Samyang AF 24-60mm f/2.8 FE

Samyang's AF 24-60mm f/2.8 FE is a standard zoom for Sony E full-frame cameras. Its constant f/2.8 aperture and everyday focal span suit travel, events, weddings and walkaround shooting. A standard zoom often stays on the camera all day, and this one aims at that role. It arrived in 2025 and remains in production.

The main trade-off is reach. The zoom stops at 60mm, a little short of what most standard zooms offer, so you lose some headroom for portraits and distant subjects. The lens also goes without built-in stabilisation, which we cover in Features.

The lens weighs 1 lb 1.4 oz (494 g) and measures 4.96 in (126 mm) long with a 3.07 in (78 mm) body. That is a light, compact package, and it suits long days of handheld shooting. Screw-in filters fit the 72mm front thread directly. A polariser for glare on glass and water, or a plain protective filter, must match that size.

The 24–60mm span runs from a wide 24mm to a short-telephoto 60mm. At the wide end you can photograph rooms, table groups and city streets without stepping back. At 60mm you can tighten a portrait or pick out a detail. Framing a full-group shot indoors and then a single face across the table takes one turn of the zoom ring.

A constant f/2.8 maximum stays available through the whole zoom range. Your exposure settings hold as you zoom, which helps when you work quickly at events. The wide aperture also gathers more light for dim interiors and evening streets, helping keep shutter speeds usable handheld. At 60mm, f/2.8 helps separate a portrait subject from a busy background.

Closest focus sits at 0.6 ft (18 cm), so you can photograph food, flowers and small objects on a table without extra gear. Filling the frame at that distance suits tight, detail-led compositions. Maximum magnification is 0.27x, useful to know when you plan close tabletop frames. Our optics score for this lens is 81/100.

The lens is sealed against dust and moisture. Rain and grit at an outdoor wedding or a dusty street market pose less risk to the internals. A fluorine coating on the front element helps water and oil slide off, which makes cleaning smudges and drizzle quicker.

There is no built-in stabilisation, so handheld low-light work needs a faster shutter, steadier technique or a stabilised camera body. There is also no zoom lock. When the lens hangs downward on a strap, the barrel can creep under its own weight. Our features score is 52/100.

Three aspherical elements carry specially shaped surfaces that help correct distortion and spherical aberration. That correction matters when your subjects include rooms, groups and buildings with straight lines. Two low-dispersion elements help reduce chromatic aberration, where colours focus differently and form fringes along high-contrast edges such as window frames against bright sky. Focusing is internal, so the lens does not grow longer as you focus close to a subject.