We are certainly not used to get four(!) new Micro Four Thirds mount lenses in one single day 🙂
Samyang just announced them today and here are the full details including the worldwide first preorder links and pricing info via BHphoto. Links are marked in blue as usual and will take you to the direct lens page!
-10mm f/2.8 ED AS NCS CS lens in Micro Four Thirds mount (Click here).
– 12mm f/2.0 NCS CS lens in Micro Four Thirds mount (Click here).
– 24mm f/1.4 ED AS IF UMC lens in Micro Four Thirds mount (Click here).
– 35mm f/1.4 AS UMC lens in Micro Four Thirds mount (Click here).
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The 12mm looks interesting. Any (p)reviews yet?
Couldn’t see if the 10mm has autofocus
No AF
This must be at least the third or fourth time Samyang announces that 10mm lens…
I know, hopefully this time it can actually be purchased!!
Why would they sell these APS-C lenses with mft mount? You could rather buy the Canikon version and use it with an adapter since it is MF anyway. It will not even be bigger than.
They should really bring out more native MFT lenses. The 7.5mm fisheye rocks.
Those will be a bit bigger since the adapters add at least an inch
You could, but the adapter would add an extra $15 to the price — or more for a quality adapter.
Though with the 24mm and 35mm it might make more sense to get the DSLR versions and then a focal reducer. Turn that 35mm into a 25mm f/1.2 and the 25mm into an 18mm f/1.2.
And the 10mm into a 14mm (fov equivalent).
Not big enough market. Not now and not in forseeable future. It’s more beneficial for 3rd party manufactures to design lenses for APC-C sensor as they can also sell same lenses for Canon-M, Fuji-X, Sony E and Samsung NX-users.
Again a lot of lenses for the mirrorles digital world without autofocus… If I need manual focus I use film camera…!
LOL arrogance at best. So you’ve never used MF on any digital camera? HAHAHAHAHAHA and wtf you don’t just “need” manual focus. It just becomes necessary in certain situations and is more accurate on certain situations as well.
Film camera were also autofocus, long before Digital camera came out on the market. My Nikon F90, F80, F5 and F100 were all autofocus and served me well during my photo journalist career. It is absolutely not a problem to use a Manual lens on a digital camera as you get the possibility to check what you just shot to be sure you were well in focus, before to leave the place. With focus peaking it is a real piece of cake. I started my career in motorsport photography with Nikon FE2 for years in full manual with fast prime lens (which means shallow depth of field on 35mm film), and I made a living from it. Don’t be scared about lack of assistance, learn your craft and be a photographer.
More lenses in these focal lengths, please. We should have at least 7 options at every possible focal length, 35mm and under. Meanwhile, there’s exactly one telephoto prime lens for the system.
Beats 0 telephoto primes available for Canon or Nikon APS-C, doesn’t it? And if your suggested solution to a Canikon user is to upsize to FF, there’s still plenty of unbelievably good Four Thirds glass available to you to adapt for M4/3. Same difference…
Nikon 180 f2.8, Nikon 200 f2, Canon 200 f2.8, Canon 200 f2… Both have 300mm lenses. Both have 135mm lenses, for those who think of that FL as telephoto (I do not–I can’t get excited about a Sigma 60mm f2.8 lens. There’s no real compression going on there.)
The Sigma 60mm 2.8 is a 120mm at 5.6 effectively. Makes for a great mid tele and the lens is wicked sharp wide open. For 220 bucks, it is a steal. I plan to get it next ….
I owned the Sigma, briefly. It was okay. People talk about the build like it’s a good thing. What a clunky, ugly, cheap-feeling lens. Not to mention the unremarkable FL and aperture. The m.zuiko 45 was a better option for me. But neither give me what I’d call telephoto range. 75mm is close. A 100 f2.8 would be perfect.
I have the Sigma 105mm 2,8 macro, and with the excellent focus peaking on the GM1, I intend to give it a try on tripod this year, We shall see how that goes, but it has a lot of potential … the 60 is so cheap that it makes no sense not to have one for someone like me who likes fast lenses with some reach.
