UPDATE: In March Samyang announced three new lenses for FourThirds mount. We just learned that the new Samyang lenses for FourThirds mount are also sold in eBay with other brand names like “Falcon” and “Vivitar”. Check it out:
* Falcon (Vivitar) 85mm f/1.4 for OlympusFalcon (Vivitar) 85mm f/1.4 for Olympus
Falcon (Vivitar) 85mm f/1.4 for Olympus
Falcon (Vivitar) 85mm f/1.4 for Olympus
Falcon (Vivitar) 85mm f/1.4 for Olympus
Falcon (Vivitar) 85mm f/1.4 for Olympus
Falcon (Vivitar) 85mm f/1.4 for Olympus
Falcon (Vivitar) 85mm f/1.4 for Olympus
Falcon (Vivitar) 85mm f/1.4 for Olympus
Falcon (Vivitar) 85mm f/1.4 for Olympus
Falcon (Vivitar) 85mm f/1.4 for Olympus
* Falcon (Vivitar) 8mm f/3.5 for OlympusFalcon (Vivitar) 8mm f/3.5 for Olympus
Falcon (Vivitar) 8mm f/3.5 for Olympus
Falcon (Vivitar) 8mm f/3.5 for Olympus
Falcon (Vivitar) 8mm f/3.5 for Olympus
Falcon (Vivitar) 8mm f/3.5 for Olympus
Falcon (Vivitar) 8mm f/3.5 for Olympus
Falcon (Vivitar) 8mm f/3.5 for Olympus
Falcon (Vivitar) 8mm f/3.5 for Olympus
Falcon (Vivitar) 8mm f/3.5 for Olympus
Falcon (Vivitar) 8mm f/3.5 for Olympus
* Samyang 85mm f/1.4 IF MCSamyang 85mm f/1.4 IF MC
Samyang 85mm f/1.4 IF MC
Samyang 85mm f/1.4 IF MC
Samyang 85mm f/1.4 IF MC
Samyang 85mm f/1.4 IF MC
Samyang 85mm f/1.4 IF MC
Samyang 85mm f/1.4 IF MC
Samyang 85mm f/1.4 IF MC
Samyang 85mm f/1.4 IF MC
Samyang 85mm f/1.4 IF MC
* Samyang 8 mm f/3.5 Aspherical IF MC Fish-eyeSamyang 8 mm f/3.5 Aspherical IF MC Fish-eye
Samyang 8 mm f/3.5 Aspherical IF MC Fish-eye
Samyang 8 mm f/3.5 Aspherical IF MC Fish-eye
Samyang 8 mm f/3.5 Aspherical IF MC Fish-eye
Samyang 8 mm f/3.5 Aspherical IF MC Fish-eye
Samyang 8 mm f/3.5 Aspherical IF MC Fish-eye
Samyang 8 mm f/3.5 Aspherical IF MC Fish-eye
Samyang 8 mm f/3.5 Aspherical IF MC Fish-eye
Samyang 8 mm f/3.5 Aspherical IF MC Fish-eye
Samyang 8 mm f/3.5 Aspherical IF MC Fish-eye
* Samyang 14mm f/2.8 ED IF Aspherical MC (It is not available now!)
Lenstip tested all three lenses on Nikon-mount
5 Responses
Do these lenses autofocus on micro 4/3s mounts?
These lenses are manual focus and manual aperture for all mounts, with no electronics whatsover, which is one of the reasons that they can be so cheap. Optically these lenses compare well to lenses that cost 4 times as much (or more).
Unfortunately they’ll be a bit large on a m4/3 body, and the 4/3 crop factor makes the 8mm fisheye and the 14mm rectilinear WA less attractive (although the fishy could still be somewhat useful, the14mm seems pretty pointless at 28mm equivalent here).
The real killer lens here IMO is the 85mm, which becomes an obscenely fast telephoto range prime on m4/3. It’s still big and imbalanced and all manual only, but it’s optically marvelous, and its price belies its astounding wide open performance. If you’re OK with manual focus, this thing is an awesome lens at an astoundingly good price; there’s simply nothing out there that comes close to competing with it from a price/performance perspective.
On the other hand, manual focus on an 85mm f/1.4 lens wide open? Yeah, that’s not going to be easy, even with MF assist live view 🙂
It says (ebay says), that this is Nikon lenses with attached Nikon-Olympus adapter, nothing more. Even it’s more flexible in use to have 2 mounts in 1 lens for the same price… but nothing new it is it.
These lenses have a large image circle (they cover 24×36 mm), and a tilt-shift adapter for mFT will hopefully be available before the end of the year (http://43rumors.com/new-tilt-shift-lens-from-hino-microfourthirds). The 14 mm then becomes very interesting — together exactly what I am waiting for (architecture photo at lower budget) 😛
I’m going to Seoul in 2 months. Does anyone know if there’s a major price difference compared to Europe?