Just got back from vacation. Awful trip.. caught in a typhoon, horrid weather in the first few days, all my photo plans gone and when the weather became better. I was caught a bad flu and was in no mood to shoot stuffs except for family snaps.

I did however gotten to know the 12mm samyang more so posting here to share some thoughts

First of all, "autofocus" is lightning fast. Just stick it at the vertical line marking before infinity for shooting sceneries etc even at f2.  Zone focussing is never simpler.

Walking around with kids full body shots... 1m@f8. Low light then have to adjust just a tiny bit. Magnified view pressing the thumbwheel helps

Most importantly.. blind selfies with the kids had never been so easy. Put the focus ring on 1/3 of the way after 0.5m to 1m and its perfect arms length focus even at f2.

Focussing aside, its sharp but not as sharp as fuji's own lenses and not so contrasty.

Below are all 12mm samyang out of camera jpegs except for some straightening.
DSCF5687 by vmwt, on Flickr

DSCF5688 by vmwt, on Flickr

DSCF5574 by vmwt, on Flickr

DSCF5478 by vmwt, on Flickr

DSCF5456 by vmwt, on Flickr

DSCF5696 by vmwt, on Flickr