Category Archives: Samyang

Coming next: the first Samyang autofocus mirrorless lens for Fujifilm X-mount

After the new 24-70mm f/2.8 FE lens, next week (on October 26th, Samyang will announce their first autofocus mirrorless lens for Fujifilm X-mount.  The speculations/rumors online are for a new Samyang 12mm f/2 AF lens for X-mount. Then, on November 4th, Samyang will announce another full-frame AF lens (maybe for Nikon Z-mount?):

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Announced: Samyang AF 24-70mm f/2.8 FE lens

The previously rumored Samyang AF 24-70mm f/2.8 FE lens is now officially announced: Pre-orders: Adorama | B&H | WEX | Park Cameras Product listing Additional infomation:

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Samyang is teasing their first autofocus lens for Fujifilm X-mount

Samyang is going to launch their first autofocus mirrorless lens for Fujifilm X-mount according to the latest teaser (see above) spotted by FujiAddict. The speculations are for a new Samyang 12mm f/2 AF lens for X-mount: “Most of Samyang’s full-frame glass is already small enough to be passed off as being designed for APS-C, but […]

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More Samyang AF 24-70mm f/2.8 FE lens leaks

Some additional information on the upcoming Samyang AF 24-70mm f/2.8 FE lens leaked online from an Asian retailer:

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New Samyang AF 24-70mm f/2.8 FE lens leaked online

The Thai website Cameramaker leaked the first pictures of a new Samyang AF 24-70mm f/2.8 FE lens (the site contains also several sample photos). Here are the lens specifications and some additional pictures from the original source (without the annoying SAR watermark):

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Samyang removed all RF mount lenses from their website

Samyang removed all RF mount mirrorless lenses from their website. Over the past few years, Samyang released several RF-mount lenses that at least for now are still in stock at B&H. It will be an interesting development if this was because of a lawsuit from Canon. The other option could be the ongoing parts shortage that is […]

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Samyang is teasing a new lens for Sony E-mount

Samyang is teasing a new lens for Sony E-mount on social media – maybe some of our Korean readers can translate what exactly is going on (thanks!): Update – it seems that this post was for the already announced wide-angle lenses.

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Crazy story: a few years ago somebody stole Samyang’s trade secrets and established a new lens company…

  This is an update on my blog post “Is Samyang behind the Irix lens brand?” based on a recent comment by a reader: “In 2015, six employees of Samyang bribed into handing over secret information and production technic to a Polish man for 33 million dollars. The police said there were tens of thousands of confidential […]

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