A unique short-telephoto lens well-suited for portraiture, the Samyang AF 75mm f/1.8 FE is a Sony E-mount prime characterized by its distinct focal length, compact design, and bright f/1.8 maximum aperture. The optical design incorporates a three extra-low dispersion elements and a pair of high refractive index elements, which help to suppress both chromatic and spherical 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. 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. Additionally, a Custom Switch enables making intuitive adjustments of a variety of camera and exposure settings by rotating the lens's focusing ring.
- E-Mount Lens/Full-Frame Format
- Aperture Range: f/1.8 to f/22
- Three Extra-Low Dispersion Elements
- Two High Refractive Index Elements
Samyang AF 75mm f/1.8 Overview
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Samyang AF 75mm f/1.8 Reviews
Life and death of my lil lens
Solid lens, broke it stupidly so I thought I’d write my thoughts. Optics: 5/5 Super sharp from f1.8-11, when the effects of diffraction start to kick in, making the lens a little less sharp. Almost no chromatic aberration, beautiful bokeh, and some solid sun flares. Use lens hood if you don’t like them. Autofocus: 4/5 Definitely fast enough for stills, fast enough for people and slowly moving objects, a little slow for action shots. Nothing horrible though. Average minimum focus distance, no macro work or anything. Build quality: 4/5 Somewhat smooth focus ring, nice little multi functional switch, and all the peices were fitted nicely together. It’s all plastic and there is zero weather sealing and that proved to be the downfall of the lens; to no one’s fault but my own. The way I broke this lens was pretty dumb on my part. I kept a canned soda in my camera bag, and in the same compartment as my camera. (I told you it was dumb) Of course the can broke and spilled all in my waterproof camera bag, which made all the soda stay in my bag where my camera was sitting. Basically the little Samyang was submerged in soda for a few minutes before I realized what had happened. When I took it out, it initially focused and worked fine but there was a thick fog inside the lens. I got the lens home, and looked at it to discover the lens fog was gone, but it no longer electronically communicated to my camera, so no focusing or changing aperture. My takeaways from me destroying the lens are as long as you don’t submerge it in soda for 5 minutes, it works great and keeps most rain drops outside of the lens. If you plan on going scuba diving I don’t think this is the right lens lol
A portrait focal length that really works
This focal length offers great alternatives to work at a reasonable distance from your subject to either capture head and shoulders or even full body portraits. The size and weight of this lens couldn't be better. The lens is reasonably sharp in the center and mid zone, but does get soft in the corners at the wide open apertures. But that's okay for portraits. Stopped down, to F/5.6 or 8, the image is quite sharp, but all focal lengths do exhibit some color fringing. Samyang has good optical formulas, but less stellar quality control. This is my second copy, the first stopped working on the first day I was using it. So far, the second copy seems to be fairly well centered and functional. If Samyang ever used their quality control processes, they would be a strong contender with the other third party lens manufacturers, but they need to address their QC if serious photographers are to develop more allegiance to their brand.