A sleek and versatile prime, the Sony E-mount AF 45mm f/1.8 FE from Samyang is a normal-length prime characterized by its compact design and bright f/1.8 maximum aperture. The optical design incorporates a pair of aspherical elements and one extra-low dispersion element, which help to suppress spherical and chromatic aberrations for improved sharpness, color accuracy, and clarity. An Ultra Multi-Coating has also been applied to reduce flare and ghosting in order to achieve higher contrast when working in strong lighting conditions. Additionally, the lens's linear STM autofocus motor works in conjunction with Sony cameras' AF systems for quick, quiet, and precise focusing performance, and manual focus override is also available for more refined control.
Bild Shop Specials
- E-Mount Lens/Full-Frame Format
- Aperture Range: f/1.8 to f/22
- One Extra-Low Dispersion Element
- Two Aspherical Elements
Samyang AF 45mm f/1.8 Overview
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Samyang AF 45mm f/1.8 Reviews
i hope you like chromatic aberration
im gonna go over most things about this lens so its gonna be long review. reviewed on a7riii with in camera corrections on build quality is alright. its all plastics but they feel nice and the focus ring moves smooth and a little grainy but in a subtle chill way. overall great for the price bokeh seems nice. it goes from a soft circle in the center to more of a cat's eye in the edges which can accumulate making a subtle swirling or circling bokeh around a subject which can look incredible and never seems to look bad in my opinion. an issue ill talk about in minute here is super prevalent on loads of bokeh, everywhere. chromatic aberration. especially if you zoom in youll find some very green and purple bokeh bubbles. not very pretty sharpness wide open at f1.8 is actually great. like a 8 or 9 out of 10, slightly improves at f2.8 but when you stop down to f5.6 everything becomes perfectly clear and contrasty. this is all recorded on a 42mp sensor so if you have a full frame camera with 24mp youll rarely notice the sharpness issues wide open even at f1.8. again great results for a lens like this lens flare resistance is incredible. i rarely notice them and when i do they look alright. i dont even shoot with the included lens hood because of how rarely i have flare problems. one issue is shooting head on to the sun reduces the contrast in your scene most of the time. chromatic aberration is probably the biggest issue with this lens. looking at the raw files zoomed in anywhere is just chroma hell on all edges in the frame. there's so much of it that i cannot remove it completely even using a manually calibrated lens profile in lightroom. this brings me to the next point, the in camera corrections on this lens for my a7riii are buns. all it really does is fix vignette and distortion. even lightroom's profile is no better. because of that i can somewhat safely say the in body lens corrections for your camera will probably not fix all the chroma autofocus seems fast. this is the first lens ive had with this camera so i cant say this with 100% certainty but i think the autofocus is a little slow to moving objects, specifically closer ones. again that might be the camera or my inexperience but i figured i should say something about it. you can change autofocus modes and settings for the lens via the samyang lens dock which i have now ordered no sample photos because i need to export them again in a lower rez and i dont want to all in all this is great. i was critical on this lens how i would be on a 10k lens so obviously it wont be perfect but man do i love it. i actually love this lens so much that the second lens i bought for this camera is from the samyang tiny series as well! the 75mm f1.8 which ive heard is even better. once i get enough time to give a review on it ill hop right back on here to do so
Great Lens For The Size, Weight & Price
This is one of the lightest lenses on the Sony Full frame system. It feels a bit plastic and may not be a G Master but it's a really versatile focal length, has a large maximum aperture and is a great option for travel, street, portraiture or if you have a smaller body like the Sony A7C. Sharing some of the shots I took in. Penang, Malaysia.