Overall it is very difficult to characterise this lens. It is certainly a specialist optic on account of being manual-only, but it also looks and feels great. It's a bit heavy but you are getting an ultra-bright f/1.4 maximum aperture and well-corrected optical performance. The price makes it such a bargain that the low performance figures at maximum aperture can easily be forgiven. On the basis of this lens it will be very interesting to discover the performance of other lenses from the Samyang stable.
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Features 90
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Image Quality 85
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Value 95
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Performance 90
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Design 95
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Design 95
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Image Quality 85
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Performance 90
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Value 95
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Features 90