Anyone used the Samyang 14mm f2.8 with the Z6II?

[Gangster Chicken]

I'm wanting a wide angle lens and can't afford the Z 20mm or 14-24mm I spent everything by saving for six months just for the Z6II I have. Has anyone used the Samyang 14mm f2.8 manual focus Z mount with the Z6II or even the Z6? If so what are your opinions on image quality?

 

[Aleks Che]

Six months ago, I bought myself a Samyang 14mm f2.8 autofocus lens (https://www.samyanglens.com/en/product/product-view.php?seq=389) for the Z6 camera through an FTZ adapter.
I immediately upgraded this lens to a new firmware (v.2.0), all functionality works flawlessly. Manual focusing also works perfectly, focus-peaking on the camera screen is visible perfectly.
As for the image quality, it all depends on the shooting conditions and depending on which lens you want to compare this image quality with. Comparing this Samyang to the Nikon Z 14-24mm f/2.8 S at 14mm, you obviously can't get the same great results.
If we close our eyes to the difference in the maximum aperture of one stop when comparing this Samyang with the Nikon Z 14-30mm f/4.0 S, then in this case we can already talk about similar indicators of the quality of the resulting image, but one lens is better in some indicators, and the other lens is slightly better in other indicators (of course, if we are talking only about a focal length of only 14 mm).

Here's a pretty detailed review of the AF 14mm f/2.8 F lens with technical data and sample photos:
https://www.ephotozine.com/article/samyang-af-14mm-f-2-8-f-lens-review-32597

One more question remains - for this lens Adobe does not have a correction profile for Adobe LR, the official Samyang website also does not have a correction profile. I had to take care of this issue myself and make a correction profile myself using the Adobe Lens Profile Creator 1.0.4 program. If you do not want to independently make a correction profile for this lens, then in Adobe LR you can apply a correction profile to it for Sony - it also removes distortions well, but not completely, when shooting architecture, you can sometimes see curved lines where they should be straight.

 

[Gangster Chicken]

I'm thinking of buying the manual focus version because as far as i'm aware the autofocus version isn't available in Z-mount, and definitely not here in the UK. I'm using Nikon NX Studio which doesn't have a lens correction profile it just does standard lens correction, plus I use Adobe Photoshop Elements 10, it's old but works perfectly for what I need I never wanted to take out a monthly subscription for a new Lightroom or Photoshop version seeing as I don't use my camera enough to warrant spending that much every month.

Thanks for your reply by the way, yeah I wasn't comparing the lens to the Nikon Z 14-24mm I just meant ideally that is the lens I want but I spent every penny I had and it took me around six months just to get the money for the Z6II camera. I'm actually on disability benefits here in the UK because I have Autism, Tourettes, ADHD, OCD, Asthma and Hypoglycemia and disability money isn't a lot. But I try and do my best because I love photography.