Tried mine on the E-M1…Was very nice. Now if only I could afford an E-M1…
Except for the low price, I fail to see the appeal of any of the “M4/3” Sigmas. They’re all APSC lenses with a M4/3 mount slapped on them. And as you say… kludgy, ugly, cheap. BFD.
Don’t wait around for lenses that may never appear…
Adapt manual lenses.
There are lots of used 105mm f2.8 lenses you can get. I’ve got a Nikon 105mm f2.8 macro (a great fave), a Pentax 105mm f2.8 SMC Takumar and an Olympus OM 135mm f2.8. All reasonably sized, even with a lens adaptor.
Those are all full frame lenses that cost a fortune. If you’re suggesting that they are a reasonable option for the average Canon or Nikon APS-C user, then by that logic then M4/3 users have a full complement of excellent telephoto primes simply by using the 4/3 105 f2.8 and 150 f2.8 macros, and the 150mm f2.0 and 300mm f2.8.
As has been mentioned, Nikon have many available telephotos, and so do third parties. There is no value in speaking nonsense.
Yeah, I will never get that. They compromised on sensor size and they should capitalize on that, offering teles and long macros. Instead, they do the Nocticracks LOL there must be someone on drugs there.
Well, it’s simply not true that there’s only one telephoto prime available, even without taking into account the 2x crop factor. The 75/1.8, 60/2.8 Macro, 60/2.8 Sigma are all telephoto primes, not to mention the 45/1.8, 45/2.8 Macro, 42.5/1.2, etc, which are effectively telephotos because of the crop factor. So that’s six telephoto primes just off the top of my head.
While more choice is always good I can’t get excited about these “one lens for all systems” products where they just change the mount. They’re usually much larger and heavier than they would have to be for mFT, so I’ll prefer the options from Olympus and Panasonic.
I tried a Rokinon 85mm with “m43 mount”. It a manual APS/C or FF lens with a built on adapter – it was very big and not easy at all to focus. I would urge caution about any of these sudden new offers for “M43 mounts”.
Mister Samyang, where are native lens like Fisheye 7.5? 🙁
Thought samyang Was Going To Start Offering Autofocus- doesn’t Appear To Be The Case With Any Of These. The 10Mm, At 1.36 Lbs Is The Biggest Lens Yet Available For M4/3. A superwide Prime Would Be Great But Not At This Size.
true…
Can you drop the Camel Case, please? I couldn’t even read it…
Agreed … never seen anything like it …. weird.
Would love advice on how to drop CamelCase – which I’ve never heard of til now! This bizarre typing only comes out of my phone on this website.
You need to fix the typing settings on your phone then. Is an odd setting to auto capitalise everything!
TrueCamelCaseIsWrittenLikeThis.
The above is just annoying….
As the Samyang S is lower case and should be the only caps letter. He must have a config set up problem.
That 12mm looks like a nice alternative to the more expensive Oly version.
the Oly 12mm is much smaller and lighter and has a fast AF though
499 € for Samyang 10/2.8 and 508€ two weeks ago on amazon.fr for Olympus 12/2. I don’t hesistate.
The 10mm is the one focal length where m43 needs a dedicated prime lens.
Another none native lens, I would prefer compact 8 mm and 10 mm primes instead of lenses covering 50 % too much image circle…the 10 mm is a good news yet.
Perhaps Samyang could turn it into a tilt-shift lens, then the larger image circle would be worthwhile for m43 users.
The 7,5 mm fisheye is very nice, and the price is acceptable.
But 529$ for the 10 mm, a manual focus lens, which is not even specifically made for mFT?
Will I buy it? The answer is No.
Still thing magic slr is the king of MFT fast primes for filmmaking.
They look awesome, but … they’re way too heavy.
It’s a shame because I own their m43 fisheye, and it’s optically excellent.
Get twice as much for your money using the EF/F mount version and respective focal reducer adapter.
The 10mm and 12mm are APSC(max) lenses so using a focal reducer on them is of no use. Reducers are used on FX lenses to reduce them into APSC or MFT sensors.
The 14mm however is a candidate, but given its poor corners on FX sensors there is no good reason to use it on a reducer either.
