Samyang officially announced the new 50 mm T/1.5 AS UMC. All specs and info can be read at Samyang-europe.com. The Cine lens will be available in both A and E-mount version.
These are some image samples (Click on it to enlarge):
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Price please.
$549.
Bit of a joke IMO.
Presumably this is the Cine version, which means the stills version is around $499 – Ouch! Though tests and samples will show whether it is worthwhile, for video folks this IS actually pretty worthwhile, which I suspect is why the Cine version is getting all the attention.
Since this will obviously be MF, I wonder if they’ll release it for other mounts too.
Very likely, in fact I’m surprised some of the other mounts weren’t announced concurrently.
It has been.
Looks like it’s available for pre-order for most mounts.
meh… I’ve already got the 55FE – much more interested in what Zeiss will release. Dreaming that there will be a compact 35/1.4 like the leica ASPH (but lower price and more zeiss pop)… I did say dreaming right?
Well I Vana toilet made out of solid gold, but it’s just not in the cards now is it?
– Austin Powers
The sample images look promising, tack sharp and very nice bokeh.
Great to see the emphasis on the bokeh – it looks promising from those samples.
It seems to be a bit overcorrected in favor of sharpness. I think at f/2 bokeh will be even smoother.
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Why does this lens weigh more as the smaller the camera system it’s paired with is?
Sadly that’s because the e-mount lens looks like the a-mount lens with an extension tube on the back – you’ll notice it’s about an inch longer too.
This is following the trend with a lot of their lenses – they’re designed for a DSLR/DSLT and then essentially have a built in adaptor for the mirrorless cameras.
I know their 8mm got a later redesign explicitly for mirrorless, and can only hope they might make a similar 50mm in the future, of a more appropriate size or the smaller camera.
This lens is built with follow focus in mind, so its size doesn’t matter in this case. Building dslr version with adapters for all mounts and then redesign to fit mirrorless is probably best what small company can do.
That is totally not my dream, but the samples do look nice!
I wonder how it compares to the sigma 50mm & the sony 55mm?
More than another Sony camera model–the world needs another 50mm range lens. Ok but at least this one comes in both Emount and Amount. Yippie-yi-yo-ki-yay.
Samples look pretty good.
Except for the girl’s nose which looks terrible at 100%. It is over-sharpened. Cann’t they properly develop RAW?
I’ve examined on Retina and Cinema displays. The shot is excellent without over sharpening. Can see the lip hair and sharp eyelash reflection in the iris without any jaggies.
So to answer your question… Yes, they CAN develop RAW properly. But more to the point, the lens sharpness/contras is fabulous in central areas. Distortion is rather curvy though. Look at the bendy window panes in same shot. Still good for this type of closeup.
Any chance of Samyang bringing out a macro lens 50mm or 80-100mm?
The samples are for the f/1.4 version which they announced in the same time.
There is no “f/1.4 version”… it’s the same lens: F/1.4 T/1.5
Please check the website before you comment, the last two pictures in the link above show the 1.4 version which is not de-clicked and not geared for follow focus
But video version is also F/1.4…
It’s the same optical formula, so there’s no need to differentiate between the two if you’re discussing sample images, image quality, etc.
Sucks how mirrorless cameras just get bulky adapted lenses instead of lenses designed for mirrorless from the beginning. We’ve got these nice, small cameras, but the lenses that go with them are bigger than their SLR equivalents.
Zeiss planned to do that and people still blasted them 🙂
I agree – they did redesign their 8mm explicitly for mirrorless – hopefully they’ll redo some others in the range too.
Seems like a nice lens! I’d like to see comparisons between it and the Mitakon 50mm 0.95. I was planning to save and buy the Mitakon 50mm and the SLR Magic 35mm 0.95 as really fast manual lenses since I already have autofocus 35 and 50mm. In any case, I really enjoy the Samyang 16mm f/2, it is very sharp and gives a good contrast.
I have not used cine lens before. In taking still photos instead of videos, do you need FF camera to take advantage of its “Cine” quality/capability?
I had the 85mm non cine and sold it. I got the 85mm cine. I do videos and pictures but The only difference is the shell it seams the optics are the same.
I don’t know if you commented to the right person, but may I ask your specific reasons for the exchange? Thanks!
I sold it because I needed AF and had a nex-6 and A57 at the time. I have a A7 now and just so happen to get a killer deal on the cine on ebay because it was not listed correctly.
Ah, okay! Thanks for the reply!
Nope, you don’t. Many Cine cameras have smaller sensors.
you should google what ‘cine’ lens means…
Cine lens is the fashion as you can charge more for a big heavy manual focus lens -I would like to see more designed for M43 small primes
The samples are shot with the 5D Mark II.
I’d like to see samples from the same lens on the A7R or the D810, the 5DII is pre-historic, compared to today’s technology.
Sample video:
http://vimeo.com/104386831