The new lenses from Samyang can be preorderes at BHphoto:
135mm f/2.0 for Sony A-mount (Click here) and Sony E-mount (Click here).
135mm t/2.2 Cine for Sony A-mount (Click here) and Sony E-mount (Click here).
The new lenses from Samyang can be preorderes at BHphoto:
135mm f/2.0 for Sony A-mount (Click here) and Sony E-mount (Click here).
135mm t/2.2 Cine for Sony A-mount (Click here) and Sony E-mount (Click here).
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I like the Samyang lenses, but I think I’ll just stick with my existing vintage lenses for 135mm manual focus.
There are plenty of old 135 mm lenses out there as that was a very popular telephoto in the film days. This one will likely out perform the old lenses by a significant margin and will be usable wide open, something you can’t say about most of the old ones.
Agreed, but difference of potentially $300-$400 puts this into “do you really need that difference in quality”.
Some do and will buy it, others likely may not.
You can have an Elmerit R 135 2.8 and an adapter for about the same money.
It will smoke the Sammy.
Since when is f/2.8 equivalent to f/2?
LOL.
Eeerrrrr…..No Thanks!
I’ve used the Samyang 35mm lens and it’s good. So this one should be as well. But I won’t get this one as I use an old Canon FD 135mm f/2.5 lens. It was $50 and works very well.
but sooner or later you will have to change, older lenses cant resolve so much image quality of HighMP cameras nowadays, even some “modern” lenses cant even reach enough
Beyond resolution modern lenses have much greater contrast too.
The difference between my old Minolta 50mm f1.4 and my cheap 50mm f1.8 Sony is scary and the Sony is much better wide open. Stopped down the differences reduce a lot though.
No website for Samyang Optics !!!
Can you attach a website to you camera and take pictures with it?
http://www.rokinon.com/ – Rokinion, Samyang, and Bower are all the same thing, kinda like Chevy/Pontiac/Oldsmobile (back when they all still existed).
This site is a plague to computers. Good lord.
Don’t come here then. Simple.
I’ll stick with my Nikon 135 2.0
No difference between A and E mount ? ? ? Whattt ! Niiiice !
The E mount will have a plastic extension to make up the flange difference.
Already have a 135mm f2,8 MD that work great on my 36mp FE adaptor. How this one compare both are manual focus!!!
Completely different lenses. This is a modern lens with modern coatings. Will be more contrasty and sharper than your old 135mm f2.8 MD. Not saying your 135 MD is bad but this is a different lens with a completely different look.
My old Rokinon 85mm f1.4 is a much better lens than my more expensive Minolta 85mm f1.4
I still love my Minolta to bits but the Rokinon was better in almost every aspect other than build quality.
Else color,sharpness, contrast, bokeh the Rokinon one. But it was MF and I didn’t like my keeper rate so I got rid of it.
And now fotodiox will annonce another version for this lens 🙂
Tougher!
Seems a little pricey, for manual focus. Rokinon used to deliver decent lenses for great prices. Now, it’s hard to see the value proposition. Sony has no direct competitor, but a SAL85F28 is cheaper, only one stop slower, much smaller, and give autofocus. And $300. If Sony were to make a 135mm version, it’d likely be $500 or $600.
Rokinon either needs to invest in autofocus, or cut prices to be competitive.
I agree, partially. Rokinon has definitely become more expensive. However, if Sony were to make a 135mm f2 it would be absolutely nowhere in the realm of 500-600 dollars. It’d be twice that price, at least.
Well they already have a 135mm f1.8. f2 is hardly any different.