Several major announcements are rumored for next week: August 21st: Leica M10-P New Insta360 camera New Delkin “premium” XQD memory cards August 23rd: New Nikon mirrorless system Panasonic LX100 Mark 2 DJI Mavic 2 drone Announcement date not confirmed yet: Samyang AF 14mm f/2.8 lens for Nikon F-mount
Ther are some made up rumors circulating the Web again about Samyang working together with Venus Optics (Laowa) on a new FE shift adapter. Venus Optics confirmed that such partnership never existed. Venus Optics already sales several different Laowa lens adapters (more information is available here).
As already reported a few years ago, Samyang will start making autofocus lenses for Nikon F-mount and the first lens will be the AF 14mm f/2.8 (already available for Canon mount). Samyang also has the AF 85mm f/1.4 EF lens for Canon EF mount. The official announcement will most likely be next week. Source: Nokishita, Via: NikonRumors Like the new Samyang/Rokinon Lenses […]
The Korean Film Council (KOFIC) published a press release confirming the development of a Samyang anamorphic cinematographic lens (originally reported on July 1st here and on Facebook). From the press release: “Anamorphic lens is an optical lens that compresses and converts wide-angle and wide-angle scenes into a standard-sized film area”. Samyang already has the XEEN […]
The previously rumored Samyang AF 85mm f/1.4 EF lens for Canon EF mount is now officially announced. The US price is $749 (for comparison the Canon 85mm f/1.4 lens is priced at $1,599). Samyang AF 85mm f/1.4 EF lens specifications:
Samyang will soon announce a new AF 85mm f/1.4 EF full frame lens for Canon EF mount. The weight of the new lens is 485g and the dimensions are 88 x 72mm – significantly lighter and smaller than Canon version (950g, 88 x 105mm). Samyang already has the AF 14mm f/2.8 EF lens for Canon mount […]
The Swedish website Monitor has some additional information on the removal of two Samyang lenses by the distributor (XP 50mm f/1.2 and XP 85mm f/1.2) due to design similarity with Zeiss lenses (Google translation):
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