Snowfun Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 Hi, Any thoughts/opinions/advice on chosing between the Olympus 17mm and the Samyang 12mm? Or, I daresay, a Panasonic equivalent in there too. I'm looking for a one lens set-up for "city breaks" and want something different to my Voigtlander 35mm I have been using. I don't want to spend much! The field of view differemce between the 17 and 12 doesn't worry me - I zoom with legs and make do with what I have! (Indeed that's partly the fun - getting what I want with what's available). I use the Samyang 24mm on my A7s and am happy with it - enjoying MF etc. So in that respect the Samyang 12mm would be fine. But would I gain anything with the Olympus? Sort of AF and iris adjustment... And it's smaller. Thoughts? Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil A Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 The Samyang has a "real" manual focus, I don't know the MFT lenses in question but they might be focus-by-wire which many find less desireable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowfun Posted February 11, 2016 Author Share Posted February 11, 2016 Choice now between the Samyang 12mm and the SLE Magic 12mm T1.6. The fully "real" manual focus and aperture are, I think, preferable... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRenaissanceMan Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 SLR Magic all the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gsenroc Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 I had a Samyang 35mm T1.5 VDSLR for a while. It was not heavily used but already started to develop some backlash in the focus ring. Later I found out they use the focus mechanism of the AF lenses, which is not helicoid threads. I believe that focus mechanism is the cause of the backlash in my 35mm T1.5. Below is a photo I found from internet, showing the internal focus mechanism of a Samyang 85mm F1.4 https://www.flickr.com/photos/gigel/5790956193 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowfun Posted February 13, 2016 Author Share Posted February 13, 2016 11 hours ago, TheRenaissanceMan said: SLR Magic all the way. SLR Magic 12mm purchased. With a VND so I can use it wide open. TheRenaissanceMan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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