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Samyang 21mm f/1.4 ED AS UMC CS

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4 editorial reviews
Photographer/Reviewer Dustin Abbott delivers his final verdict on the new Rokinon 21mm f/1.4 lens.  A real world review with many supporting photos.Read more
Michael Topham samples Samyang’s latest manual-focus prime lens, available in Canon EF-M, Fujifilm X, Micro Four Thirds and Sony E mountsRead more
The Samyang 21mm f/1.4 ED AS UMC CS is an affordable manual focus prime lens for APS-C, 1.6x and 2x crop mirrorless cameras from Sony, Fujifilm, Panasonic, Olympus and Canon. Priced at just £269 / $499, does the Samyang 21mm f/1.4 ED AS UMC CS deliver in terms of image quality? Read our Samyang 21mm f/1.4 ED AS UMC CS review to find out...Read more
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Pros

  • The electronic viewfinder makes nailing focus quite simple
  • the lens is remarkably free from flare
  • great looking and extremely compact lenses

Cons

  • very noticeable light fall-off in the corners
  • it is not as bright
  • There is no automatic diaphragm

Key specs

  • 8
  • Internal
  • APS-C (crop)
  • , 21 mm
  • Normal

Samyang 21mm f/1.4 ED AS UMC CS - Variants

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    • Fujifilm X
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    • Sony E
    • Micro Four Thirds
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21mm f/1.4 ED AS UMC CS for Fujifilm X
  • F1223110101
  • 8809298882174
21mm f/1.4 ED AS UMC CS for Canon EF-M
  • F1223102101
  • 8809298882273
21mm f/1.4 ED AS UMC CS for Sony E
  • F1223106101
  • 8809298882037
21mm f/1.4 ED AS UMC CS for m4/3 Micro Four Thirds
  • F1223109101
  • 8809298882365

Samyang 21mm f/1.4 ED AS UMC CS - Pros & Cons

Samyang 21mm f/1.4 ED AS UMC CS

Pros

  • The electronic viewfinder makes nailing focus quite simple
  • the lens is remarkably free from flare
  • great looking and extremely compact lenses
  • The lenses are really
  • really handsome
  • the lens works very nicely as a landscape lens
  • Rokinon lenses are both nice to manually focus
  • optical performance near minimum focus remains very strong
  • good color rendition
  • good contrast
  • and strong resolution

Cons

  • very noticeable light fall-off in the corners
  • it is not as bright
  • There is no automatic diaphragm
  • There is no depth of field scale on the lens
  • their lenses tend to be pretty expensive
  • UMC CS is not a macro lens
  • no depth of field scale
  • distortion chart flagged up minor barrel distortion
  • focus peaking and a magnified screen view
  • there s not a single button or switch in sight
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Samyang 21mm f/1.4 ED AS UMC CS - Full Specifications

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General
Lens typeNormal
Lens mount
  • Canon EF-M
  • Fujifilm X
  • Micro Four Thirds
  • Sony E
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Aperture
Aperture max1.4
Aperture min22
Number of diaphragm blades9
Aperture featuresRounded diaphragm
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Optics
Elements8
Groups7
Special elements / coatings
  • 3 Aspherical elements
  • 2 ED elements
  • Ultra Multi Coating
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Dimensions
Weight10.23 oz
Diameter2.53 in
Length2.66 in
Filter size2.28 in
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Image properties
Max Format size
APS-C
Focal length< 21
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Focus
Focus methodInternal
Closest focusing distance0.28
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Design
Colour of product
  • Black
  • Silver
Hood suppliedyes

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