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Quite a couple of people asked me where they can get the new Samyang NEX lens. I wanted to remind you that you can find them on [shoplink 6821 ebay]eBay[/shoplink] only for now, and that the new [shoplink 6821 ebay]8mm fisheye lens for NEX[/shoplink] has been optimized for the NEX-VG10 camcorder! There should be a version for the “normal” NEX cameras coming later.
And if you have some doubts about the quality don’t worry! Read some tests of other Samyang lenses on Photozone (Click here). You will see those are very good quality lenses!
It’s worth to mention that Samyang made a total of four very good manual lenses for Alpha mount:
– The 8mm f/3.5 fisheye ([shoplink 6823 ebay]Click here to see current auctions on eBay)[/shoplink].
– The 14mm f/2.8 ([shoplink 6822 ebay]Click here to see current auctions on eBay)[/shoplink].
– The very good and very cheap 85mm f/1.4 ([shoplink 6824 ebay]Click here to see current auctions on eBay)[/shoplink].
– The 800mm f/8 ([shoplink 6827 ebay]Click here to see current auctions on eBay)[/shoplink].
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If you like to see some photo’s of the current lens with the Nex-5:
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/readflat.asp?forum=1042&thread=38219811
You can find Samyang lenses in “brick and mortar” stores as well.
See for instance in Paris: http://www.photosaintcharles.com/main.php?nr=3
8mm f/3.5 fish-eye: €269
14mm f/2.8: €369
85mm f/1.4: €299
500mm f/8 reflex: €119
500mm f/6.3 reflex: €149
800mm f/8 reflex: €219
What does it mean optimized for VG-10? Other then it is quite big to put on NEX-5
The sensors are identical, are not they? Or the lens is low resolution hence does great video as due to low optical resolution the aliasing artifacts are reduced
AFAIK it’s optimized in a sense smooth aperture control. But it also had some other gimmick comparing to it’s regular version…
Stupid.
What a waste to buy an e-mount Saymang lens. These are totally manual lenses with manual control of aperture, so there is no gain in locking it into the e-mount system so it will fit no other camera. Better to buy it for A-mount, or Nikon or Canon depending on which brand you use for DSLR and then add a cheap adapter. If your second system is Sony alpha, there is no need to buy the expensive original LA-EA1 adapter for this. This way the lens can be used for two system and the second hand value will be better for sure. (I have a Samyang 8mm FishEye for Sony Alpha, great lens).
/Mats