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Manila, an hour an a half

Jorgen Udvang

Jorgen Udvang

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During "the good all days", before I again became a salary slave, I used to spend hours and days walking around in cities in Southeast Asia with my camera. Nowadays, that kind of luxury has become increasingly rare. While my friends start to retire, I find myself working at an increasing pace. Add to that being the more-or-less-single father of a 4 year old, and the days look pretty busy.

However, I had 90 minutes of time that wasn't booked in Manila this afternoon, and decided to take my new "not a 150mm", the Samyang 135mm f/2 for a spin with the equally new G85. Photos will be uploaded within a few days, but here's one to start it:

G85 with Samyang 135mm f/2 @ f/2



Please be aware that some of the photos will be cropped. Aperture is from memory, and may not be exact for all images.
 
Jorgen Udvang

Jorgen Udvang

Subscriber Member
That concludes the images that I've picked for posting on this thread. I have a couple of comments though:

I had a busy week in The Philippines, but had brought the 135mm with me to try out. Unfortunately, the only time I had left for testing were these 90 minutes around the block near the hotel before I had to catch a taxi to the airport. They resulted in 95 frames of which 11 are posted here. I mostly shot 2-3 frames of each motive, choosing the sharpest and/or best for this thread.

I've mostly experienced manual focusing for fast paced photography a challenge, particularly with moving subjects. The quality of the lens does matter though, and the Samyang lens is exceptionally easy to focus, particularly at f/2.8-4, where the sharpness, contrast and transitions between in focus and out of focus areas are at their maximums. Notice also that there is minimal to no CA, in spite of no manual corrections during post.

My copy is the F-mount version. It comes with an aperture ring with two clicks per stop and is fully computerised on Nikon bodies with complete EXIF information. At $500 this lens is an absolute steal, and my copy will see a lot of use both with m4/3 and Nikon bodies. My next testing will be with a Tamron 1.4x TC, making it a 190mm f/2.8.

I'll come back to a short review of the G85 in the 4/3 forum. What I can say here and now is that it's an exceptional camera, and GH2 style body with most of the GH4 features and the some. At $900 it's a bargain, and I can safely say that I've hardly ever felt more comfortable with a camera body, including the very good and more expensive GX8. More later.
 
bensonga

bensonga

Well-known member
Jorgen Udvang said:
However, I had 90 minutes of time that wasn't booked in Manila this afternoon, and decided to take my new "not a 150mm", the Samyang 135mm f/2 for a spin with the equally new G85. Photos will be uploaded within a few days, but here's one to start it.
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Excellent and very interesting photos (as always) Jorgen! :salute:

You have certainly piqued my interest in this lens too.

Gary
 
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