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560g vs 260g, 14mm vs 12mm, F/2.8 vs F/2, should I change ?

Started Sep 4, 2014 | Questions thread
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@ v30, hellocrowley, Deardorff, MLVDE, fratiodan

v30 wrote:

The 12mm f2 Samyang has f2, 2.8, 4, 5.6, 8, 11, 16, 22 printed on the aperature dial. There is a half stop between each except between 16 and 22.

Ah good, Thank You for this Information.

Its wide enough that you don't really need autofocus with it.

Yes, same with my 14mm F/2.8 Samyang, good to know.

hellocrowley wrote:

I was really excited when I saw the samples of the 12/2.0 on NEX, but on Fuji X cameras it's not that good with smeared corners.

Can You Share some RAW Examples ?

Deardorff wrote:

Don't know about the Samyang but the Fuji 14mm I have and the other two I have tried all work with an InfraRed filter just fine with no hot spots.

Yes that is a Advantage over the SFH-14.
Probably that is the Reason why i Ask for the 12mm Samyang.

Add in autofocus and maybe this will help with your decision.

I know the FUJIFILM has AF, but I want to know if the 12mm is good enough.

MLVDE wrote:

Not very scientific test: I don't know the aperture and the focuspoint. But it gives an idea...

Can You Share the RAW Photo ?
That would help to eliminate the RAW-Conversation "Errors".

fratiodan wrote:

I dont have smeard corners on mine either. You can see examples in my gallery. The exif data says 21mm (my fault in trying to manually set the data), but is the samyang 12.

Looks good to me.
You can change the EXIF-Data with EXIFTOOL.

The Command for the Focal-Length is: exiftool -FocalLength='12' -FocalLengthIn35mmFormat='18'

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