Rokinon announced a new 16mm f/2.2 Cine lens that you can now preorder at BHphoto (Click here).
Two more deal info:
The Panasonic 20mm f/1.7 dropped a bit at Amazon (Click here). Now $20 less than before!
And today the new Nokton 42,5mm f/0.95 lens should start shipping at BHphoto (Click here).
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It’s always good to see more M4/3 mount lenses appear!
Admin, any word on the Samyang/Rokinon 10mm? It was supposed to be released sometime this year.
Wut?
Was that supposed to be a cine lens, or just (I’m assuming a fully manual) a rectilinear UWA?
If I’m not mistaken, this is it:
http://www.dpreview.com/news/2012/09/14/samyang-10mm-f2-8-
Seems like it has been delayed two times now?
their native language.
http://www.optyczne.pl/index.php?test=obiektywu&test_ob=300
Test photos
http://www.optyczne.pl/300.12-Test_obiektywu-Samyang_16_mm_f_2.0_ED_AS_UMC_CS_Zdj%C4%99cia_przyk%C5%82adowe.html
Cons: flare control could be better, vignetting at f/2.0
The weight is 610 grams – that’s impractically huge for MFT cameras.
Based on B&H pre-order page, the lens doesn’t appear to be specific to MFT – rather it’s sized for APC-S sensors and just has a different mount. I bet it could have been smaller for MFT. At the current size / weight / price, it’s a niche lens for some videographers at best.
Well, its a cine-lens, obviously aimed primarily at videographers.
Why would anyone want this when you have the Oly 17 1.8???
16mm? 610 grams? 526$?
they can keep this one as far as I care – wouldn’t buy it at half that price.
one more “designed for aps-c” lens – oh we’ll just stick in a mount for the most popular mirrorless format and get us some quick cash.
this will not sell well, if at all – and then they might conclude: oh this m43rds crowd is not buying a lot of lenses – let’s not waste time developing for them.
I can only hope their fisheye is/was popular enough to show them its worth putting some effort in m43. (I got one as soon as I could lay my hands on it)
Yes, I’m all for more m43 lenses – but I think these designed for aps-C lenses are doing us a disservice.