Opinion: Some of the Best Lenses Aren't Made in Japan Anymore

Back in the DSLR days, manufacturers like Samyang/Rokinon would represent the very low end of the lens market. They were all manual focus and if we are being honest, the build quality was nothing to write home about. The worst part was that buying one of those sometimes felt like a lottery as performance could be incredibly inconsistent from one copy to the next. As such, those lenses would only ever be considered by hobbyists on the lower end of the budget. Thankfully, the landscape changed qui...