Samyang 35-150 Review.Iin my experience not as good as everyone in TH-cam are saying it is. #samyang #sonyfx3 #weddingfilm www.mreyesmedia.com MB01XBJ4DJMFNS3
I've e a copy and: 1. Sharpness is great across the range 2. Weight sucks, i find it too hard to carry especially with a flash attached. 3. AF is fine, at least on my R3A. 4. Lens creep is easily fixable with some black duct tape. I've fixed it half-assed, and removed like 90% of it, i'm sure that if i rly care about it more, i can fix it entirely, but it's fine the way it is rn.
@@seansaca Of course. I just zoomed in the lens to expose the barrel, then i applied like 3 layers of black duct tape on the top and on the bottom of the barrel, effectively making it "thicker". And cuz it's thicker, it's gonna have less room to wiggle/drop. The size of the duct tape was about 3-4cm long, nothing serious. Depending on the thickness of your duct tape, you may need more or fewer layers of it. You'll see improvements after the first 2 layers tho, anything more is just trying to achieve perfection.
Was thinking the same thing and as far as video quality we just shot two music videos and it was excellent went hand in hand with my fx3 and my A1. and in photos forget about it same across the board. ane the lens creep well pick your battles..lol
I have the same problem on my samyang lenses while using it on a newer bodies like A7CII and A7IV after the firmware update using the dock fixed those issues. I really feel bad about being too straight saying the AF is unreliable without doing basic troubleshooting first. He is a clearly a Tamron fanboy and might want a Tamron sponsorship. 🤣
@@mrbrightside211 after the firmware update, does the samyang autofocus is on par with the tamron and can the samyang autofocus keep up when shooting sports/action photo when paired with the sony a7cii/a7iv??
Are you all stupid, or is this just a contest ? Listen to what HE says, stop thinking of what YOU would like him to say ! Then, read all comments published here... full of useful informations for those who doubt, or deny, or express without knowing. Especially the comment from "cinegenies4651", who used to own several Samyang lenses. A friend of mine, professional full-time DP, bought a Samyang lens in 2014. I don't remember which model exactly, but I do know it was my first time hearing about this brand and that he was very pleased with it. The purpose was to film rehearsals and spectacles of a dance company, so he needed something light and with a good aperture. When I met him at Musée d'Orsay (at sublime parisian museum, located in a former train station), where he was filming an entire show, he had no Samyang lens in his kit. After this first one, he told me about two others, which eventually got returned for reliability problems and aperture blades lacking smoothness (a major problem when filming in low-light conditions if you need to use the full capabilities of your lens, especially bought for this very purpose !). And that he also sold the first one, to prevent the same malfunctions from occurring while filming. He said about Samyang being "too much of a lottery", when it comes to reliability from item to item. Have you ever wondered why cine/TV gear-renting companies (very) rarely have Samyang AF-lenses in their offers ? I've seen just one, but it's their "economy" offer and it's all non-AF cine lenses. When in doubt, whatever the topic, just watch closely at how the experienced professionals behave with it. When it's your way of paying the bills and putting food on the table, you do care about how your gear will perform. A LOT ! Exemple : personally, I will never ever use again products from BOYA, as they are totally unreliable... lesson learnt !
In like the honest review. You should talk more about the tamron 35-150mm maybe another video? I have the samyang 35-150mm, love the lens, i cant compaire to the tamron because i haven't used it yet. However i agree with the lens creep, ive seen other youtubers talk and demonstrate the creeping, one thing you didn't talk about was the lens lock location maybe it wasn't a problem for you because of how you shoot and record. With these two things i dont like there is many more things i love. The samyang 35-150mm is allways on my sony a7iii, i got mine for $1000 cheaper then the tamron, so was able to buy a sigma 50mm 1.4. I noticed an improvement in focusing after the firmware upgrade, its on pair with the sigma now.
I will! is in my to do list is just difficult because I work doing Video Production Full time and also run a Wedding company so between those two it makes it difficult to get on camera but I am working on finding the right balance between the 3.
