SAMYANG 12mm F2.0 Review

The version I use (for the GH5): https://amzn.to/2oVtFgL

The Samyang 12mm F2.0 is a rather humble relatively wide angle lens that serves it’s user well. It’s a lot more affordable than other lenses in it’s category and delivers a nice sharp bright image that I am quite happy with. I originally bought this lens almost on a temporary basis as I wanted it for a few gimbal orientated jobs I was doing but I found that I liked it a lot for vlogging and day to day use. It’s very similar in it’s image to the Sigma 18-35 when at 18mm. The lens is also a fairly popular astro photography lens and some experts in that field swear by it. I found that the 12mm focal length on my GH5 was a slight bit cropped for interior gimbal use. I.e. if you’re shooting ‘walkthrough’ type stuff, you may feel that you want something slightly wider. I’d imagine that on a Sony aps-c it’s be really wide, the 2x crop of the GH5 can be limiting.

As it’s a manual focus lens, it’s not going to be for everyone but I’d recommend it for those on a budget who want to shoot nice sharp images. I've used it only really for filmmaking rather than photography as I still use my 80D for photography and the GH5 for video.

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