I love the wide capability of this lens, although it can be tricky to tell if things are in focus even with an external monitor. I have used it to shoot a music video in some abandoned castles and Ireland and it worked perfectly for some creepy shots and haunted effects.

I love tthe Samyang 14mm f2.8 Full Manual Lens, it is extremely sharp and especially at f4.0. On a nice day it is easy to focus in live veiw but if it is low light or very bright Sun it can be difficult to focus ( That is the only reason it didn't get 5 stars from me and unfortunatly, I can't give...

Though can't autofocus and has quite a strong barrel distortion, BUT ITS ultra wide and SUPER sharp. Great for astronomy and landscape photography! Good solid build

Sharp, wide correctable distortion, Nikon version with AE chip gives exposure, changing f stop and shutter speed from camera, manual focus but there is focus confirmation dot. For landscapes at F11 the depth of field is huge and I leave it to infinity focus.

Although it can be used on both 'full frame' and APS-C DSLRs, Samyang's 14mm f/2.8 ED AS IF UMC lens is best suited to 'full frame' DSLRs, where it covers a maximum angle of view equal to 115.7 degrees and can focus down to 0.28 meters (28 cm).

Image i shot in New Zealand with this lens. http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i114/nighthunter1961/_DSC5504web_zps4e202f0f.jpg

Sharp,Seems good build

Vert small distortion in corners,just crop

Ultra Wideange - Samyang 14mm manual lens This manual lens is fantasticly sharp provided you allow for the fact that infinity focus occurs at 3m on the scale on the lens. With the lens focused on its scale at 3m and f2.8 Infinity is sharpest With the lens then set to f5.6 everything from infinity to...

An excellant choice and surely better than canon or nikon at the same focal length as it maintain sharpness across the while frane range unlike others. Manual focus is a challenge specially at night when aiming at stars

Excellant for wideopen photography and landscape

Manual focuse

Korean optics company Samyang is known for fully manual lenses and superb optical quality, and this ultra-wide 14mm has a fast maximum aperture of f/2.8 which lets you capture stunning scenes in low light...

This low-cost lens works well on my APS-C camera for shooting night photos. The wide aperture allows a lot of light in while the aspherical elements of the lens minimize coma around points of light (stars). It beats the higher priced Canon lenses, for example.

low cost; excellent sharpness

distortion