I wish you loads of pleasure with your photography journey, I'm sure you'll have so much fun. The 12-24 is a great lens, after checking my images and the focal length I've used, it was 95% at 12mm. So it was not a question for me if a wider, but great lens hits the market I'll suffer keeping the 12-24...and the day has come :D If you need any help or support, let me know ;)

@@laszlobella-lighthunters thank you for your response and kind words. I actually rented the 12 - 24 and the 16 - 35 pz F4 both of these lenses will be coming on Friday and I'm excited to test them I'm anticipating liking the 12 - 24 more because of its wider range . I'd still like to take a look at the Brighton star at some point but I'm looking more so into a zoom lens right now. I also appreciate you extending support if need be. I've taken a look at your website and plan to sign up for a session whenever I can. Keep up the great work it is what you needed and appreciated.

If you rented the 16-35 and the 12-24 you'll understand why you want to go always wider :D I had the 16-35 the Zeiss though, was a great lens, but limited creativity. I would say below 14mm you can start playing with the perspectives a lot, that is why I'm amazed how big is the difference between 12 and 9mm. Thanks again for the positive words, appreciate it a lot! Your channel is also great I was surfing there ;)

So far, I'm liking the 12 to 24 much more. I've been using both, and I feel that the 16-35 pz is too busy with everything it has on that lens. If I had to choose right now, I would definitely take the 12-24 but I'm still curious about the 9mm. You're welcome in terms of what I said. Your video seriously helped in my decision. Thanks for visiting my channel also and by the way I saw your website and will looking into booking a session in the future. I feel like I could learn a lot from it.

I use 24 2.8 profile and I think it is good enough

I only used the lens button to calibrate it, normally this is the only thing you have to do.

Thank you and appreciate your comment. Had so many challenges that I could not produce to much video content. I'll be back, now the things have settled!

Thanks for your comment, fully agree with you. Now I have the tech for the better quality audio and I'll come up with more video content! Would appreciate your feedback soon again!

Nagyon köszönöm! Szerintem nem érdemes, garancia idő alatt a szerviz megoldja a frissítést!

If they would release one, I'll compare them. I can tell you that the 14 Gm is one of the best lenses out there, will be hard to compete with. Tested against the sigma 14 1.8... there is not a lot to say

@@laszlobella-lighthunters I actually bought the Sony 14mm GM a few months back. It is a great lens, but I do wish it had a focus lock button.

Thanks a lot, appreciate your comment!

Yes, I could agree with that. It never broke in my own hand but seen pictures and stories around that. Agree with CA on the GM, it suffers a bit. Still offers better corner sharpness and a massive build.

Appreciate David, thanks a lot

Thank you, appreciate, now I have the tech for the better audio, coming up with more content soon!

Hi Steve, I understand you're confused, considering you need to think about two different bodies. Unfortunately I have never owner Canon mirrorless body, don't count on me with that :) For the Sony body I would go for a second hand 24gm as it's also good for investment. It's an outstanding all around lens. If you're on a budget, go for the Samyang 24mm. An extra advice: I probably would not have the same focal length for both bodies ;)

Have not tried the Viltrox yet, based on what I've seen from the Samyang, can't imagine that the Viltrox can be better ;)

Samyang is considerably better. Dustin Abbot compares the two a bit in his review.

Thank you Trevor, appreciate your comment. Agreed that the 500 rule is "outdated" it only gives a good indication where to start. Agreed with all what you said, 24gm is simply out of this world, but loved all of my sigma lenses ;)

There is no stupid question, we all starting to learn from scratch ;) This orange colour is light pollution. If you're shooting astro landscape, it's not enough to go to a dark spot. You'll need to consider cities, villages in your shooting direction. I would recommend this lens to start with, good bang for buck. Watch some astro videos to understand the basics (even better if you can join some workshops) then use every clear night to go out and practice ;)

@@bellalaszlo2294 thanks for the response. I live in Arizona and there's a lot of very dark places around me in the desert with very little light pollution. I'm probably going to buy this lens, although I do have the Samyang 45mm 1.8 that I might try first although I realize it's not very wide. I really do like the button and led light to automatically put it to infinity which is really cool.

@@highwayman1224 sounds great. The 45mm focal length could be an option, however then you'll need to stitch panoramas. I would recommend start with the basics then move to the next level, step by step ;)

@@highwayman1224 Just go out with a tripod and shoot shots under about 30 seconds (when star trails become very noticeable) - assuming after you've watched some how-to videos. I've gone out with an f4 and taken some fun shots. I assume you'll go south towards Patagonia, AZ.

