Designed for portraiture, landscapes, and astrophotography, the Samyang AF 135mm f/1.8 FE Lens Sony Efrom Samyang AF 135mm f/1.8 FE Lens Sony Eis a medium-length telephoto prime designed for full-frame Sony E-mount mirrorless cameras. Offering outstanding resolution, the optical design incorporates three extra-low dispersion elements and an ultra-precision aspherical element, which suppresses both chromatic and spherical aberrations for improved sharpness, color accuracy, and clarity. An ultra multicoating has also been applied to reduce ghosting and flare in order to achieve higher contrast when working in strong lighting conditions.

The lens has a linear STM autofocus motor for quick, quiet, and precise focusing performance, plus a minimum focusing distance of just 2.3" to suit working with close-up subjects. Three different customized buttons for enhanced functionality include a focus hold button, a custom switch, and a focus range limiter switch. It also features an astro-focus function for astrophotography. The weather-sealed construction offers protection against dust, light rain, and snow.

E-Mount Lens/Full-Frame Format    Aperture Range: f/1.8 to 22    Three Extra-Low Dispersion Elements    Ultra-Precision Aspherical Element    Linear STM AF Motor    Customizable Control Switch    Minimum Focus Distance: 2.3'    Filter Thread Diameter: 82mm    11-Blade Diaphragm    Removable Lens Hood

Medium-length telephoto prime designed for full-frame Sony E-mount mirrorless cameras, however can also be used with APS-C models where it provides a 202.5mm equivalent focal length.

Bright f/1.8 maximum aperture benefits working in low-light conditions and also affords significant control over depth of field for working with selective focus techniques.

Three extra-low dispersion elements reduce color fringing and chromatic aberrations in order to produce greater clarity and color rendering.

Ultra-precision aspherical element provides natural and refined bokeh.

Ultra multicoating reduces flare and ghosting for increased contrast and a neutral color balance.

Linear STM autofocus motor works in conjunction with Sony cameras' focusing systems for quick, quiet, and precise AF control.

Custom switch can be used for lens-based control over select exposure or shooting functions, such as aperture selection, with additional settings coming via future firmware updates.

Focus hold button lets you keep the lens locked to your desired focusing distance. Also allows you to assign functions such as Eye AF in settings on the camera body.

Focus limiter switch lets you constrain the focusing to two different ranges to suit different applications: 27 to 79" for closeup shooting or 59" to infinity for standard shooting.

Astro-focus mode for astrophotography.

Eleven-blade diaphragm contributes to a pleasing out-of-focus quality that benefits the use of shallow depth of field and selective focus techniques.

Weather-sealed construction helps protect against dust and moisture.

Included lens hood helps to block stray light from causing flare and ghosting.

Related Questions and Answers

Q: 1. Are they come with Len hood?

A: Yes, the Samyang AF 135mm f/1.8 FE comes with a lens hood.

Q: 2. other than autofocus how does it compare optically with my manual focus Samyang 135 F2? im happy with the IQ but its a cheap len

A: The image quality of the Samyang 135mm f/2.0 ED UMC Lens for Sony E Mount and the Samyang AF 135mm f/1.8 FE Lens for Sony E is the same.

Q: 3. What is this additional equipment you must purchase to upgrade the lens firmware?

A: A Samyang Lens Station for Sony E, BH #SASYIOLSE is needed in order to update the firwmare on a Samyang AF 135mm f/1.8 FE Lens for Sony E. https://bhpho.to/3DvINIz

Q: 4. is there a us warranty?

A: The Samyang AF 135mm f/1.8 FE Lens for Sony E includes a Samyang USA 1-year warranty.

Q: 5. I see a lot of reviews stating great focusing, but how reliable is the AF in video mode in low light situations? I’m using Sony A73.

A: There have been no negative reports regarding the AF in low light situations for video work.

Q: 6. Does this lens work on canon R6 mark II using the adapter EF-EOS R?

A: No, this Samyang AF 135mm f/1.8 FE Lens for Sony E is not compatible with the EF-EOS R adapter and the Canon EOS R6 Mark II.

Q: 7. Maximum fps with Sony A1?

A: Unfortunately 30FPS is only limited to Sony Lenses. It may be anywhere from 10-15fps with this Samyang Lens.

Q: 8. Is the auto focus quiet enough that shooting video will not pick up hunting?

A: The autofocus on this lens is very quiet.

Q: 9. What is the outer diameter of this lens? I want to purchase a push-on lens cap (such as MFR #91-030379).

A: The outer diameter of this lens is 2.56"/65mm.

Q: 10. Does this lens include the latest firmware updates or do I need to purchase the Samyang lens station to update the firmware?

A: The latest firmware Sigma made for the Samyang AF 75mm f/1.8 FE Lens for Sony E was 10/23/2020. So chances are the lens has that firmware.