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by E.J. Peiker on Fri Apr 09, 2021 6:20 am

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Samyang has just introduced a 24mm f/1.8 lens that they claim has been optimized for corner to corner IQ in astro photography:
https://www.samyanglens.com/en/product/ ... hp?seq=527

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by Scott Fairbairn on Fri Apr 09, 2021 6:48 am

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I’d be more interested if it was a bit wider. It’s supposed to have an automatic setting for infinity focus. I wonder how accurate that will be?

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by richard bledsoe on Sun Apr 11, 2021 9:31 am

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I would like to see this in a 14mm with Fuji X Mount as I consider their existing 12mm just a bit too wide for my tastes. Having accurate infinity focus at the touch of a button would be amazing.

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by Scott Fairbairn on Sun Apr 18, 2021 5:08 am

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richard bledsoe wrote:I would like to see this in a 14mm with Fuji X Mount as I consider their existing 12mm just a bit too wide for my tastes. Having accurate infinity focus at the touch of a button would be amazing.

It will be interesting to see how the infinity focus works. Temperature affects focus too, so I ‘m not sure how well it will work, although I do have a couple of manual focus lens that the infinity mark seems to be accurate in different temperatures.

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