APS-C lenses can be reduced just fine for MFT. The 12 wont work because it’s mirrorless only. FF lenses on reducers have an APS-C sized image circle, so you’ll lose the corner problems.
focal reducer +apsc lens is fine on M43. Beomagi is correct and the idea gives better light. But it bigger.
> “Get twice as much for your money using the EF/F mount version and respective focal reducer adapter.”
Yeah, get the Nikon F mount one instead of EF. As much more sensible to go with just Nikon F for your Micro Four Thirds cameras than EF.
Looks like the 10mm is designed for APS-C siszed sensor. An ultra-wide with no filter thread. That is a major let down.
Filter on UWA is unpractical.
1. the last lense element is curved, so it would need some space to not scratch it.
2. because of the great FOV and the distance from 1. the filter must be _really_ big -> expensive.
These look interesting, especially the 10mm f2.8.
The upcoming Kowa Prominar 8.5mm f2.8 looks even better.
Although, ultimately, the Olympus 7-14mm f2.8 looks even more appealing than any of them, AF or not!
The Samyang 7.5/3.5 for around €240 is a nice small lens with great IQ. After de-fishing, it gets even more useful when you need loads of stuff in your frame without using cr*ppy panaorama modes.
I m looking for a de-fishseye software, what do you use ? Thanks for help
I use hugin.
I thought great a 10mm F2.8; then I saw the size,,, and the weight -over 600g that is a big lens for M43.
The 12/2 is the only new lens among those. It may even be for m43 only, but maybe it’s also for NEX. The rest are just repurposed SLR-lenses, heavy dinosaurs.
Sadly, the 12/2 is non-native-MFT and meant for mirrorless APS-C. This means you also won’t be able to put a speedbooster between lens and camera for normal use (something you -can- do with the 10mm f/2.8).
What’s with all this animosity !? WTH ? Gosh, have we grown spoiled now! Sure, we don’t owe nothing to Samyang and this APS-C-oriented design strategy sucks, but then again, these focal lengths do finally make some sense on m4/3 and even if you don’t want to go for the native mft version the APS-C/FF versions are an excellent solution for ¨speedboosting¨ and even for specialized demands like architectural photography i.e. couple a nikon F mount 10mm to a tilt Tilt Shift adapter !
I don’t see Pany, Oly, Sigma, SLR magic or Voightlander offering anything that allows me to that, not any time soon at least.
Not really animosity. Just straightening out the headline: most of these lenses are no more “new m43lenses” then a new Nikon FX lens would be. Doesn’t mean they’re useless, but restricts the value offered to some specialized use, like the ones you point out.
I would’ve been more interested to see another 45mm contender for portrait lenses.
My reading of the specs for the 12mm on the Samyang UK website indicate it’s my dream come true: a lightweight, compact, high performance 12mm f/2.0 suitable for landscapes and astrophotography. I’ve put in my pre-order at B&H.
out of interest, how can you use such a wide angle lens for astro photography?
Jabez,
Wide field astrophotography is actually quite popular. You can see various examples on the internet of famous landmarks like Ayers Rock, Delicate Arch and cityscapes with beautiful star fields as a background. You can experiment with your camera on a tripod and taking time exposures on bulb with your lens wide open. Faster lenses (like this 12mm f/2.0) show more stars, especially when the photos are taken from the countryside. And these Samyang/Rokinon lenses tend to give good star images even near the edge of the frame. You can search the M43 forum on dpreview for the milky way thread for just a small sampling of what is possible. I will personally also use the 12mm f/2.0 lens for meteor photography. I hope this information is helpful. Good luck!
Thanks for the explanation, lumix.guy. I had not thought of astrophotography in the way you described. To me, it was always a long lens, getting in close. But what you reference is very interesting. I need to get out of the city more Haha.
Thanks.
Looking forward to Samyang releasing new µ4/3 lenses to go alongside their lovely 7.5mm µ4/3 fisheye. These don’t qualify.
Hmm I’m still wondering should I wait for the 12mm or just grab the pana 14mm with wide converter to 11mm?