At around a third of the price of the Canon and Nikon alternatives, the Samyang 24mm f/1.4 ED AS UMC is an affordable and most importantly excellent quality alternative to the OEM offerings, that's if you can live with the lack of auto-focusing and on the Canon version the transfer of metering...

Samyang has long been a minor player in the UK lens market, but with supply improving, new releases extending the company's range and each model available in most of the popular lens mounts, Samyang may just find itself emerging from the shadows.