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).
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:
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.
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.
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.
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 […]
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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