Samyang 50mm F/1.2

[Tikcus]

Does anyone have this lens, and what are your experiences with it.

 

Looking as it is fast, and less than half the price of the XF56 F/1.2, granted no autofocus.

I have heard good things of other Samyang lenses (like the 12mm F/2) but not seen a lot about this one 

 

Thanks in advance

[darknj]

I asked a colleague who had the lens on a Sony body and from what he told me:

 

The lens is good construction and the aperture ring clicks rather nicely. The focus ring is long and rather smooth but full open it is really a nightmare to shoot wide open, it is really super easy to miss the focus if you or your subject moves a bit too fast.

Very precise eye/hand coordination is needed.

 

Also from the pictures I could look at, the lend will be softer than the XF 56 1.2. But if you plain on using it mostly in a studio it wil' be a perfectly fine replacement for the fuji lens

[Tikcus]

I asked a colleague who had the lens on a Sony body and from what he told me:

 

The lens is good construction and the aperture ring clicks rather nicely. The focus ring is long and rather smooth but full open it is really a nightmare to shoot wide open, it is really super easy to miss the focus if you or your subject moves a bit too fast.

Very precise eye/hand coordination is needed.

 

Also from the pictures I could look at, the lend will be softer than the XF 56 1.2. But if you plain on using it mostly in a studio it wil' be a perfectly fine replacement for the fuji lens

 

thank you for your help