I love this video, my issue with this lens is that when I change to MF from AF the lens just bug and the camera stop recording (like removing the lens )then it make a reset and they work (maybe)
Interesting... Nobody in the comments has this lens on any PANASONIC bodies.. Samyang is in the L-Mount alliance, I'm sure on Panasonic bodies they have the lens and AF dialed ! I might have to try it..
I’ve found the AF (photo) difficult on my LUMIX bodies in the 1 month that I’ve used it. Noticeably less reliable than the Sigma and Panasonic lenses I have.
Yeah by the time it came out L mount I guess they fixed the issues. Perhaps I had a bad copy but that doesn’t take away the bad experience I had with the lens 😉
@@mreyesmedia4965 Fair. And I think ur right. Them joining the L-Mount Alliance, they were forced to fix any issues. I bought it actually, and I'll probably never take it off the S5ii. It's been great so far.
You get what you pay for. The Tamron is a better lens, more reliable and better build quality. But if you'd rather save money, the Samyang costs less. Nice to have options.
Oh I agree 100% The Tamron version is my go to.. I wanted to test for myself if this was going to be a good pair to my Tamron since I’m in love with the versatility of 35 to 150 in a lens but it turned out to be that statement “You get what you pay for”
it's about 60 grams heavier than the Tamron... that is to say, nothing. Nobody else has suggested focusing is a problem -- Christopher Frost seems to say it's good. As for the lens tube slowly extending when inverted, you can lock it but I am wondering why that would be a big problem (lots of lenses do that). That all said, I'm thinking the Tamron is probably better, based on what I have heard.
Well actually a lot of people had issues with the focusing, and I know everyone is saying well you needed to do a firmware update ok I agree with that but what I don’t agree with is buying a separate device after I spent more than a thousands dollars to make it work. My Tamron is more expensive but the user experience has been better (no need to update, it worked straight out of the box) it focuses way better in my opinion and in all the weddings I have use my Tamron I had zero issues. Perhaps I had a bad copy but that my opinion about the lens the user experience was horrible
Actually no, I tested this lens in two full day weddings. And yes is my opinion on the lens based on testing it in real scenarios but again key point here "My opinion"
Surely, before you do a review, you check out stuff like whether a f/w upgrade is or isn't needed which in this case that lens needed? You now cannot present an unbiased review after a f/w upgrade as it is likely that you would have to try and justify your original opinion, rightly or wrongly. For clarity, I do not own the Samyang or any other 35-150mm
I can agree and disagree with that on the fact that this my experience with the lens and I’m talking about how it was for me. I can agree on the firmware update but let me ask you this: Do you think is fair to the consumer to need to buy an extra device to make something work that you paid more than 1,000 dollars for? Overall it was a bad experience for me the user and that’s what I’m saying here
@@mreyesmedia4965 we have had to buy additional deveices/equipment for stuff for years now, cameras/lenses are not immune i'm afraid. An item should be fully fit for purpose from purchase and any further purchase should be to enhance user experience, not assist bvasic operation but this is 2024 i'm afraid 😞.
your copy of Samyang 35-150 has issues. So , comparing the price of Tamron , which is 1.67 times more expensive than Samyang,(in MY country , Samyang costs 1200 euro and Tamron costs 2000 euro. that explains why you think that Samyang feels cheaper . AND , Samyang is parfocal :P . I`m not a fan of Samyang, actually , i just trade my Samyang 24-70 for a Tamron 28-75 f2.8 , caused of weight ...
I guess I had a really bad copy because it wasn't even parfocal I even tested that and the results were not consistent. I bought it on sale but yeah it went back.
Yeah I didn’t had that option for Sony. You have to buy a separate adaptor to update the lens I’m already over 1,000 for this lens, why do I need to buy something else extra just to update it.
It's been years that Samyang has a very bad Quality Control. Lots of primes and zooms copies have defects, even the latest ones. Some are spotted by the reviewers, some are ignored because they were sent the best possible copy by the brand. I owned the 35mm f1.4, 45mm f1.8, 75mm f1.8 and still have today the 135mm f1.8. I used to like Samyang, but you realize one day that it's a lotery. A funny fact, is that I have been using for years the famous 75mm f1.8 that was very nice. And that's when I had to take group photos at a wedding last year that I discovered the lens was decentered. And then when you browse the internet you understand that you are not an isolated case. So yeah I can confirm that it is really unprofessionnal to sell random quality lenses over 1K$ !
