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Samyang AF 45mm F1.8 FE

You wait ages for one, and then three come along at once. The past year has been a bonanza for Sony full-frame mirrorless users who appreciate lenses with a ‘perfect normal' focal length close to 43mm. Those in the know value this range for the way it imparts a particularly natural-looking perspective to your images. At the end of 2018 we saw the sublime but expensive Zeiss Batis 40mm F2 CF, while in July Sigma revealed its tiny 45mm f/2.8 DG DN | C. In between the two appeared this budget alternative: the Samyang AF 45mm F1.8 FE.

With the tagline ‘Tiny but Premium', the Korean firm's contender is a small, lightweight optic with a

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