Here is a collection of images from the new Samyang/Rokinon 50mm f/1.4 AS IF UMC lens.  This recently released prime has great image quality with some vintage character and beautiful drawing.  It does have some chromatic aberrations, but few other optical shortcomings.  My full review of the Rokinon 50mm f/1.4 AS IF UMC can be found here.  The galleries here contain images of the lens along with images taken in a variety of settings, from landscapes to portraits to shallow depth of field artistic shots.  Enjoy!

Images of the Lens:

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General Image Gallery

The images in this gallery have almost all received minimal processing in Lightroom.  A few have had some additional processing, but these images are representative of what you can expect out of the lens.  Focusing it requires some practice, but when you learn the character of the lens you will be able to produce some great looking results.

Full Size Samples

Wide Open portrait sample

Wide Open Medium Distance (right click to save)

Landscape stopped down to f8 (right click to save)

Gear Used:

Canon EOS 6D DSLR Camera (Body Only)
Rokinon 50mm f/1.4 AS IF UMC Lens for Canon EF Mount
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5 Software for Mac and Windows (Boxed Version)
Adobe Photoshop Creative Cloud 1-Year Subscription
Alien Skin Exposure 7 (Use code “dustinabbott” to get 10% off)

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