Also, good news for video-makers is that there’s no evidence of focus ‘breathing’ so the image size remains unchanged across the lens’s distance range. The clear and natural bokeh created by the 9 diaphragm blades makes it possible to capture beautiful night-time cityscapes.

Excellent image quality and smooth boke: thanks to the high light intensity, the lens delivers excellent image quality over the entire focal length range, from the centre to the edge. Family moments are precious and sometimes you want to capture that time spent with loved ones or friends in better quality than your phone can manage.

It delivers excellent focus tracking and smooth transitions, from the Minimum Object Distance (MOD) to infinity. The zooming range covers all those focal lengths that we now consider ‘classical’ because they have proven universally useful. There are a lot of photo/video cameras that have found a role as B-cameras on professional film productions or even A-cameras for amateur and independent productions. Outside of his magazine work, he is the editor of the Contemporary Photographers: Australia series of monographs which document the lives of Australia’s most important photographers.

The lens looks – and feels – exceptionally well-made and has Samyang’s “hidden red ring”– so named because it can only be seen from the front of the lens – which is a cosmetic feature of its premium models. Samyang adds that it is made to be a fast “all-rounder” that can cover a broad range of shooting scenarios from portraiture to travel. When combined with Sony’s full-frame image sensor, the lens delivers superior sharp images from edge to edge.

Rumors from the Chinese social network Weibo suggest that Samyang will soon announce a new 35-150mm f/2. This zoom is nicely contrasty and delivers a convincing impression of depth with the very smooth roll-off from the in-focus to the out-of-focus.

looks intriguing for a wide range of users, particularly portrait, wedding, sports, and events photographers.The fast maximum apertures make the 35-150mm a big lens and result in a screw thread filter diameter of 82 millimetres.