Yep and I get what everyone is saying about needing a firmware update but I don’t agree that after spending more than 1,000 on a lens I have to spend more money on a device to make it better.
i returned my samyang yesterday for all the same reasons. took it out and my footage was all unusable. got it when it went on sale for 1k and decided go just check it out knowing i could return it, but it just sucked for video. got the tamron for $1500 from greentoe
I've e a copy and:
1. Sharpness is great across the range
2. Weight sucks, i find it too hard to carry especially with a flash attached.
3. AF is fine, at least on my R3A.
4. Lens creep is easily fixable with some black duct tape. I've fixed it half-assed, and removed like 90% of it, i'm sure that if i rly care about it more, i can fix it entirely, but it's fine the way it is rn.
Can you explain the duct tape thing please? Thanks.
@@seansaca Of course. I just zoomed in the lens to expose the barrel, then i applied like 3 layers of black duct tape on the top and on the bottom of the barrel, effectively making it "thicker". And cuz it's thicker, it's gonna have less room to wiggle/drop.
The size of the duct tape was about 3-4cm long, nothing serious. Depending on the thickness of your duct tape, you may need more or fewer layers of it. You'll see improvements after the first 2 layers tho, anything more is just trying to achieve perfection.
@@cosminthunde Thanks for that.
I love the genius idea with duct tape.
@@seansaca use gaffer tape if you can , it leaves no resedue
you spend 1200 € and cant buy a 50 € dock station for a update bruh
Was thinking the same thing and as far as video quality we just shot two music videos and it was excellent went hand in hand with my fx3 and my A1. and in photos forget about it same across the board. ane the lens creep well pick your battles..lol
I have the same problem on my samyang lenses while using it on a newer bodies like A7CII and A7IV after the firmware update using the dock fixed those issues. I really feel bad about being too straight saying the AF is unreliable without doing basic troubleshooting first. He is a clearly a Tamron fanboy and might want a Tamron sponsorship. 🤣
@@mrbrightside211 after the firmware update, does the samyang autofocus is on par with the tamron and can the samyang autofocus keep up when shooting sports/action photo when paired with the sony a7cii/a7iv??
@@mrbrightside211 fixed those issues? are you having any trouble recently? I'm looking to but the samyang, can you help me??
Are you all stupid, or is this just a contest ? Listen to what HE says, stop thinking of what YOU would like him to say !
Then, read all comments published here... full of useful informations for those who doubt, or deny, or express without knowing. Especially the comment from "cinegenies4651", who used to own several Samyang lenses.
A friend of mine, professional full-time DP, bought a Samyang lens in 2014. I don't remember which model exactly, but I do know it was my first time hearing about this brand and that he was very pleased with it. The purpose was to film rehearsals and spectacles of a dance company, so he needed something light and with a good aperture.
When I met him at Musée d'Orsay (at sublime parisian museum, located in a former train station), where he was filming an entire show, he had no Samyang lens in his kit. After this first one, he told me about two others, which eventually got returned for reliability problems and aperture blades lacking smoothness (a major problem when filming in low-light conditions if you need to use the full capabilities of your lens, especially bought for this very purpose !). And that he also sold the first one, to prevent the same malfunctions from occurring while filming.
He said about Samyang being "too much of a lottery", when it comes to reliability from item to item.
Have you ever wondered why cine/TV gear-renting companies (very) rarely have Samyang AF-lenses in their offers ? I've seen just one, but it's their "economy" offer and it's all non-AF cine lenses.
When in doubt, whatever the topic, just watch closely at how the experienced professionals behave with it. When it's your way of paying the bills and putting food on the table, you do care about how your gear will perform. A LOT !
Exemple : personally, I will never ever use again products from BOYA, as they are totally unreliable... lesson learnt !
If you didn't update it, you didn't really test it fully. 🤷🏽♂️
Do you think is fair to buy an extra device to “make it better” after you spent more than 1,000 Dollars for it?
