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Arkadiusz Olech has been the first to publish a fulls et of full size image samples of the new Samyang 7-5mm fisheye lens for M43. You can find them at Lenstip (Click here). And the good news is that you can already get the lens on [shoplink 25327 ebay]eBay[/shoplink]!
[shoplink 25325 ebay]Click here to buy the Black Samyang 7.5mm lens[/shoplink].
[shoplink 25326 ebay]Click here to buy the Silver Samyang 7.5mm lens[/shoplink].
At the same time he published the english translation of the original polish Olympus 45mm review again on Lenstip (Click here). You can preorder the lens at Adorama, B&H, J&R, eBay. And there is already a price drop in Europe where you can get the lens for 256 Euro only at Amazon DE (Click here).
18 Responses
a must have !! or not ??
At around $300 I’ll get one. The canon/nikon mount versions of the same lens (Rokinon) are $290 on amazon, and those have way more glass in them.
They are different lens. 8 mm not 7.5. But you are right IMO about the price being reduced about a 100 dollars soon.
Seriously, those samples are pretty decent! For half the price of the Pany, that seems like a winner to me.
the size,the samples,the price…interesting lens.
Any idea if they will have a US distributor? I’m sorely tempted, the price is decent (compared to the Panasonic fisheye!) but I’d like to support a US distributor if one starts carrying it.
twoomy, ….”half the price?” The Sam Yang is listed for $432 on Ebay. You can pick up the Panasonic for $649 at Amazon or B&H. That is a $217 difference…not half the price, though considerably less expensive.
Looks like a nice lens! Kinda has a retro thing going on… It is very cool in silver with the black front.
I have the Pany fisheye and although you really don’t need the autofocus that often with a lens like this …if you get up close (IMO where a fisheye lens shines) the auto focus can come in really handy if you need the focusing speed. I think the extra payout is worth it for the Pany.
This looks like a great lens, too, and it certainly is priced right!!!!
You just KNOW that somebody will be doing a side-by-side comparison review with the Panasonic 8mm! 🙂
I’m expecting the price to drop $100 in a month or so. See above. 🙂
Cool. VEry cost-effective and smaller than the Panasonic…and it looks very sharp, too!
waiting for rokinon… cheaper…
The sharpness looks quite good.
The Panasonic lens has a very good sharpness. I’m not sure how they would compare, given the same picture.
http://m43photo.blogspot.com/2010/11/lumix-g-8mm-f35-fisheye.html
I have the Panasonic, but honestly Samyang looks better with MUCH lower CA. Seriously.
I am not doubting you…but:
Where are you getting your info to compare the two lenses fairly?
The samples look great! CA looks very low, this could be even better than the already excellent 8mm version, the only thing that’s hard to judge is the corner sharpness until we see results from a larger sensor but for 4/3 at least it looks like a winner!
Based on the sample pics, f/5.6 or so might be the sweet spot for this lens. I like it, I just hope the street price is much less.
Nice samples. That lens has some good potential in combination with the Dramatic Tone Art Filter…
nice lens, but still just a fisheye
Count me among those who find approx. $425 a bit too high to justify the purchase. If it does come down to $300, could be very tempting. Heck, even $50 less might be enough of a difference for me.
But I’m not too optimistic. It’s a newly developed lens and unlike other Samyangs, isn’t being made for a bunch of different mounts, m43 only. So my own speculation on that is that unless early-adopter demand tails off quickly and massively, the price is not going to come down very far or fast. Hope I’m wrong!