Hello guys and welcome to another episode of Tech in Pics and today I'm gonna bring you another one of my fantastic lens reviews First of all, don't forget to visit my social media links in the description below Don't forget to like this video and subscribe to my channel and got things inverted So today we're gonna talk about what is my favorite lens on the a6000 is the Samyang or depends on what part of the planet you're from it could also be a rocking on it could be a power It is the Samyang 12 millimeter F2 now don't be confused with the 14 millimeter F2.8 or the 12 millimeter 12.8 There is only one 12 millimeter F2 and that is this one It is a nice lens. It is mostly plastic with some metal construction But it's mostly plastic, but it's that very very high quality plastic So you don't have to worry about it falling apart whenever you're focusing it is a manual only focus lens which For a lot of people I know that said no, I need out of focus man But don't worry because it's fantastic was if you have an a a6000 or an a6300 or any Sony camera that is a PSC sensor or full frame interchangeable lens is the one I'm looking for then you can easily Access the focus picking and the focus magnifying which means that if you have a manual focus lens You will get that focus spot on every single time without hesitation and there you go It is not a deal breaker anymore the quality what can I say about the quality the quality to this lens for bringing a 12 millimeter lens is fantastic If you compare it to Sony's auto focus option Which is the SEL 10 to 18 millimeter F4 you realize that this lens has a lot of things that beat the Sony lens first of all it is Slightly smaller it is slightly lighter which is fantastic. You want a small light lens to bring around your camera It produces better color it produces much better contrast because it's a prime lens the same Yang is a prime lens So it's a fixed focal length so there's no moving glass inside except for focusing But there's no zooming in and out so it was it was made and optimized for that focal length So you get amazing quality sharpness all the way across just slight distortion slight distortion It's a wide angle lens in the end. It is not a fish eye lens. It is a wide angle lens It is optimized for APSE sensor so that is also fantastic while the SEL 10 to 18 Also works somewhat with a slight vignette on a full frame that means it was not optimized for APSE sensor If you put that 12 the Samyang 12 millimeter on the a7 for example, you're gonna get Vignette a lot of it too and another thing is that the SEL 10 to 18 is F4 while the Samyang is F2 That is a whole ton of tops of stops faster and that means you bring in more light so you can shoot at a lower ISO Get better quality less noise in your picture and Plus it works great if you want to take astrophotography So it's great for astrophotography because F2 is a nice F stop to take astrophotography So for all you astrophotographers out there that want to take pictures this lens is perfectly ideal for you Another thing to consider why this lens is better than the SEL 10 to 18 F4 is Simply the fact of the price you can find the Samyang 12 millimeter F2 Anywhere from $250 to $320 For mine a year and a half ago I paid 320 euros Which at the time is a great price the Sony lens you you will never find it cheaper than 600 700 euros It's ridiculously overpriced and on top of that the quality control is not that good I've seen videos where That's clearly shown that the SEL 10 to 18 F4 It's distorted on one end. It's Sharp on one side, but the other side is out of focus the it seems unbalanced. It doesn't focus well It is a by all means. It's a great lens. It's a small little lens But compared to the Samyang it has a lot of negative aspects to negative points And you're probably asking yourself all 12 millimeters What about 18 millimeters like the the Sony lens has well this lens the Samyang is sharp enough that you can easily Crop it in slightly and it'll look great You can crop it into 18 millimeter you can even go as far as maybe 22 millimeters 20 22 23 24 I wouldn't go further than 24 because of course you start cropping a lot But I've cropped in this pictures from this lens really really a lot and it looks fantastic Now what about bouquet well at 12 millimeters F2 you're really not going to get that much bouquet There are some out of focus areas when you get really really close to an opt to a subject So if you want to take a wide angle picture of flowers and you get in really close the middle focus This is 20 centimeters you can see that the the background starts to blur a bit. It's not that much but It is enough to actually cause a separation between your subject and the background What about the colors well? I don't know how to explain this to you, but in short the colors on this lens are amazing The color reproduction is amazing. I am convinced it has something to do with the optics on the inside One of them must have some magical coatings on it because this lens can really produce some punchy vibrant colors With respect to its competitors And you can just look look at the pictures that I'm showing you right now as I'm talking to you You can clearly see that the colors are amazing. You can achieve some really contrasty colors And really you don't have to be afraid to move that slider up to really get nice rich saturated colors Let me tell you something this lens is so great. I have it on my camera at 95% of the day The other lens that I bring the other lens is that I bring with me along with it are just to try them out And they come and go but the one that is always in my camera bag is Really the Samyang 12 millimeter F2 now. I'm going I'm as I'm showing you pictures here. You probably ask yourself What about the video quality? Can I use this lens to make great videos? Yes, you can it has fantastic color reproduction I'm going to show you right now. I made a very very small simple video test I had no special lighting rigs or any gimbals or anything to maintain the stabilization But I'm just going to show you what you can expect if you want to shoot video a very very wide angle Unless of course you don't have the camera steady in a way where it it doesn't shake Around and if you have to apply stabilization in your video editing program Then for sure it's going to crop it in a little bit It depends on how much stabilization you actually want But if you have stabilization you have a really really wide angle So regarding the video I'm going to show you those that video right now and I'll be back right after the video You You There is not really enough I can say about this lens If you want to check out I will post an album only with pictures that have been taken with this lens in the description below Plus a direct link to Amazon where you can directly purchase this lens You will not find a prime lens 12 millimeter f2 at such a cheap price and Samyang make fantastic lenses Whether it's cinnolenses or picture lenses. I cannot recommend this lens enough So this is crawler for tech and pics and I will see you next time in my lens video review So have a nice day and go out and start snapping