@@charmerci I live just west of Phoenix in Buckeye. I ended up buying a Samyang 24mm 1.8 and went out to my fishing spot in Arlington and got some nice pictures. I also just got a Rokinon 14mm 2.8 so I can get more of the milky-way in the sky. Fun stuff for sure.

Currently I decided to keep the GM lens as I was carrying both of them all the time. Still holding the opinion that for the first lens I would pick the Samyang. If you have both and do not need the extra money, keep the GM 😉

No doubts to get a nice mic, will have it for the next one 😉

@@bellalaszlo2294 I can recommend the Sony ECM-W2BT...It gives an amazing 200 meter range with full strereo audio, it is USB rechargeable and it has a 2 hour longer battery life than the Rode equivalent (9 hours vs 7 hours). It comes as two parts...One that slides onto the cameras hot shoe and the other is a bluetooth clip on mic. They can be used separately, or both together, and you can plug a Lavalier mic into the blutooth mic to eliminate more background audio. Sony do an optional stereo Lavalier mic specially for this purpose. The unit on the camera transfers the audio to the camera through the hotshoe, so it is completely wireless/cordless mic option.

While you’re at it, you don’t need music throughout. Most of the time you don’t need it at all. Audio is at times more important than the video. Keep it high quality and simple! Good luck.

Congratulation 👏 Glad you like it, it's a real compact combo indeed.

same combo here bro 👍

I am still wondering how good samyang 24mm f1.8 is. I gonna sell my kit 28-60 and get it ^^

Szia. Azzal nem lehet vitatkozni, hogy olcsó műanyag hatású, valószínűleg egy komolyabb esést nem élne túl, bár ez mondjuk a GM optikákra is igaz :) Szerintem ár érték minőség arányban egy kiváló optika. Ha vigyázol rá akkor főleg időtálló darab lesz.

@@bellalaszlo2294 Köszönöm!

Thanks for your feedback Astra, glad you found it useful. I'm sure you will love using it. Happy shooting :)

I currently sold both 😅 I will try something new and then I'll decide what to keep 😄

@@laszlobella-lighthunters what new means in your case?

@@ophoto.peterorban A new perspective (again) and the 35GM 😉

A very common problem among youtubers. Hardly anybody has a clue how to balance the volume of spoken parts and background music. I mean, *no clue*.

Happy to see that. Thank you for your feedback, I'm sure you'll enjoy using this tiny lens

Haha, good one, and kind of true story

Probably because he mostly tested infinity focus where the Samyang is optimised for. Astro, landscape. The GM works equally well up close, the Samyang really loses the race there. Also: colors, contrast. The latter was mentioned in the video though. Samyang does have much less focus breathing, but alas also much lower light transmission.

Indeed it also has some CA, not strong, easy to fix but it has some

Haha, thanks, indeed when I say it I mean it ;-)

The eye af work excellent on both lenses, honestly I could not spot any difference in stills. In video the Samyang had a little more af noise, but it was still negligible. That is why I did not dedicate a particular spot in the video

Thanks for the feedback. True story ISO counts a lot when it comes to noise and "number" of stars. Depends on your camera body. With the 7iii you can easily go up to 5-6000 without serious image degradation. IMHO this difference is manageable, if it's a 1.4 vs 2.8 battle.... Different story ;-)

Thanks, in glad it helped

Thank you too

Makes two of us ;-)

Which is funny because the sun is as white as it gets (technically slightly blueish, but that is not perceivable). Simple test case: snow is white, not yellow ;-)

Thank you, appreciate your feedback. Now it's new, soon it will be your main addiction ;-) I do not use any filters for astro, only travel a lot to places with relatively low light pollution

I had the Batis as well. Did not compare them side by side, however by impression they are on the same level, in terms of image quality. CA is well handled on the batis, the Samyang is a touch sharper though. I wouldn't pay that much for the Batis, doesn't worth that much more

@@laszlobella-lighthunters Got the batis :), not new, used market around 700 usd is ok. I have two other batis so Why I decided that. I love it so far . Thanks

Indeed, by default my copy was not perfect for infinity focus. The calibration is easy simply adjust the correct focus then press and hold the button for 3 seconds and this will become your new infinity focus. In the description there is also a video on the custom button

Very good question. I believe every person has a different answer for that. True that other aspects matter as well than astro. My opinion is that the Samyang is not 3 times worse that the Sony. If I had the GM I wouldn't downgrade. If I wouldn't have any of them, I would pick the Samyang

Focusing is nearly identical both for photo and video. I could not spot any significant difference