[UPDATE: The lens has been announced at the official Samyang website syopt.com (via quesabesde & dicahub). A first test can be read at the Swedish site fotosidan (translation)]
PRE-ORDER: AmazonUS
For a short time, the Samyang/Rokinon 100mm f/2.8 was listed as available for pre-order at BHphoto. The lens has now been taken off the website, but the fast fingers at mirrorlessrumors (who spotted the leak), copied the specs for us and took some screenshots of the lens 🙂
Product Highlights
Fuji X, Samsung NX, MFT and Sony E-mount version available
Price: $549
100mm (35mm Equivalent)
Aperture Range: f/2.8 to f/32
One High Refractive Index Element
One Extra-Low Dispersion Element
Ultra Multi-Coating
1:1 Magnification, 1′ Minimum Focus
Internal Focus; Manual Focus Design
Non-Rotating Filter Mount
Rounded 9-Blade Diaphragm
Click READ MORE for the PRODUCT DESCRIPTION + More Images
Home in on close-up subjects with the Sony E mount 100mm f/2.8 Macro Lens from Rokinon, which affords life-size 1:1 magnification along with a minimum focusing distance of 1′. This manual focus portrait-length lens also incorporates one high refractive index element and one extra-low dispersion element into its design to reduce chromatic aberrations and distortions throughout the focusing range. An Ultra Multi-Coating has also been applied to minimize flare and ghosting for increase contrast and color neutrality. A long focal length lens with close focusing abilities and a high magnification ratio, this macro lens is ideal for making close-up, detailed images of nearby subjects.
- This 100mm f/2.8 lens features a Sony E mount, and is compatible with full-frame sensors or APS-C sensors, where it will provide a 150mm equivalent focal length.
- A bright f/2.8 maximum aperture is useful for working in a variety of lighting conditions and the minimum f/32 aperture helps to attain a long depth of field when working with close-up subjects.
- One high refractive index element and one extra-low dispersion element help to control chromatic aberrations and minimize distortions throughout the focusing and aperture ranges.
- An Ultra Multi-Coating has been applied to lens elements to reduce lens flare and ghosting for increased clarity, contrast, and color fidelity.
- Featuring a macro design, this lens affords a 1:1 maximum magnification ratio along with a minimum focusing distance of 1′.
- Benefitting working with especially close subjects, this manual focus lens features an internal focus design to maintain the overall lens length during use. Additionally, the front filter mount does not rotate when focusing to better enable the use of polarizers, graduated ND, and other filter types that require precise positioning.
- A rounded nine-blade diaphragm contributes to a pleasing out-of-focus quality when using selective focus or shallow depth of field techniques.
18 Responses
should be 150mm (35mm equivalent)
No. It’s a FF lens.
It could be a large format lens or a camera phone lens, would still be 100mm focal length.
Bollocks.
i know it is a FF lens, but as long as the rumors is for fuji, the lens have to x1.5. because fuji has no FF for now.
Look at the BHPhoto image, for x-mount of course it does say a 150mm (35mm equivalent). But you’re right, in the Product Highlights it should be a 100mm (without the equivalent), or indeed a 150mm (35mm equivalent). ^.^
Focal length yes, not the “(35mm equivalent)”.
Pity that it is a full-frame lens, though I certainly understand the economics of it, especially given the small user base of Fuji. The Fuji version is actually the heaviest of all mounts, likely because of the built-in adapter, which to me is pretty undesirable. I would have been very interested in an crop version of this lens.
For far less money you could also buy a optical excellent Tamron 90mm f/2.8 VC 1:1 makro lens (EF or Nikon F mount) and use it with a adapter on the Fuji X system.
Don’t see the point of this lens …
What would be the primary use of a 1:1 macro lens without automatic aperture blades? OK, still usable, since some people swim La Manche, others take ferry.
B&H is still advertising this lens and the links are working now (last night they weren’t). The pages are also linked in the catalog and there are pages for slr mounts as well.
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=&sku=1132700&gclid=Cj0KEQjw0fOoBRDn88Pol8bqhN0BEiQARGVJKsqARuQ9M89bbK6rN-UUwOCyjO_9qsmjpxEqqvT6GAQaAkWc8P8HAQ&Q=&is=REG&A=details
Product Highlight is kinda misleading, made me think this is a mirrorless lens like the Rokinon 12mm 2.0
1′ Minimum Focus?
I assume it’s one (′ ) unit which is the distance from earth to sun? Or from here to the next 7-11?
In the U.S., the “‘” is used to abbreviate “foot.” So 1-foot minimum focusing distance, or around 30cm.
In this country (USA) the single tick indicates feet and a double tick ” indicates inches.
“Internal focus”
Bad news as this usually means what is politely called “focus breathing”. This means that the lens has no true focus mechanism rather it focuses by reducing the focal length. Hence at 1:1 it will be a 50mm lens.
This lazy substitute for proper lens design has become endemic across most manufacturers. Rokinon is missing a real opportunity to give a big dope slap to the rest of the lens design community.
Another manual focus lens. It sounds like it would be great for my grandfather’s Minolta SRT-101 if it weren’t so expensive.
Swedish site got a small review with a test shot against Canon 100mm macro.
http://www.fotosidan.se/cldoc/vi-har-provat-samyangs-nya-makrotele.htm