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Check me out on: My Patreon: | Google+: | Facebook: | Twitter: | Flickr: | 500px: | Sign Up for My Newsletter : Samyang/Rokinon have long been known for making budget, manual everything lenses. I reviewed my first Rokinon lens in 2013, and have reviewed 9 others since (this will be the 11th Samyang/Ro [Read more...]
Samyang/Rokinon have long been known for making budget, manual everything lenses. I reviewed my first Rokinon lens in 2013, and have reviewed 9 others since (this will be the 11th Samyang/Rokinon lens I’ve reviewed). In the last two years Samyang has shifted to developing some autofocus lenses, and this is the [Read more...]
The release of the truly impressive new Sony a7R3 camera (and now the Sony a73!) has caught a lot of our attention. The a7R2 also caught my attention because of a great spec list and an impressive sensor, but when I spent time with it in 2017 I was left feeling a little ambiguous. It […] [Read more...]
I’ve got a major showdown brewing between the three top 50mm options for Sony FE (full frame E mount mirrorless cameras): the Sony FE 50mm f/1.4 Planar T*, Sony FE 55mm f/1.8 Sonnar T*, and the upstart Samyang AF 50mm f/1.4. All three lenses are different sizes and with different price points. They also h [Read more...]
The twin brands of Samyang and Rokinon have long been known for manufacturing inexpensive manual focus lenses that have often had excellent optical performance. The very first Rokinon lens I used/reviewed was the Rokinon 14mm f/2.8 wide angle lens. At the time I was using the Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L, which I ended [Read more...]
I’ve been looking forward to spending some time with the new Rokinon (Samyang) SP 14mm f/2.4 lens. I owned the less expensive Rokinon 14mm f/2.8 lens, and found it a pretty amazing optical instrument for the price. It did have a number of quirks, however, along with some optical issues like strong distorti [Read more...]
Korean lens maker Samyang has settled into a certain niche in the past: they develop manual focus only lenses (with a few Sony exceptions) with highly competitive optics, consumer grade builds, and inexpensive prices. Well, a few of those things are still true. Recently another Korean company (automaker Hyundai) has launched a p [Read more...]
I’ve been very excited since the announcement of a new high end line from Korean lens maker Samyang (Rokinon). Samyang/Rokinon has developed a brand built upon delivering very good optical performance in an inexpensive package. They (like Zeiss) have primarily produced manual focus only lenses, and th [Read more...]
