Samyang 300mm f/6.3 mirror lens Review
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The Samyang 300mm f/6.3 mirror lens is a frustratingly difficult lens to use. It is soft in the middle, has a red color cast, pincushion distortion, and dark corners. It also suffers from a loss of contrast when bright lights are in the frame.
The Samyang 300mm f/6.3 mirror lens is a frustratingly difficult lens to use. It has a dark aperture of F/6.3, making it extremely difficult to use without a tripod. The manual focus is a nightmare to use, and the quality of the lens is pretty poor, except in odd corners.
Pros
- Inexpensive
- Very small
- No chromatic aberration
Cons
- Difficult to focus
- Soft image quality
- Pincushion distortion
- No image stabilization
The image quality is soft in the middle with a red color cast, pincushion distortion, and dark corners.
The Samyang 300mm f/6.3 mirror lens is a frustratingly difficult lens to use. It has a dark aperture of F/6.3, making it extremely difficult to use without a tripod. The manual focus is a nightmare to use, and the quality of the lens is pretty poor, except in odd corners. The image quality is soft in the middle with a red color cast, pincushion distortion, and dark corners. It also suffers from a loss of contrast when bright lights are in the frame, making it a poor choice for photography. The bokeh, while unique, can be distracting in some cases, making this lens a bit of a swing and a miss.
The bokeh, while unique, can be distracting in some cases, making this lens a bit of a swing and a miss.
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