Had my eye on the Canon 35mm F1.4 for a while, but instead bought a relatively unknown brand called Samyang, but they also brand their lenses Bower and Rokinon. Samyang , Korean, probably does not sound as good in the US market as Bower or Rokinon. Anyway, names aside, this lens is awesome, and at price, happy with the purchase, it's an old school lens, nothing automatic, no auto focus, and the F-stop is set on the lens ( as opposed to all you newbies out there, changing everything through the camera body on your digitals ) The focus is smooth as, and the above picture, even though I resized the hell out of it to fit on the blog, is so sharp for low light situation, shot at F2.0. So happy with this lens, can't wait to let Jacqui have a play with it.
Bette Franke, backstage at Proenza Schouler, New York