Samyang 12mm f/2.0

Got the Samyang (or Rokinon or whatever it is called in your country) 12 mm 1:2.0 NCS CS as a X-Mount for my fujifilm X-E1. Here are some photos I took with it during my holidays.

The lens is fully manual which is not really and issue at 12mm really, and the F/2 opening is quite useful for night shots (I’m at f/8 most of the time). I added the unedited resized version as well as 100% crop of center and corner if that’s any use for anyone.

By the way, I do have some strange artifact (right side here) on my lens so I’m going to send it back to get fixed or exchanged :

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I seem to have something about doors! But that picture shows that the lens does seem to curve lines a bit.

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The f/2 is great and the infinity scaling seems to be accurate on my copy of the lens.

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The lens is quite sensitive to flare so you have to be careful with sun and light sources.

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With a B+W ND 110

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Still with a B+W ND 110

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I went a bit over the top with saturation… but you can see vignetting is on the high end.

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Don’t ask about this one!

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