On this review photographer Christopher Frost looks at the the new Samyang XP 85mm f/1.2 lens which was announced around Photokina 2016, earlier this year.
Samyang wanted a premium line of lenses and it finally has one with the XP branding. The Samyang XP 85mm f/1.2 is one of the first two lenses of this new line along with the XP 14mm F2.4. We had a look at the lens during Photokina but didn’t really have a chance to test it than.
The second lens in Samynag’s XP line – the XP 14mm f/2.4 as we saw it in Photokina 2016
This relatively quick review takes a look at this lens (which has manual focus – like most Samyang lenses until today) but seems to offer fantastic performance (especially on a full frame body) all around.
We are hoping to give this lens a test ourselves in 2017. The lens is going to be available for purchase very soon (pricing is going to be around 950 Euros – probably around the same in USD).
You can find many more previews and reviews on our Photography review section here on LensVid and you can find more of Frost’s videos here on LensVid.
Iddo Genuth 
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