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product_id: 1169079
title: "Samyang SY16M-M43 16mm f/2.0 Aspherical Wide Angle Lens for Olympus/Panasonic Micro 4/3 Cameras"
brand: "samyang"
price: "R12089"
currency: ZAR
in_stock: true
reviews_count: 13
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# f/2.0 low light 16mm ultra wide angle Compatible with multiple mounts Samyang SY16M-M43 16mm f/2.0 Aspherical Wide Angle Lens for Olympus/Panasonic Micro 4/3 Cameras

**Brand:** samyang
**Price:** R12089
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Summary

> 📸 Unleash Your Creativity with Every Shot!

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** Samyang SY16M-M43 16mm f/2.0 Aspherical Wide Angle Lens for Olympus/Panasonic Micro 4/3 Cameras by samyang
- **How much does it cost?** R12089 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
- **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.co.za](https://www.desertcart.co.za/products/1169079-samyang-sy16m-m43-16mm-f-2-0-aspherical-wide-angle)

## Best For

- samyang enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted samyang brand quality
- Free international shipping included
- Worldwide delivery with tracking
- 15-day hassle-free returns

## Key Features

- • **Creative Control:** Includes a removable lens hood for enhanced flare control and filter use.
- • **Capture the World:** Experience stunning wide-angle shots with a 16mm focal length.
- • **Low Light Mastery:** Shine in dim conditions with a fast f/2.0 aperture.
- • **Professional Quality:** Engineered for APS-C sensors, ensuring sharp, high-resolution images.
- • **Versatile Compatibility:** Designed for a variety of camera mounts including Micro 4/3, Canon, Nikon, and more.

## Overview

The Samyang SY16M-M43 16mm f/2.0 Aspherical Wide Angle Lens is a versatile lens designed for Olympus and Panasonic Micro 4/3 cameras. With its ultra-wide angle and large aperture, it excels in low-light conditions, making it perfect for night photography and street shooting. This lens is compatible with various camera mounts and includes a removable lens hood, allowing for creative flexibility and enhanced image quality.

## Description

The NEW Samyang 16mm Ultra Wide Angle F/2.0 Aspherical Lens is Samyangs newest addition to its assortment of high quality, affordable, prime lenses. The new 16mm lens is designed for cameras with APS-C crop frame sensors. Its build and construction are superb! The lens is constructed of 13 elements in 11 groups and features 2 aspherical lens elements. All of these lens elements combine to minimize distortion and chromatic aberrations. The lens also features a removable hood and takes a 77mm filter. Your pictures are sure to come out razor sharp and clear, even at the corners! The Samyang 16mm lens features a remarkable 83.1-Degree angle of view on APS-C cameras and 67.6-Degree on 4/3 cameras. The lens is available for the following mounts: Canon EOS, Nikon, Sony Alpha, Pentax, Canon M, Sony E-Mount, Micro 4/3, Fuji X and Samsung NX. The Nikon mount features a built-in AE chip for auto aperture, exposure and metering with your camera.

## Features

- Ultra wide angle 16mm lens
- Large f/2.0 aperture for low light photography and night street shooting
- Designed for cameras with cropped APS-C image sensors
- Includes Removable lens hood and takes 77mm filters
- Available for Canon EOS, Nikon, Sony Alpha, Pentax, Micro 4/3, Sony E-Mount, Canon M, Fuji X, and Samsung NX

## Images

![Samyang SY16M-M43 16mm f/2.0 Aspherical Wide Angle Lens for Olympus/Panasonic Micro 4/3 Cameras - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81gjEcApRDL.jpg)
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## Available Options

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## Customer Reviews

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    Good lens for low cost
  

*by K***6 on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 18, 2016*

I purchased this as a (relatively) low-cost attempt at improving my night-sky photography compared to the factory-default lens that came with my Sony A200 (Sony f3.5-5.6/18-70mm Lens).  Considering the price of this lens, it's a step-up in that department.  Judging by cost and results, I would say it's an intermediate step up, but maybe not a major one.Attached are 2 photos I've taken with the same camera using each lens so you can compare, the first with the original lens at about a ~45 second exposure, the 2nd pic with the Samyang with a 20 second exposure.  I think the camera had the same ISO settings for each pic, but I'm not 100% certain since it was a few months in between when they were taken.  Obviously different white balance settings.  As you can see in the first pic, it has some star-trailing without the clear definition of the milky way.  The Samyang lens (2nd pic) does a lot better cleaning up those deficiencies.The Samyang lens is 100% manual, so you have to adjust the focus & aperture yourself for each picture you take - the camera will not adjust those settings for you with this lens.  It also does not zoom.  Many people would consider these facts to be negatives, but they can be a positive in challenging you to learn your camera & lens so that you take better photos.The one true negative that I do have (so far) is that vignetting can be hard to overcome.  There are ways to combat vignetting (and some of my problems might be within my old camera itself), but it's possible a higher-price/top-quality lens might be more effective in eliminating vignetting from the get-go.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Solid Build--Small Lens
  

*by A***A on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 28, 2013*

For all its size and weight, the primary lens in relatively small though the filter ring is 77mm. It is manual focus only, but the aperture ring has a setting that allows for automatic control with Pentax bodies. The Image Quality is good and I didn't see much 'fish-eye' effect. It has roughly a 90-degree field of view. Because it lacks auto-focus, it might not be ideal for city night shots. It's a little pricey given the lack of that feature. It comes into its own for video applications and set predictable shots. In broad daylight, where the aperture is stopped down, it's quite useful for close shots where you want to take in a wide view BECAUSE, due to its 16mm traits, most objects over 3-6 feet distant will be acceptably in focus. I used this lens at a Civil War reenactment to good effect when I wanted to snap participants within their tents later. The 28-300mm Pentax zoom lens forced me to keep backing up on too many occasions, but was ideal for pulling the battlefield in close enough to make out the action. So, if you've got a long zoom, but are going to be getting close to your subjects with good/day light, this should be your companion lens. Nothing else comes close to its performance for the price in Pentax compatible mounts. Had the primary lens diameter been as large as the housing would suggest, it could have been an even faster lens.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Good Astro/Aurora-Only Lens
  

*by R***A on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 25, 2017*

This is a good night/astro/aurora lens, but high contrast shots (daytime sky shots, for example) have a brutal amount of chromatic aberration from f2 all the way to f22 - there's no getting away from it. Also, the focus ring is sensitive to movement, so if you even slightly bump your setup, your going to end up with the same star coma that you typically see from lenses that don't perform well at night (though it won't totally blow your focus when bumped, just enough to ruin the stars) (tape that focus ring down!). The CA and manual focus/focus ring sensitivity pretty much make this a lens that needs to be exclusive for night/astro/aurora photography. However, when you've got everything set up perfectly, this lens performs really, really well. It's my go-to for aurora photography (f2 is a must for fast-moving aurora; pic attached for an example) and makes my Sony f2.8 20mm look like it was made by Fischer Price in comparison.

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*Last updated: 2026-03-03*