names: Walimex , Rokinon, Opteka, Falcon, Vivitar, Bower.

• Samyang.pl
• Test, review on LensTip
• Test, review on PhotoZone (FF)
• Test, review on photozone.de (crop)
• Group at flickr.com

• Instruction manual (Russian) (views: 69)
• Corporate brochure with the specifications of Samyang 85 / 1.4 Aspherical IF for different mounts (views: 130)
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