Samyang Tilt/Shift 24mm f/3.5 ED AS UMC
Summary
The Samyang Tilt/Shift 24mm f/3.5 ED AS UMC is a strong optical performer — a standard prime (36mm equivalent) with f/3.5 maximum aperture. The lens is priced at approximately ~$250 USD. Please check the official product page for sample images, manuals, and firmware updates.
Genre Suitability
- Excellent for: Landscape, Architecture, Portrait, Sport, Wildlife
- Adequate for: Macro
- Avoid for: Nightscape, Street, Travel
Strengths
- Good overall sharpness
- Well-controlled aberrations
- Exceptionally smooth bokeh
- Negligible distortion
Weaknesses
- Below-average flare resistance
Specifications 19/20
| Optical construction | 16 elements in 11 groups (2 aspherical, 2 ED) |
| Coating | UMC |
| Focal length | 24mm |
| Max aperture | f/3.5 |
| Sweet spot | f/8 |
| Aperture blades | 8 |
| Sunstar points | 8 (sharp — straight blades) |
| Max magnification | 0.34x |
| Min focus distance | 200mm |
| AF motor | Manual focus |
| OIS | No |
| Weather sealed | No |
| Aperture ring | Yes |
| Clickless aperture | No |
| Focus ring | Yes |
| Focus by wire | No |
| Distance scale | Yes |
| Rotating front | No |
| Tripod mount | No |
| Weight | 800g |
| Diameter | 86mm |
| Length | 136mm |
| Filter thread | 82mm |
| Year | 2014 |
MTF Charts
| Position | 10S | 10M | 30S | 30M |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Center | 0.99 | 0.99 | 0.95 | 0.94 |
| 5mm | 0.98 | 0.99 | 0.93 | 0.93 |
| 10mm | 0.98 | 0.98 | 0.86 | 0.77 |
| 15mm | 0.95 | 0.95 | 0.69 | 0.68 |
| 20mm | 0.87 | 0.94 | 0.54 | 0.67 |
| Position | 10S | 10M | 30S | 30M |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Center | 0.99 | 0.99 | 0.97 | 0.98 |
| 5mm | 0.99 | 1.00 | 0.97 | 0.94 |
| 10mm | 0.99 | 0.99 | 0.96 | 0.97 |
| 15mm | 0.99 | 0.99 | 0.96 | 0.78 |
| 20mm | 0.99 | 0.98 | 0.94 | 0.79 |
Optical Quality 14/14
| Center (wide open) | 1.5 |
| Corner (wide open) | 1.5 |
| Center (stopped) | 2.0 |
| Corner (stopped) | 1.5 |
| Coma | 1.5 |
| Astigmatism | 1.5 |
| Spherical aberration | 1.5 |
| Longitudinal CA | 2.0 |
| Lateral CA | 2.0 |
| Distortion | 1.5 |
| Vignetting (wide open) | 1.5 |
| Vignetting (stopped) | 2.0 |
| Bokeh | 2.0 |
| Flare resistance | 0.5 |
Sharpness
- Good center sharpness wide open
- Good corner performance wide open
- Outstanding center resolution stopped down
- Good corner-to-corner sharpness stopped down
Aberrations
- Virtually no longitudinal chromatic aberration
- Negligible lateral chromatic aberration
- Well-controlled coma
- Well-controlled astigmatism
- Well-corrected spherical aberration
Rendering
- Exceptionally smooth, creamy bokeh
- Mild vignetting wide open
- Vignetting essentially gone by f/5.6
- Below-average flare resistance
Distortion
- Minimal distortion
All optical scores are based on lab measurements and field tests from trusted review sources. For details on how we score lenses, see our scoring methodology.
Genre Fit
✗ Nightscape Photography 2/5
Nightscape Photography prioritizes coma control, astigmatism correction, and a fast aperture for short star exposures.
- Well-controlled coma
- Well-controlled astigmatism
- Slow f/3.5 aperture
- Negligible lateral chromatic aberration
- Good center sharpness wide open
- Good corner performance wide open
- Virtually no longitudinal chromatic aberration
- Mild vignetting wide open
- Well-corrected spherical aberration
✓ Landscape Photography 4/5
Landscape Photography prioritizes corner-to-corner sharpness at stopped-down apertures and good flare resistance.
- Good corner-to-corner sharpness stopped down
- Outstanding center resolution stopped down
- Minimal distortion
- Negligible lateral chromatic aberration
- Virtually no longitudinal chromatic aberration
- Vignetting essentially gone by f/5.6
- Below-average flare resistance
- Well-controlled astigmatism
- Well-controlled coma
✓ Architecture Photography 4/5
Architecture Photography prioritizes geometric precision with minimal distortion and even corner sharpness.
- Good corner-to-corner sharpness stopped down
- Outstanding center resolution stopped down
- Minimal distortion
- Negligible lateral chromatic aberration
- Vignetting essentially gone by f/5.6
- Below-average flare resistance
✗ Street Photography 2/5
Street Photography prioritizes sharp stopped-down performance and a fast enough aperture for low light.
- Outstanding center resolution stopped down
- Slow f/3.5 aperture
- Good center sharpness wide open
- Below-average flare resistance
- Virtually no longitudinal chromatic aberration
- Well-controlled coma
✗ Travel Photography 2/5
Travel Photography prioritizes balanced image quality in a lightweight package.
- Outstanding center resolution stopped down
- Heavy at 800g
- Slow f/3.5 aperture
- Below-average flare resistance
- Virtually no longitudinal chromatic aberration
✓ Portrait Photography 4/5
Portrait Photography prioritizes smooth bokeh and critical center sharpness wide open for subject isolation.
- Exceptionally smooth, creamy bokeh
- Good center sharpness wide open
- Virtually no longitudinal chromatic aberration
- Well-corrected spherical aberration
- Mild vignetting wide open
✓ Sport Photography 4/5
Sport Photography prioritizes sharp wide-open center performance to freeze action at fast shutter speeds.
- Good center sharpness wide open
- Slow f/3.5 aperture
- Virtually no longitudinal chromatic aberration
- Negligible lateral chromatic aberration
✓ Wildlife Photography 4/5
Wildlife Photography prioritizes center sharpness across apertures for distant subjects.
- Good center sharpness wide open
- Outstanding center resolution stopped down
- Slow f/3.5 aperture
- Virtually no longitudinal chromatic aberration
- Negligible lateral chromatic aberration
~ Macro Photography 3/5
Macro Photography prioritizes stopped-down center sharpness and high magnification for close-up detail.
- Outstanding center resolution stopped down
- Low magnification (0.34x)
- Minimal distortion
- Negligible lateral chromatic aberration
- Virtually no longitudinal chromatic aberration
- Well-corrected spherical aberration
- Exceptionally smooth, creamy bokeh