Detail, landscape and portrait
The Samyang 135 mm T2.2 lens captures details without bringing the typical telephoto effect into the picture. It is more than superior to the standard Vario lens of the digital camera due to its freedom of distortion and aperture. It can be handled freehand and even snapshots are no problem with this focal length. Users of an APS-C camera will be delighted: they finally have a medium-length landscape lens that corresponds to the image impression of a 200 mm 35 mm lens, and with a fabulous aperture that enables safe working and unprecedented shots.
Excellent speed
The relative aperture (speed) of a 135 mm is usually set at F2.8 or F3.5. Especially with this medium-length landscape and portrait focal length, a larger aperture was very often missed - or is simply almost impossible to finance. The Samyang 135 mm with an initial aperture of T2.2 is 100% faster than the competition on the market. This not only enables hand-held shots to be taken in critical lighting conditions, but above all provides creative highlights by allowing the subject to be virtually cropped: the depth of field is half that of a 135 mm with F2.8 aperture. At the same time, the viewfinder is twice as bright, which helps enormously with image assessment. The angle of view is 19° for full-frame, 12° for APS C cameras and 9.5° for Micro Four Third cameras.
High-quality optics
The lens has a very innovative optical design: with 11 lenses in 7 groups, together with a lens made of high-refractive ED glass, it ensures excellent imaging even at close range. The close-up limit of 80 cm is deliberately kept very low - concentrating on detail is easy with this lens. Mechanically, it is designed in such a way that the tube does not rotate when focusing (this makes it much easier to use 77 mm polarizing filters) and the overall length does not change, regardless of whether you are working at infinity or at a focusing distance of 80 cm. This is achieved by a second inner tube, which is moved within the outer mount for focusing. Another advantage: the center of gravity remains almost the same when focusing. The fine focus distribution is achieved by an almost circular aperture with 9 blades. All glass air surfaces are of course coated with Samyang's own ultra-multicoating UMC.
Ready for Follow Focus
The focus and aperture rings have gear rims so that they can be connected to camera rigs with Follow Focus systems. This allows the camera assistant to follow the focus during the take by remote control or manually, and to change the aperture to adjust the brightness of the image when the camera moves through areas of different brightness.
Why the aperture is sometimes given in T
In photography, the abbreviation "f" is used for aperture (from "focal length"). The specified value indicates the ratio between the focal length and the entrance pupil of the lens. In the film and video sector, on the other hand, the abbreviation "T" is used, which stands for "transmission". This value is calculated from the aperture f and the light loss in the respective lens. It indicates the net brightness of the image that hits the sensor. This makes it possible to change the lens when filming: as long as the "T-Stop" is selected the same for both lenses, it is guaranteed that two shots filmed with different lenses of the same subject will be equally bright. This means that there are no jumps in brightness when the two shots are joined together in the edit.
Advantages of a full-frame lens on a camera with an APS-C sensor (or smaller)
Save time in post-processing: A large number of lens errors such as distortion, edge blur or vignetting occur on the outer areas of the image. If you use a lens calculated for full format on a camera with an APS-C sensor, these areas are not used at all. This ensures maximum quality. Additional post-processing time to correct lens errors is therefore not required.
General information
| Device/product type
|
Lens |
| Material of the product
|
Aluminum, Plastic, rubber, glass |
| Product color
|
Black |
| Length
|
121,6mm |
| Height
|
82mm |
| Width
|
82mm |
| Weight
|
830g |
Technical data
| Camera connection / mount
|
Sony A |
| Designed for
|
full format |
| Suitable for sensor
|
APS-C, Full frame |
| Crop factor
|
1.5 |
| Focal length
|
135 mm |
| Lens speed
|
1:2.2 |
| Aperture values
|
T2.2 - T22 |
| Autofocus
|
No |
| Focusing mode
|
MF - Manual focus |
| |
Manual Focus |
| Internal Focusing
|
Yes |
| Lenses / Groups
|
11 / 7 |
| Special Lenses
|
1x ED - Extra Low Dispersion |
| Number of aperture blades
|
9 |
| Coating
|
UMC - Ultra Multi Coating |
| Nearest focusing distance
|
0,8m |
| Diameter lens
|
82mm |
| Diameter filter
|
77mm |
| Diameter focus ring
|
81,6 mm |
| Diameter of aperture ring
|
73.6 mm |
| Body material
|
Aluminum |
| Lens hood
|
included, Removable |
| Field angle on full frame
|
18.8° |
| Field angle on APS-C
|
12.4° |
| Field angle on 35mm
|
18,8 ° |
| Lens type
|
Telephoto lens |
| Lens category
|
Telephoto lens |
| Compatible camera models
|
Sony Alpha SLT-A77 II, Sony Alpha SLT-A58, Sony Alpha SLT-A37, Sony Alpha SLT-A57, Sony Alpha SLT-A35, Sony Alpha SLT-A33, Sony A100, Sony A200, Sony A230, Sony A290, Sony A300, Sony A330, Sony A350, Sony A380, Sony A390, Sony A450, Sony A500, Sony A550, Sony A560, Sony A580, Sony A700, Sony A850, Sony A900, Sony A99 II |
| Application Lens
|
Travel, Portrait, Animal |
| Use
|
Video |
Article packaging
| Width of packaging
|
134mm |
| Weight incl. packaging
|
. Packaging | 1100g |
| Girth
|
862mm |
| Height of the packaging
|
198mm |
| Length of the packaging
|
130mm |
| Packaging with Euro hole
|
No |
| Packaging material
|
Carton |
Scope of delivery
- 1x Samyang MF 135mm T2,2 VDSLR Sony A lens
- 1x lens hood
- 2x lens caps (front and rear)
- 1x lens protection bag
- 1x manual
