Samyang 24mm FE Tilt Shift review by Marc Alhadeff

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I think it’s the first time I see a review of the Samyang 24mm FE Tilt Shift lens for Sony. Marc Alhadeff conclusion is:

If you look at the other tilt shift lenses you could use on a Sony you have the Nikon or Canon ones at 2000 euros. Is the Samyang costing a little bit less 1000 euros worth it ?

  • It is well built , only the knobs are a little bit small and in plastic (long term durability ?)
  • In architecture , the shift mode allow to get very good results at F11 from centre to borders
  • Distorsion is an issue but can be corrected manually or by taking as a proxy the Samyang 21mm F1.4
  • For the tilt effect you can get the Scheimpflug type of effects , but tuning a tilt is a delicate operation that is requiring a tripod to be at ease

I would recommend the lens for the hobbyist willing to do a lot of architecture,

If you are pro , it is certainly worth to invest in the Canon 24mm Tilt Shift with the Sigma MC11 adaptor to mount it on your A7 body. This one has much less distorsion and better sharpness at apertures wider than F11, and will be able to transmit exif data to the body (Lens name + aperture)

Full review at sonyalpha.blog/2017/09/20/samyang-24mm-f3-5-tilt-shift-ed-as-umc/

The Samyang T/S lens sells for $799 on BHphoto.

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Sony Tidbits…

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New savings on Rokinon FE and E lenses!

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The Rokinon E-mount lens line is a decent and much cheaper alternative to Sony/Zeiss lenses. And they just got a nice price drop

Full Frame E-mount autofocus lenses:
$200 off on the 50mm f/1.4 at Amazon, Adorama at BHphoto.
$220 off on the 14mm f/2.8 at at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$100 off on the Samyang 35mm f/2.8 on eBay.

APS-C E-mount manual focus lenses:
$80 off on the Rokinon 50mm f/1.2 APS-C E-mount lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$40 off on the Rokinon 21mm f/1.4 APS-C E-mount lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$40 Rokinon 12mm f/2.0 APS-C E-mount lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.

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Sony RX1rII marked as discountinued by Scandinavianphoto

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The Swedish store Scandinavianphoto did mark the Sony RX1rII as “discontinued”. Now it’s unclear if this means that the store simply decided in solo to not sell this camera anymore or if Sony officially doesn’t ship them this camera anymore. Other stores like Amazon and BH still show this camera regularly in Stock.

But for sure the Sony RX1rII is due for a replacement. And because I am a dreamer: A RX medium format camera would be fine for me :)

UPDATE: Our reader Matthias said:

“Out of the 10 stores/chains in Sweden that used to sell the RX1rii. Zero have it in stock.”

 

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Sony Tidbits…

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Sony FE 12-24 F/4 G Lens Review

Mobile1 (translation here) tested all 24-70mm f/2.8 lenses from Sigma, Canon, Nikon and Sony.
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The Feiyu a2000 Gimbal: Improved Over its Predecessor (Explora).

Harv: “I made a video about how to never get green tint in your Sony footage again https://youtu.be/-s4jIixacE8 enjoy!”

Dustin: “We recently saw that you post some videos of sony creators and figured that I would send you our recent travel film that was shot completely on a sony rx100v with a zhiyun crane m and some DJI Mavic Pro clips: https://vimeo.com/231220305“

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