I hope you've updated the firmware before saying the AF is unreliable because it would or could fix those issues.
Do you think is fair to buy an extra device to “make it better” after you spent more than 1,000 Dollars for it?
In like the honest review. You should talk more about the tamron 35-150mm maybe another video?
I have the samyang 35-150mm, love the lens, i cant compaire to the tamron because i haven't used it yet.
However i agree with the lens creep, ive seen other youtubers talk and demonstrate the creeping, one thing you didn't talk about was the lens lock location maybe it wasn't a problem for you because of how you shoot and record.
With these two things i dont like there is many more things i love. The samyang 35-150mm is allways on my sony a7iii, i got mine for $1000 cheaper then the tamron, so was able to buy a sigma 50mm 1.4. I noticed an improvement in focusing after the firmware upgrade, its on pair with the sigma now.
I will! is in my to do list is just difficult because I work doing Video Production Full time and also run a Wedding company so between those two it makes it difficult to get on camera but I am working on finding the right balance between the 3.
why would anyone use this on a gimbal... and then complain about it?
It was a test and yea I can complain about a test. You wouldn’t?
I love your channel man, straight facts
Thank you so much for your comment 🙌🏼🤘🏼👍🏼
"My experience was bad therefore everyone else is lying"
Do you own a copy? Have you used it?
Disrespectful to your viewers (all 52 of them), not knowing what to say before you stand infront of the camera.
You have NO content on your page.. Maybe you don't know what to say either ?
Do you own a copy, do you film for a living?
@@mreyesmedia4965 Yes, I own the L-Mount version, and yes I am a director + photographer, for a living.
I love this video, my issue with this lens is that when I change to MF from AF the lens just bug and the camera stop recording (like removing the lens )then it make a reset and they work (maybe)
Interesting... Nobody in the comments has this lens on any PANASONIC bodies.. Samyang is in the L-Mount alliance, I'm sure on Panasonic bodies they have the lens and AF dialed ! I might have to try it..
I’ve found the AF (photo) difficult on my LUMIX bodies in the 1 month that I’ve used it. Noticeably less reliable than the Sigma and Panasonic lenses I have.
@@dereksnyder638 You have the Samyang version for L-Mount ?
Yeah by the time it came out L mount I guess they fixed the issues. Perhaps I had a bad copy but that doesn’t take away the bad experience I had with the lens 😉
@@dereksnyder638 Update: I tried it / bought it, shot with it.. loving it !
@@mreyesmedia4965 Fair. And I think ur right. Them joining the L-Mount Alliance, they were forced to fix any issues. I bought it actually, and I'll probably never take it off the S5ii. It's been great so far.
You get what you pay for. The Tamron is a better lens, more reliable and better build quality. But if you'd rather save money, the Samyang costs less. Nice to have options.
Oh I agree 100% The Tamron version is my go to.. I wanted to test for myself if this was going to be a good pair to my Tamron since I’m in love with the versatility of 35 to 150 in a lens but it turned out to be that statement “You get what you pay for”
@mreyesmedia4965 As it's such an important lens in anyone's arsenal, I would go for the Tamron without any hesitation.
You're complaining about the lens creeping when you didn't lock it? And you complaining about it being heavier than the Tamron, by like 70g? Lmao wow.
Last time I check is my opinion and my experience with it. How’s your experience with it?
it's about 60 grams heavier than the Tamron... that is to say, nothing. Nobody else has suggested focusing is a problem -- Christopher Frost seems to say it's good. As for the lens tube slowly extending when inverted, you can lock it but I am wondering why that would be a big problem (lots of lenses do that). That all said, I'm thinking the Tamron is probably better, based on what I have heard.
Well actually a lot of people had issues with the focusing, and I know everyone is saying well you needed to do a firmware update ok I agree with that but what I don’t agree with is buying a separate device after I spent more than a thousands dollars to make it work. My Tamron is more expensive but the user experience has been better (no need to update, it worked straight out of the box) it focuses way better in my opinion and in all the weddings I have use my Tamron I had zero issues. Perhaps I had a bad copy but that my opinion about the lens the user experience was horrible
I have this lens too, and i love it. Ot have problem. On a7iii
I had a bad which made it a bad experience for me
looked more like just a straight opinion with less testing lol.
