#Color marketing group colorcast 2016 manual#

The Samyang 10mm 3.5 XP is clearly a better performer than this one and so is the Laowa 9mm 5.6. Voigtlander 10mm 5.6 E Hyper Wide Heliar: Even if you are a mirrorless user the Samyang can still be an interesting choice in case you need a lens this wide which is a bit faster and shows less vignetting though.īuy from manufacturer’s homepage | B&H | | for $899 (M-mount) and $799 (E/Z/L-mount) (affiliate links) AlternativesĪs I have shown you the Laowa is noticeably wider and at the same time noticeably smaller and doesn’t suffer from color cast issues nearly as much, so it is my clear choice in this focal length range. Luckily it is well corrected and shouldn’t be something to worry about. close (0.26m, 1:13.8)Ĭolour fringing in the out of focus areas is not really an issue with lenses this wide, but purple fringing might be. Stopped down to f/8.0 to f/11 both deliver fine results across frame which is impressive for lenses this wide.Īlso keep in mind: with lenses this wide mount (and adapter) tolerances can have a noticeable influence on the across frame performance (especially in the midframe), therefore lens A may perform great on camera B but slightly worse on camera C. The cornes look better on the Laowa lens but it has a slight midzone dip which the Samyang lens doesn’t. Nevertheless I shot the Laowa 9mm 5.6 from the same position on the same day (you can see it here). Now after we saw how big the difference in field of view is compared to the Laowa 9mm 5.6 it warrants the question if a comparison is even useful here. Compared to the Voigtländer 10mm 5.6 E the performance is significantly better still. Most of the frame looks great from f/3.5 but the corners definitely profit from stopping down a bit. I usually use gradients in Lightroom to fix this and I did for many of the sample images you can find in this review. Until I used this Samyang 10mm 3.5 XP I thought that a strong color cast is usually associated with compact lens designs, but I have been proven wrong as this lens shows one of the strongest green color cast in the corners I have ever seen. color cast Sony A7c | Samyang 10mm 3.5 XP | f/5.6 | ©Olaf Leismann So in this area the Samyang 10mm 3.5 XP has a clear advantage over the Laowa 9mm 5.6 and Voigtänder 10mm 5.6. These values look about right to me though, especially compared to the Laowa 9mm 5.6 which I shot side by side.Īt the maximum aperture the Samyang is about 1 EV brighter in the corners, but the gap gets bigger as you stop down. I used a white ceiling instead but I cannot guarantee it was evenly lit in a perfect way. Thanks to being this wide and not featuring a normal filter thread our usual method to measure the vignetting figures does not work here. The Samyang 10mm 3.5 XP doesn’t feature a filter thread but third party holders for 150mm filters are available. The difference between f/3.5 and f/5.6 doesn’t matter too much to me at these focal lengths and I am not using a DSLR camera anymore, so why would I bother with this significantly bigger lens? The Laowa 9mm 5.6 is noticeably wider but significantly smaller and lighter. The reason I was never personally interested in this Samyang lens can be seen in the picture above. The lens feels solidly made and I guess most of the internal parts are made from metal, but I did not take the lens apart so I cannot be sure.

The lens features an EF-mount with electronic contacts, I tried the lens with a Sigma MC-11 and a metabones MK IV adapter and unlike the Samyang 50mm 1.2 XP it worked well with both of them. It turns around ~110° from 0.26 m to infinity and has a nice, high resistance.

#Color marketing group colorcast 2016 manual#

The outer design of the XP series lenses resembles that of the Zeiss Otus, Milvus and Batis lenses and the big rubberized focus ring is the only manual control we have. If you had a look at my Samyang 50mm 1.2 XP review before you will spot many similarities here.

Handling / Build Quality Samyang 10mm 3.5 XP The Samyang is also messing with the camera’s auto white balance and usually gives a very greenish teint overall which I corrected a bit here. Number of Aperture Blades: 7 (straight)īuy from | | B&H | | for $899 (affiliate links)Īt the wide end a millimeter makes a big difference, so the difference between this Samyang 10mm 3.5 XP and the Laowa 9mm 5.6 is actually quite staggering.The specifications of the Canon-EF version are: This Samyang 10mm 3.5 XP actually still holds a record for being the world’s widest DSLR lens and as the world moved on from DSLRs this is a record that may never be broken. The Samyang 10mm 3.5 XP was kindly provided by our reader Olaf Leismann for review purposes.