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Also badged as ‘Rokinon’, the Samyang AF 24-70mm F2.8 FE A is the company’s first-ever zoom lens, and the manufacturer has certainly hit the ground running. Typical of a ‘trinity’ standard zoom, it combines a classic focal length range with a constant-aperture design. While it’s built for Sony full-frame E-mount mirrorless cameras, it also works well on APS-C bodies, with an effective 36-105mm zoom range; that said, it’s typically large and weighs just over a kilogram, making it a bit of a hefty proposition for Sony’s smaller cameras. Either way, this Samyang goes head to head with the Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 G Master zoom, but costs just half the price.
The Samyang mostly matches Sony’s own-brand G Master lens stride for stride. It has an identical zoom…