UPDATE: Samyang will also launche a new 35mm f/1.4 lens in Q2!
Source: lenstip
In an Interview with Lenstip Mr. Lee (Director of Sales & Marekting Samyang Optics) confirmed that they will produce the two lenses for FourThirds mount (no word about MicroFourThirds)
“LensTip.com: Do you plan to introduce lenses with the 4/3 mount?
Mr. Lee: We are currently adding this mount to 85mm and 8mm products. They will be released in 1st quarter of 2010. 4/3 mount will be available for all future products. ”
More informations about the lenses:
– Samyang 8mm
– Samyang 85mm f/1.4
Lenstip reviewed both lenses:
– Samyang 8mm review
– Samyang 85mm review
Thanks Jerry for sending the link!
You can find Samyang lenses (Canon/Nikon/Sony/Pentax mounts) in:
Amazon UK
/ Adorama
2 Responses
Since the Samyang lenses are manual focus only, at least for once these wouldn’t be too burdensome to use on Micro Four Thirds via an adapter. I sometimes use an old Canon screwmount 85mm f/1.5 on my Micro Four Thirds camera (Pana G1) and can comfirm that this is a very useful focal length… although holding still is a challenge!
I don’t know why they didn’t say this in the first place!
Its a manual lens! All you need to do is take the Nikon version, add a <$1 Fmount to 4/3 adaptor and you have a 4/3rds lens!
All the old Zeiss Nikon lenses were also 4/3rds as all were also manual. Only just recently did Zeiss offer Aperture control on the F mount series.
Focusing on this lens should be easy on a E3, I curently use Nikon 50mm F1.2 with out trouble.