Rokinon AF 35mm f/1.4 Auto Focus Wide Angle Full Frame Lens for Sony FE Mount, Black (IO3514-E)

This lens is awesome. It’s sharp, creates an amazing creamy bokeh. The AF is quite, fast and most importantly very reliable. Not like the 50mm which tends to focus all over the place. I love this lens I recently shot a wedding using this lens in my Sony a7 ii and my a6500 I can’t tell how much pleased I’m with the lens. Update: I have updated the lens to the latest firmware version using the samyang lens station. Now its even better, faster focusing in low light enviroment. You cant go wrong with this one!!!

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I love this lens. It is sharper than I was expecting. Focusing is fast and fairly accurate, hunts a little in low light but nothing out of the ordinary for a wide aperture prime. I like how it renders bokeh and colors. Very nice for portraits in low light. The only drawback is that it is a bit loud when acquiring focus, so for video shooters it might be an issue, but for me it is perfectly fine so the 5 star rating stands. It is a great lens for the money and I would recommend it if you are looking for a budget 35mm 1.4. You cant go wrong with this lens for photography.

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This lens offers incredible value for a 35mm f/1.4 native e-mount lens. I bought it for my recently purchased A7iii, and I have been very happy with it so far. AF is fast and accurate, and eye AF works perfecy. AF works well both in AF-S and AF-C. Image quality is great for what I bought it for (environmental and indoor portraits of my toddler). Its sharp, and the bokeh is pleasing. Build quality is great. Its built like a tank. The front lens cap is a bit finicky, but everything else is great. The hood fits really well. My lens came with firmware version 02, which is the latest version. I believe Samyang released a newer firmware ( ver 03), but it was withdrawn due to some issues. I bought the Samyang lens station (dock) to update the firmware if a newer version is released in the future. The only con I can think of so far is the weight and size. Its a big and heavy lens, but so are the other 35mm 1.4 lenses. If this is your only lens in this focal length, I would recommend picking up a smaller lens like the Samyang 35mm 2.8 for occasions where you need the smallest package for portability. I ended up picking up the Sony 28mm F/2 FE lens. Its not as small and light as the Samyang 35mm 2.8, but its small enough. Overall, Im very happy with my purchase and would recommend this lens to fellow A7iii owners looking for a bright 35mm lens that doesnt break the bank.

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This lens takes amazing photos and the af is deadly accurate. It has a very smooth bokeh and is tack sharp at the same time. At f 1.4 it is a touch soft in the focused areas, but stop down to f1.6 and it is completely sharp. The transition from sharp to blurry is very slow and smooth like Zeiss, not hard and abrupt like Canon Ls. There are some some downsides. The materials are good, but not Canon L or Zeiss good. More like standard Sony. The AF is a bit slow and the lower the light the worse it gets. It still focuses fine at lighting requiring 12,800 ISO....it just may take a quarter second to get there. In good lighting it is much faster. It can do eye af without issue. Lastly, the AF motor is noisy like Canon aps-c lenses....not distracting or audible if in quite room really, but it will be picked up in an internal mic if shooting video. Despite the minor shortcomings, this lens is well worth it for the price. The images it takes are stunning.

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Since I had read such great reviews about this lens, I HAD to get one for my portrait photography! And I must say, it is AMAZING! I am still in 2 minds whether to return it back and get the sigma 35mm f1.4 ART or not. But I am pretty sure it isn’t going to be that much different from it as all the specifics match to the T! I highly recommend this definitely for a hobbyist, also for pro photographers! If you don’t care THAT much about auto focus taking a slightly longer time than a native Sony lens, then you should be ok!

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For the money, I have no complaints with this lens. I am using it on the newer A7Riii, which does have improved focusing, especially in low light, compared to older versions of the A series cameras, so keep that in mind with my review. Some others have complained about focus speed, but its very snappy for me, maybe a few ms behind native Sony primes, but very quick. Sharpness is good, and really great around the center, even wide open. Sharpness really shines around f/2-2.8. Bokeh isnt as nice as some Zeiss/Sony options, but its not bad looking either. I will likely pick up the new Sigma Art 35mm 1.4 and compare it to this when it comes out and end up keeping one. For now, Id definitely recommend the Rokinon over the Zeiss 1.4 given its documented decentering issues.

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Excellent lens! Image quality is nearly indistinguishable from my Sigma art 35mm 1.4 a except the bokeh balls on the Rokinon are more uniformly round. It does make some noise when focusing.

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I have been looking for a 35mm F/1.4 for a Long time and finally made my mind to get this Rokinon. Absolutely amazing. Autofocus is beyond expectation and image quality is phenomenal!

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Good lens!

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It takes excellent pictures and the autofocus works great. The only downside is the lens is very big.

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