Samyang XP 35mm f/1.2 announced
Samyang announce XP 35mm f/1.2 lens
Fast manual focus lens with EF mount
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The latest lens in Samyang’s XP series has been announced.
The XP 35mm f/1.2 is initially offered with the EF mount.
Update: The XP 35mm F1.2 for Canon EF mount will be available from US dealers in January 2019 with an MSRP of $999.00.
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Samyang’s latest XP lens
Samyang have announced the XP 35mm f/1.2 lens with EF mount. The fourth in Samyang’s manual focus XP range (see Keith’s XP14mm f/2.4 review), their highest quality lenses.
The lens includes a solid lens hood.
Specifications
| Model name | XP 35mm F1.2 | |
| Aperture range | F1.2 to F16 | |
| Lens optical construction | 12 Elements in 10 Groups | |
| Special lens | ASP 2, HR 3, ED 1 | |
| Coating | UMC | |
| Minimum focusing distance | 0.34 m (1.115 ft) | |
| Maximum magnification ratio | 0.17 | |
| Filter size | 86.0 mm | |
| Number of blades | 9 | |
| Mount | Canon EF | |
| Angle of view | Full Frame | 64.5˚ |
| ASP-C | 44.4˚ | |
| Maximum diameter | 93.0 mm | |
| Length | 117.4 mm | |
| Weight | 1,106 g | |
MTF charts
Lens design
The manual focus lens has electronic communication with the camera, so will work the camera’s AF confirm indicators (and provide lens data for EXIF).
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