Samyang Sony has announced a new autofocus 135mm F1.8 telephoto lens designed for the e-mount camera system.
The 135mm F1.8 lens is made up of 13 components in 11 groups, including three extra-low scattering components, two high-refracting components and an aspherical component. The lens has an 11-blade aperture diaphragm, it uses an 82mm front filter thread, and the minimum focusing distance is 69cm (1.3 ‘). In full-frame cameras, the lens offers 18.96 angle view, while in APS-C it offers 12.5º angle view.
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Autofocus is powered by Samyang’s linear STM (stepping motor) technology and the lens offers a focus hold button, a customizable button and a focus range limiter (which only works in AF mode). Samiang says the lens is weather-sealed, protecting it from ‘light rain, snow and dust’. For measurement, the lens is 130mm (5.1 “) long, 94mm (3.7”) in diameter and weighs 772g (1.7lbs).
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This lens adds another focal length range to Samsung’s growing autofocus prime lineup, which now consists of 24mm, 35mm, 45mm, 75mm and 135mm focal lengths. Below is a sample gallery of images captured with lenses on various Sony camera bodies:
Below is a ‘first look’ video of the lenses of Alyssa and Peter Jalabai, who took some sample pictures in the gallery above:
The Samyang AF 135mm F1.8 lens is expected to begin shipping in March 2022 and is currently available Pre-order directly from Samyang For $ 999.
