The Samyang 12mm f/2.0 NCS CS Lens is a prime wide-angle lens designed specifically for use with APS-C sized image sensors. Providing a 35mm-equivalent focal length of 18mm and a broad 98.9° angle of view, this lens is well-suited for architectural, interior, and landscape images. Its fast f/2.0 maximum aperture is further beneficial to working in low-light conditions.
Three extra-low dispersion elements and two aspherical elements have been incorporated into the optical design to minimize chromatic aberrations and distortion in order to produce sharper images. Additionally, a Nano Coating System (NCS) has been applied to the lens elements in order to reduce surface reflections and prevent lens flare and ghosting for improved light transmission and more contrast-rich imagery.
- Prime wide-angle lens provides a 35mm-equivalent focal length of 18mm, making it ideally suited for architectural and landscape subjects.
- Fast f/2.0 maximum aperture benefits working in low-light conditions.
- Three extra-low dispersion elements and two aspherical elements reduce chromatic aberrations and distortions in order to produce sharper images.
- Nano Coating System improves light transmission and suppresses lens flare and ghosting for more contrast-rich, color-neutral images.
Specifications
| SPECIFICATIONS | 12mm F2.0 NCS CS | |||
| APERTURE RANGE | F2.0 ~ 22 | |||
| OPTICAL CONSTRUCTION | 12 ELEMENTS IN 10 GROUPS (2 ASPHERICAL LENS) | |||
| MINIMUM FOCUSING DISTANCE | 0.2m (7.87") | |||
| FILTER SIZE | Φ67.0mm | |||
| MAXIMUM DIAMETER | Φ72.5mm | |||
| MOUNT | Fujifilm X | Sony E | Micro 4/3 | |
| ANGLE OF VIEW | ASP-C | 98.9˚ | 98.9˚ | - |
| FOUR-THIRDS 4/3” | - | - | 83.0˚ | |
| LENGTH (mm) | 59.4mm | 59.1mm | 57.9mm | |
| WEIGHT (g) | 260g | 245g | 255g | |
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Optical Construction
Features
Bright F2.0 Aperture
Aspherical Lens
Nano-Coating System
Beautiful Bokeh with 6 Aperture Blades
Compact & Lightweight
Smooth Focus Ring
Customer Reviews
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This Samyang 12mm F2.0 NCS CS Lens for Fujifilm X-Mount Cameras delivers very sharp images. The built quality is good . The aperture ring is clicked and the focus ring is just stiff enough to make its use comfortable. Overall, a very good lens and fun to use.
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Great lens for the price with a very useful focal length on an APS-C sensor equipped camera.
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I use it on X-T3 and it is really sharp. Manual focus with open aperture demand more accurate handling. I use focus magnifier to assist this task.
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For a wide angle less, it is good enough. Image quality is not the best compared to my Fuji original lenses. Also remember this is a manual focus lens.
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I purchased this lens for the specific purpose of using it to take interior photographs of homes, or better said, for real estate photography. Mounted on a Fujifilm APS-C camera, this focal length is great for taking photos of rooms in a house. For this purpose a manual focusing lens is just fine. The fact that the lens does not electronically communicate any information to my camera means that all exposure functions will have to be manual, which again is fine. If you're comfortable shooting manual, you'll get along well with this lens. Now, the part that makes something like shooting real estate photography more difficult with this lens is when flash would be used, and in this case, I was also having to manually set the power of my strobe (flash), rather than being able to use the TTL funtion (basically "auto mode" for flash photography). This made the process slower given all the adjustments that have to take place. If the lens could electronically communicate with the camera to inform it of exposure data, this wouldn't be the case... but it is. Overall, I have no complaints about the lens for what it is. Just know that using it with a flash, I was not be able to take advantage of the TTL function of my flash. Again, for the money, this is a good lens. There are far more applications for use other than what I have used it thus far.
