Image courtesy: ePhotozine.
Samyang announced the new Samyang 50mm f/1.4 AS UMC full-frame lens. It comes for both Sony A and E-mount! The lens features 8 aperture blades, manual focus, 9 elements in 6 groups, 1 Asph. element, and 1 Hybrid Asph. element. There is no info yet about price and availability. But it shoudl cost $549 just like the previously released CINE lens version (here on BHphoto).
P.S.: ePhotozine also has hands-on picture with the 12mm Full Frame lens.
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Always nice have more lenses…. and for both systems.
Do they have the same size for A and E, i.e. a lot of air at the rear and for E?
I don’t see how this lens would be different from the other Samyang DSLR lenses; so expect a nice piece of metal added to the back of the E-mount version.
most likely yes
Y’all see now? A-mount isn’t dead!
i wish they would start shipping the ART 50 1.4 Sony
People were venting, and I don’t blame them.
since we don’t have information about A-mount future neither will the 3rd party. Sony has kept all secret since they are soooo professional ;).
If you don’t think Tamron know what Sony’s plan is for A-mount then you are very naive. Sony have 11% stock.
To be fair, it’s not very costly or risky to adapt an optical design to a different mount. In Rokinon’s case, it’s just a matter of a flange adapter. With Tamron, it’s applying known auto-focus engineering and a flange adapter. The big investment is in optical design and fabrication, and that can be spread across all the mounts. The fact that Tamron, even with Sony’s stake, and Samyang/Rokinon released A-mount lenses really doesn’t tell us anything about the future of a-mount. Even if the mount were declared dead by Sony, you’d still expect some third party support for existing “legacy” customers.
Stills version should be a little cheaper than the cine version like all Samyang’s.
More info on the 12mm ff lens please! It’s one of the most exciting lenses for now!
Well, i have or had have the 8mm, 12mm, 85mm and all I can say is yes the focus ring is stiff in te 85 sometimes, the scale are not accurate, but for the price.. Such nice glass! 😀
With the focus peaking, mf is not such a big problem for mirrorless users.. And they are very very bright.. Still a happy buyer, and will purchase the 10mm or 14mm as soon as I can..
The focus scales are actually accurate for both Samyangs I have (14mm f/2.8 & 24mm f/1.4), but they came mis-calibrated from the factory, as I understand is the case for many people. They are actually pretty easily adjustable. The scale for both lenses are fixed in place onto the focusing ring with Scotch tape under the rubber grip. The infinity stop of the Samyang 14mm is adjustable with a 1mm jeweler’s flathead screwdriver. It takes a little bit of trial-and-error, but does not require substantial disassembly and is pretty straightforward. The procedure for the 14mm is commonly found on the Internet, the 24mm is not posted anywhere, but roll back the rubber grip and what needs to be done is obvious after you are familiar with the 14mm.
After finding the correct infinity focus and adjusting the focus scale for that, you can confirm and fine-tune that with the closer distances.
$549 for a manual focus lens. It costs more than a lot of 50/1.4 autofocus lenses. Hopefully that brings nice optics. How is the cine version?
Why are Samyang and Tamron making new lenses for A-mount, I thought it was dead? Perhaps they know something we don’t…
They know how deprived A mount users are?
I don’t understand why Sony doesn’t open the a-mount to 3rd parties and focus their own efforts on body design, under the circumstances…
This is actually an awesome idea!
It is open for others as far as I know. I mean Sigma makes A mount lenses right?
Also with E mount they did it right… anyone can make lenses for it. Which is why I say it’s the future.
Charity?
Yes but, they only make 50mm :p
We have like, what, 6 50mm for A mount (including APSC)?
no f/1.2 = not very interesting
we have Minolta 50mm f/1.4, Sony 50mm f/1.4 and Zeiss 50mm f/1.4 already
Samyang is supporting A-mount. We can all relax.
I don’t think it will cost $549. That’s the prize of the 1.5/50 cine lens, but a lens for photography is much easier to build. The E-mount version will be in competition with all those legacy lenses and the A-mount version will be priced way below the SAL 1.4/50, which sells for 315€…
why don’t they make these new lenses with AF confirm chip the some of the nikon 85mm lenses?