As you can see above, I love absolutely love this lens and highly recommend it, no matter what interchangeable lens camera use use. It's not incredibly cheap, but it offers a great value for money, comparing to the similar alternatives from the high-end companies.

My lens is a de-clicked, but not one of the new CINE version, which have the fluid aperture adjustment as standard. This feature is absolutely amazing for video work. The standard version one has a clickable aperture adjustment and you would have to get it de-clicked to achieve the fluid adjustment.

By the way the footage of the lens in the video above was shot with a lovely little Sony NEX 5N, which I now constantly use as my slow mo and b camera. Used it with the Samyang too, work great!.


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14/02/2012 19:49

Nice review of the lens. I love the shot of the red bus (3:38). It looks really good. Was it shot with the 5N?

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Alan
15/02/2012 10:12

Thanks Silvis. All the test footage was shot on 5D.

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15/02/2012 04:12

Great little review. What adapter b/w the sony and the 5N?

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Alan
15/02/2012 10:13

Thanks Oliver. Just a cheap EOS to E mount (NEX) from ebay.

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steven
20/02/2012 22:45

Nice video with this excellent lens. I decided buy one. Do you think canon 50mm 1.4 EF is suitable for video shooting?

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Alan
20/02/2012 23:40

It certainly is suitable for video, I often use one myself, but if you only use your DSLR and lenses for video, then you could buy an older manual focus 50mm f/1.4 lens for a much lower price.

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Adam Schaefer
24/02/2012 18:00

Excellent review! I am currently switching over to Samyang lenses for video - my adapted Leica glass is a bit too pricey in case of a fall (and wildly impractical). I'm always happy to see well made reviews. Keep up the good work!

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Alan
25/02/2012 12:36

Thank you Adam. Samyangs are great for video work, love my one to bits :)

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Eric
09/07/2012 21:53

I'm trying to buy this lens, but I've been finding it hard to find one that is de-clicked. Every one I've found on ebay doesn't state anything about cine version / video version / declicked. Any thoughts?

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Alan
19/07/2012 21:39

Have a look here: http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_sacat=0&_nkw=samyang%2035mm%20video%20version&_sop=15

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18/07/2012 02:22

Loved the review....looks like a nice lens

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24/09/2012 15:57

There are also the new full VDSLR versions available with decoupled aperture and integrated follow focus gears.

including the Samyang 35mm T1.5 AS UMC VDSLR Lens
http://www.samyang.co.uk/samyang-35mm-t15-as-umc-vdslr-lens.html

Full range of Samyang lenses:
www.samyang.co.uk/samyang-lenses.html

Hope that helps.

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Alan
24/09/2012 20:24

Thank you for your comment. I'm aware of new Samyang VDSLR visions. Would love to try them out.

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06/02/2013 10:15

Full range of Samyang lenses in the UK, including the standard and Cine / VDSLR versions info and prices:

www.samyang-lens.co.uk/samyang-lenses.html

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