Category Archives: Samyang

Samyang got a new lens: 24mm f/1.4

By PR admin | Published: August 12, 2011
Samyang 24mm f1.4 lens

  Samyang just announced a new full frame 24mm f/1.4 lens that will be available for Canon, Four Thirds, Nikon AE, Pentax, Samsung NX and Sony Alpha mounts. In the US you can purchase the same lens under the Rokinon brand at B&H.

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Samyang 7.5mm f/3.5 UMC fish-eye lens for Micro Four Thirds

By PR admin | Published: August 7, 2011

Samyang announced that their 7.5mm f/3.5 UMC fish-eye lens for Micro Four Thirds will be released at the end of August/early September. Samyang published also several sample photos taken with the lens and Olympus PEN E-P1 camera (warning, large files):

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Samyang 35mm f/1.4 AS UMC lens for Pentax K and Sony Alpha mount now available

By PR admin | Published: May 31, 2011

The Pentax and Sony versions of the Samyang 35mm f/1.4 AS UMC lens are now available for sale (the Nikon and Canon version were released earlier this month). Sony version:

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Samyang 8mm f/3.5 Fish-eye CS VG10 lens on sale now

By PR admin | Published: May 5, 2011

Today Samyang also announced the availability of their 8mm f/3.5 Fish-eye CS VG10 lens designed specifically for the Sony NEX-VG10 camcorder:

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Samyang 35mm 1:1.4 AS UMC lens now available for sale (Nikon and Canon mount)

By PR admin | Published: May 4, 2011

Today Samyang officially announced that the  Samyang 35mm 1:1.4 AS UMC lens is now available for sale. Full press release and pricing after the break:

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Update on the disaster in Japan

By PR admin | Published: March 17, 2011

A week after the disaster in Japan, the situation does not look very good. Companies continue to issue warnings about halted production and damaged plants. Fortunately there has not been any life loss reported from the major photo equipment manufacturers. Those are the latest updates: B&H sent out the following email today to all Fujifilm FinePix X100 pre-orders: B&H […]

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Samyang shows 7.5mm f/3.5 UMC Fish-eye lens prototype for Micro Four Thirds

By PR admin | Published: March 7, 2011

Samyang showed a new 7.5mm f/3.5 UMC fish-eye lens prototype for Micro Four Thirds at Focus on Imaging Show (UK). The lens provides a viewing angle of 180°.

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Samyang 35mm f/1.4 AS UMC lens gets a focusing scale

By PR admin | Published: March 4, 2011

In the last moment before start shipping, Samyang made some design changes to the 35mm f/1.4 AS UMC lens: they changed the design with a new metallic red ring, added a focusing scale and reduced the size of the lens (I believe they re-designed the lens hood). This is a full frame lens available in Canon, Four Thirds, […]

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