Deal: Rokinon 24mm T1.5 Cine Lens for $449 Today Only

B&H has the Rokinon 24mm T1.5 Cine ED AS IF UMC lens for Canon EF mount for $449 (reg. $649) as one of its Deal Zone deals for today only. Check it out while it lasts here at B&H Photo. You can also find some solid discounts for today on Benro carbon fiber tripods at […]

Samyang adds XEEN 20mm T1.9 to their line of cinema lenses

Samyang Optics (aka Rokinon) has announced XEEN 20mm T1.9 – the latest addition to their line of prime cinema lenses. Just like the rest of the series, XEEN 20mm is designed for the ultra-high definition video, and it features great performance for 4K+. XEEN 20mm compliments the series of seven previously launched lenses: 14mm, 16mm, […]

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Samyang drop two new 20mm lenses for photography and video

Following on from the 135mm T2.2 Xeen, 50mm f/1.4AF and 35mm f/1.2 APS-C, Samyang have announced their third new lens in as many weeks. This time it’s actually a pair of lenses. The 28mm f/1.8 ED AS UMC for photography, and the 20mm T1.9 ED AS UMC cine lens. Internally, both lenses have the same makup of 13 elements in […]

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9 Lenses with very special bokeh

I have played with photography a little bit since I was a boy, first with an old Olympus 35mm film point-and-shoot, then with a GameBoy camera and later a pretty terrible mobile phone. At age 18 I got my first DSLR and instantly fell in love with out-o…

Samyang’s new lens doesn’t have autofocus – It’s a 135mm T2.2 cinema lens

Samyang recently put out a teaser to build up some hype for five new lenses it was about to release.  There was much speculation abound about what these lenses were. Particularly, was Samyang finally dipping its toes into the world of autofocus? It turns out that the answer is an emphatic no, not quite yet. […]

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Samyang muscle their way into the autofocus market with two new 50mm f/1.4 and 14mm f/2.8 lenses

In a press release today, Samyang Optics (also sold under the names Rokinon and Bower) have announced two new lenses designed for Sony full frame mirrorless cameras, marking their debut into the autofocus lens market. Having thus far limited themselves to manual focus lenses, today brings us the Samyang 50mm f/1.4 AS IF UMCAF and Samyang 14mm f/2.8 UMCAF […]

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Samyang muscle their way into the autofocus market with two new 50mm f/1.4 and 14mm f/2.8 lenses

In a press release today, Samyang Optics (also sold under the names Rokinon and Bower) have announced two new lenses designed for Sony full frame mirrorless cameras, marking their debut into the autofocus lens market. Having thus far limited themselves to manual focus lenses, today brings us the Samyang 50mm f/1.4 AS IF UMCAF and Samyang 14mm f/2.8 UMCAF […]

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