Category Archives: Samyang

New Samyang AF 35mm f/2.8 FE lens coming soon (autofocus full frame mirrorless lens)

By PR admin | Published: April 20, 2017

  At the P&I 2017 show (Seoul International Photo & Imaging Show) Samyang displayed a new AF 35mm f/2.8 autofocus FE lens for full frame Sony mirrorless cameras (Samyang already has two AF lenses for FE mount):

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Samyang/Rokinon XEEN 20mm T1.9 professional cine lens announced

By PR admin | Published: February 6, 2017

The teaser I reported about over the weekend was for a new Samyang/Rokinon XEEN 20mm T1.9 professional cine lens – now officially announced: Ultra Wide Angle in 94.8° Aspherical Lens Designed for Films – 114mm Front Size, High-durability, FFG, Declicked Aperture Circular aperture with 11 blades Smooth Focus Ring Shipping will start in March 2017, the […]

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Samyang to announce one or two wide angle AF full frame lenses for Sony E-mount in 2017

By PR admin | Published: November 11, 2016

In a recent interview, Samyang confirmed that they will be releasing “one or two” wide angle EF autofocus full frame lenses for Sony E-mount in 2017 (at 2:00 mark). Samyang currently has two EF autofocus lenses: the 50mm f/1.4 FE AF and the 14mm f/2.8 FE AF:

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Samyang “will probably” start producing autofocus zoom lenses as well

By PR admin | Published: October 12, 2016

In addition to start making AF lenses for Canon and Nikon, Samyang is also planning to start making zoom lenses – first for the Xeen line of cinema lenses and then autofocus zoom photography lenses. All this is according to another recent Samyang interview with Focus-numerique:

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Is Samyang behind the Irix lens brand?

By PR admin | Published: October 7, 2016

Irix lenses started in March this year with a teaser and now they already have several lenses in their line-up. On their website, the Irix is described as “Swiss precision and Korean ingenious solutions that make a powerful mix“. There have been some speculations online that Samyang could be behind the Irix brand and I may now have […]

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Samyang to start making AF lenses for Canon and Nikon, Fuji and Micro Four Thirds “are not very important”

By PR admin | Published: September 30, 2016

In a recent interview with Focus-numerique, the head of product planning at Samyang Jeong Min Shin said that autofocus lenses will be coming also for Nikon and Canon mounts (already reported here on PR) and that the Fuji X and Micro Four Thirds markets “are not very important” and will not get any AF support:

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Samyang announces 14mm f/2.4 and Samyang 85mm f/1.2 “Premium” manual focus lenses

By PR admin | Published: September 12, 2016

Samyang announced two manual focus photo lenses from their new “Premium” product line designed for high resolution photoshoots:

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Samyang AF 14/2.8 FE lens officially announced

By PR admin | Published: August 15, 2016

The next lens from the 2016 Samyang summer lens blockbuster promo is a new Samyang AF 14/2.8 FE designed for Sony E-mount mirrorless cameras with full frame sensor. The lens was initially mentioned back in May, but no other information was provided (check US pricing and availability). The lens key features are: Ultra Wide Angle in 113.9° AF System Aspherical Lens […]

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Samyang introduce 20mm f/1.8 ED AS UMC lens for full frame DSLR cameras

By PR admin | Published: August 8, 2016

The next lens from the 2016 Samyang summer lens blockbuster promo is a 20mm wide angle manual focus lens designed for full frame DSLR cameras. The photo version is f/1.8, the cine model is T1.9: Samyang 20mm f/1.8 ED AS UMC Samyang 20mm T1.9 ED AS UMC The lens will be compatible with 10 camera mounts: Canon EOS, […]

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Samyang 35mm f/1.2 ED AS UMC CS lens for APS-C mirrorless cameras announced

By PR admin | Published: August 1, 2016

As part of the 2016 summer lens blockbuster promo, Samyang announced two new lenses today: Samyang 35mm f/1.2 ED AS UMC CS Samyang 35mm T1.3 ED AS UMC CS These are manual focus lenses for mirrorless cameras with APS-C sensor and will be available in Sony E, MFT, Fujifilm X and Canon M mounts. Check pricing […]

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