Actually no, I tested this lens in two full day weddings. And yes is my opinion on the lens based on testing it in real scenarios but again key point here "My opinion"
Surely, before you do a review, you check out stuff like whether a f/w upgrade is or isn't needed which in this case that lens needed?
You now cannot present an unbiased review after a f/w upgrade as it is likely that you would have to try and justify your original opinion, rightly or wrongly.
For clarity, I do not own the Samyang or any other 35-150mm
I can agree and disagree with that on the fact that this my experience with the lens and I’m talking about how it was for me. I can agree on the firmware update but let me ask you this: Do you think is fair to the consumer to need to buy an extra device to make something work that you paid more than 1,000 dollars for? Overall it was a bad experience for me the user and that’s what I’m saying here
@@mreyesmedia4965 we have had to buy additional deveices/equipment for stuff for years now, cameras/lenses are not immune i'm afraid.
An item should be fully fit for purpose from purchase and any further purchase should be to enhance user experience, not assist bvasic operation but this is 2024 i'm afraid 😞.
My zoom stucks at 35mm to 70mm can’t do anything to zoom more
Oh that sucks! Sorry to hear that!
your copy of Samyang 35-150 has issues. So , comparing the price of Tamron , which is 1.67 times more expensive than Samyang,(in MY country , Samyang costs 1200 euro and Tamron costs 2000 euro. that explains why you think that Samyang feels cheaper . AND , Samyang is parfocal :P . I`m not a fan of Samyang, actually , i just trade my Samyang 24-70 for a Tamron 28-75 f2.8 , caused of weight ...
I guess I had a really bad copy because it wasn't even parfocal I even tested that and the results were not consistent. I bought it on sale but yeah it went back.
@@mreyesmedia4965 this parfocal bullshit it isn`t quite real . in fact , there`s an electronic trick , not a lens advantage
There are provisions to update lens firmware through Lumix cameras, including aftermarket ones.
Yeah I didn’t had that option for Sony. You have to buy a separate adaptor to update the lens I’m already over 1,000 for this lens, why do I need to buy something else extra just to update it.
Honest Talk ❤❤❤
Thank you! My goal is to always be honest with the equipment I use and buy.
hey, by any chance do you require a video editor ?
Not at the moment honestly but def will keep it in mind if I start getting on camera more for TH-cam.
It's been years that Samyang has a very bad Quality Control. Lots of primes and zooms copies have defects, even the latest ones. Some are spotted by the reviewers, some are ignored because they were sent the best possible copy by the brand. I owned the 35mm f1.4, 45mm f1.8, 75mm f1.8 and still have today the 135mm f1.8.
I used to like Samyang, but you realize one day that it's a lotery. A funny fact, is that I have been using for years the famous 75mm f1.8 that was very nice. And that's when I had to take group photos at a wedding last year that I discovered the lens was decentered. And then when you browse the internet you understand that you are not an isolated case.
So yeah I can confirm that it is really unprofessionnal to sell random quality lenses over 1K$ !
Yep and I get what everyone is saying about needing a firmware update but I don’t agree that after spending more than 1,000 on a lens I have to spend more money on a device to make it better.
AF on lmount is great😂
Yeah they had time to fix it there 🤣🤣🤣
AF on my a7RIII, a7IV and a7RV works great for event work. I shoot stills, no video.
Yeah for photos all my friend tells me it’s a great lens, in my case for video it was a failure 😞
i returned my samyang yesterday for all the same reasons. took it out and my footage was all unusable. got it when it went on sale for 1k and decided go just check it out knowing i could return it, but it just sucked for video. got the tamron for $1500 from greentoe
Yeah I bought it on sale too for 1,000 lol and for those same exact reasons too as well.
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You are not photographer :)))
That’s is correct. I’m not a photographer and never said I am a photographer. I handle video and my views are strictly related to video only.
Damn clickbait
Clickbait how?