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Samyang 16mm f/2.0 ED AS UMC CS

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The affordable Samyang 16mm F2.0 ED AS UMC CS is a sharp, fast wide-angle lens for APS-C SLRs and mirrorless cameras.Read more
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Pros

  • nice zoom range and autofocus
  • It turns smoothly
  • build quality is very good

Cons

  • darkened viewfinder provided at narrow aperture settings
  • The lens would simply not work on the M3
  • the light fall-off to the right side

Key specs

  • 13
  • no
  • APS-C (crop)
  • , 16 mm
  • no
  • Normal

Samyang 16mm f/2.0 ED AS UMC CS - Pros & Cons

Samyang 16mm f/2.0 ED AS UMC CS

Pros

  • nice zoom range and autofocus
  • It turns smoothly
  • build quality is very good
  • excellent manual focusing action and wide aperture
  • Chromatic aberrations are kept well under control

Cons

  • darkened viewfinder provided at narrow aperture settings
  • The lens would simply not work on the M3
  • the light fall-off to the right side
  • lines curve toward and then away from the top edge
  • careless in our assumptions
  • distortion pattern is uniform across the frame
  • No hyperfocal scale has been marked on the lens either
  • No electronic coupling with the camera is provided
  • Barrel distortion is modest
  • some dimming at the edges of the frame

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Samyang 16mm f/2.0 ED AS UMC CS - Full Specifications

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General
Lens typeNormal
Lens mount
  • Pentax KAF
  • Samsung NX
  • Sony/Minolta Alpha
  • Four Thirds
  • Fujifilm X
  • Nikon F
  • Micro Four Thirds
  • Canon EF-M
  • Sony E
  • Canon EF-S
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Aperture
Aperture max2
Aperture min22
Aperture ringyes
Number of diaphragm blades8
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Optics
Elements13
Groups11
Special elements / coatings
  • 1 ED element
  • 1 Aspherical element
  • 1 Hybrid aspherical element
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Dimensions
Weight20.56 oz
Diameter3.27 in
Length3.5 in
Filter size3.03 in
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Image properties
Max Format size
APS-C
Focal length< 16
Image stabilisationno
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Focus
Autofocusno
Full-time Manual focusingno
Closest focusing distance0.20
Distance scaleyes
Depth of field (DoF) scaleno
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Design
Body materialsMetal
Hood suppliedyes

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