According to Samyang there're 2 high refraction factor elements which help to reduce the weight and size but the lens is actually slightly more heavy and somewhat longer than e.g. both the Canon EF 35mm f/1.4 USM L and Nikkor AF-S 35mm f/1.4G. The front element does not rotate during focus operations. The physical length of the lens remains
Price as reviewed: Canon users are blessed with a choice of three 50mm primes offering maximum apertures of f/1.8, f/1.4 and f/1.2. The middle lens is reviewed here, but Canon also sent the f/1.2 lens so it too has been commented on in passing. The f/1.4 lens has excellent ergonomics thanks to a sensibly-wide and centrally-located focusing ringCanon 35mm f/1.8 IS Macro STM (Black) at Amazon for $449 has been used throughout its EF, EF-S and EF-M lenses, but the RF 35mm f/1.8 IS Macro STM is the first RF lens to feature it (all theCameras were 6D and 7D, lens in tests were Canon EF 35mm 1.4 L and Canon EF 50mm STM. I used tripod, all test were set at 1/250 up to 1/640 , f/1.8 , ISO 100. Focus were set on the cross in the middle of this remote . This one is result with 50mm lens . This pic were result of 35mm lens . I did attempt to do little AMA using dotune method, +2 The 35mm ƒ/2 IS USM does fairly well to restrict distortion, showing a consistent +0.2% barrel distortion in the corners when mounted on the Canon 7D. On the 1Ds mkIII, there's just slightly more