Samyang AF 45 mm f/1.8 FE
11. Summary
Pros:
- shapely, small, and lightweight casing,
- very good image quality in frame centre,
- slight lateral chromatic aberration,
- good distortion correction,
- low coma,
- silent and accurate autofocus,
- good price-performance and price-quality ratio.
Cons:
- too weak image quality on the edge of the frame, especially in the wide area close to the maximum relative aperture
- a bit of problems with longitudinal chromatic aberration,
- spherical aberration not corrected as well as it should be,
- high vignetting on full frame.
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I am more than sure that many people will accept these compromises in order to get a moderately priced lens which is handy, small, and lightweight. In return, they will be repaid with very good image quality in the frame centre.