Hi all,
Wanted to start a discussion on what people think of this
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produc...gle_f_2_8.html lens or if you own one, do you like it.
I have an online fellow landscape astrophotographer in the US who has one and just posted a 100% crop of one of the corners of a shot with the lens wide open at F/2.8 showing no sign of coma at all.
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-c...03/rokinon.jpg Ignore the trailing as it is obviously done on a fixed tripod. Am I right in assuming that this lens is essentially the same as a Samyang 14mm just rebranded for the US market? I have been doing a bit of snooping around looking for reviews. Come across this comparison between a Canon 16-35mm L and the Samyang 14mm on a Canon 5D Mk II
http://www.flickr.com/groups/canoneo...7624987632439/
The edge sharpness is what interests me most and if it is that good wide open with no sign of those dreaded seagulls, I'm very tempted. And at a quarter of the cost of something like the 16-25mm L. There are some obvious downsides like a third party brand meaning no AF and no software support, etc.
At the moment I am neither here nor there. Just wanting various opinions.
Cheers
Greg