Category Archives: Rokinon

New: Rokinon 300mm f/6.3 mirror lens for Sony NEX cameras

Rokinon showed the first pictures of their 300mm f/6.3 mirror lens for Sony E-mount on Facebook (see also the video). The MSRP will be $299, release in July 2013. Last year Tokina announced a similar lens for Micro Four Thirds ($299), while Kenko’s version is 400mm f/8 and is available in various mounts ($250 – $265).

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Deal of the day: Rokinon 8mm f/3.5 aspherical fisheye lens for $229 with free shipping

Adorama has a 48 hours deal on the Rokinon 8mm f/3.5 aspherical fisheye lens for Canon, Nikon and Sony mount: $229 with free shipping if you use code S0511113 at checkout. This offer will expire at 3pm EST on May 16th. Here is some additional info on that lens:

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Samyang/Rokinon T-S 24mm f/3.5 ED AS UMC tilt-shift lens to start shipping on May 15th

The new Samyang/Rokinon T-S 24mm f/3.5 ED AS UMC tilt-shift lens should start shipping in the US on May 15th, 2013 according to those B&H product listings. The lens will be available in Nikon, Canon and Sony mounts – detailed technical specifications can be found here, few sample images are available in this post.

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Samyang/Rokinon working on a new 50mm f/1.4 lens

A reader contacted Rokinon (Samyang) on Facebook with a question about a potential new 50mm or 55mm f/1.4 lens. The response was that such lens is in development. This is the current lens offering from Samyang and Rokinon.

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Rokinon 14mm T3.1 cine lens coming in September

In addition to the 35mm T1.5 and 24mm T1.5 VDSLR lenses, Samyang/Rokinon will announce also a new 14mm T3.1 cine lens in September.

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Samyang 24mm f/1.4 D AS UMC price announced, Rokinon 8mm f/2.8 fisheye lens for Sony NEX introduced

Samyang announced the European price of their 24mm f/1.4 D AS UMC lens: Samyang 24mm 1:1.4 ED AS UMC will be available in sale in the first week of February this year. The estimated retail price in Europe will be: 599 EUR gross- Samyang 24mm 1:1.4 ED AS UMC (Canon, Four-thirds, Pentax, Samsung NX, Sony) 625 EUR gross – Samyang […]

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Samyang/Rokinon working on a tilt-shift lens

Few months ago Samyang inquired about a potential tilt-shift lens on Facebook. A reader recently asked Rokinon about a possible tilt-shift lens and their response was “we are working on it”:  

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