High quality plastics have been used for much of the. It is good for landscape,astrophotography,sport and group photography. It balances well on the nikon d300 used for testing. In the last two years samyang has shifted to developing some autofocus lenses, and this is the second of their autofocus lenses af for sony fe full. Samyang 8mmf2,8 is a very sharp fisheye lens from f 2,8 to f11. However, as mirrorless cameras become more popular again, there has been a need to return to this industry standardwhich is the impetus for the samyang af 45mm f1. High quality plastics have been used for much of the lens. Its wide aperture, excellent build, and close focus capability are.
This plugin may be of limited utility for astrophotography. If youre willing to do some postprocessing on the computer, theres a photoshopaperture plugin called fisheye hemi which will remove the fisheye effect and make the image rectilinear and will make the lens act as as a super ultrawide angle. Thanks to pch store i could test the samyang 35mm f2. For better use, remove the battery from the camera first, then reinsert the battery after the firmware update. As soon as i get hold of it ill be doing some test photos to compare to the samyang and trying it out in all the various housings that i have available too. Fisheye has distortion effect which can be fun to use. However, rokinon and samyang are basically the same exact lenses with different branding on them encase you were not aware.
The lens construction uses 10 elements in 7 groups, including an aspherical hybrid lens. In this video, adventure photographer benjamin jaworskyj is out in the woods with the new samyang af 85mm f1. If i want to shoot anything close up i will set the focus on 1. If recording video, viewing a magnified section of the frame will ensure. With hybrid aspherical elements and multilayer coating, you will produce sharply defined images.
Build quality is solid with a well damped focus ring and produces corner to corner sharpness. Fisheyehemi 1 circle works best with a lens and camera combination that covers 180 degrees horizontally across the field, such as a nikon d80 with an 8mm lens. On a personal note, because ive been wanting a good portrait lens for sony. It offers a diagonal angle of view of 180 degrees on a full frame 24 x 36mm format sensor. The samyang 12mm fisheye is a manual lens, with manual focus.
With dxomark you can display the lenses with three different views grid, list or graph in order for you to have the best solution to compare the filtered results. Im almost certain it wont work perfectly in the salty surf housing because its a bit short, like the samang 8mm f2. Word abonnee lees digitaal videozine fotocursus op video workshops contact. Its a diagonal fisheye, meaning it offers a 180 degree diagonal angle of view and illuminates the entire frame. Fisheyehemi 2 full frame works best with a lens and camera combination that covers 180 degrees diagonally, such as a nikon d80 with a 10. High quality plastics have been used for much of the lens barrel and the lens mount is metal. Brand index samyang rokinon samyang rokinon lenses samyang 8mm f3.
The perfect spacing and distance are always necessary when shooting all kinds of subjects, including people, to give them a proper relationship with the beautiful space around them. There was some confusion on the web as to the projection of this new 7. I just posted some test shots for my samyang 12mm which is great for landscape. Focusing is manual, and the action of the focus ring is smooth and precise. So here are few 100% crops from the above image, that were taken at f5. View my flickr page for fullresolution versions of the sample photos and many more. Consistent with my testing of the samyang lenses, i dont mind not having the 14mm, but i really loved that 5mm and am disappointed i wont be able to combine it with the z7. You can see how the plugin was able to correct much of the distortion in the trails.
Samyang rokinon have long been known for making budget, manual everything lenses. For mf you can use focus peaking,focus magnifier or you can set 1m at f8 and you have all in focus. I am wondering if on a 5d mkiii canon ff the samyang 8mm f3,5 that you put in the ok for singlerow pano would be wide enough to actually cover a full spherical image with just a singlerow pano, since i read on samyang website that for canon apsc it. Rokinonsamyang chipped lens on z dec 3, 2018 no, not chipped as in broken. Whether youre a weekend gopro shooter or a fulltime video professional, you need editing software. This 8mm fisheye lens provides a diagonal field of view of 180 degrees on a 1. This is an autofocusing lens and one that autofocuses very well on the canon eos r that i tested it on along with having a beautiful, weather sealed build. With samyang releasing a new version of its 8mm f2.
The build quality of this 8mm fisheye lens from samyang is excellent. I usually leave the f stop on f8 and set the focus right before infinity. Please register or sign in to view the hidden content. Samyang 8mm fisheye ii fujifilm xmount lens cameranu. Samyang s guide to achieving the optimal angle of view. It perfectly combines high optical value, impressive lens speed and exceptionally compact dimensions. Samyang does make a 8mm apsc fisheye which is unusual in that it uses a stereographic projection. Its also clear that some of the image has been cropped away. In just 510 minutes, when i finished a testing sequence for samyang 14 and switched for samyang 8mm, weather gets back to the normal here and few minutes later, it started to snow again. Hi mic, i have just read this article carefully and want to thank you for your suggestions.
If mc fisheye was especially well received by its users it was a diagonal fisheye lens designed for small apscdx sensors. With less distortion than a 35mm lens and wider angles than a 55mm lens, the samyang af 45mm f1. Recently bought a canon 600d and a samyang 8mm fisheye lens, heres a video with a week of clips. Rokinon and samyang emount lens guide all available rokinon emount lenses will be available in this guide. The build quality of this 8mm fisheye lens from samyang is very good indeed. Wide angle lenses can be made very small for mirrorless cameras, but in order to keep the performance in the corners good the rear element either needs to be very large image space telecentric lens or far away from the sensor. Fortunately, that seems about to change, and leading the charge is korean lens maker samyang also sold as rokinon with this lens the samyang af 14mm f2.
The samyang lens is noted for having much lower distortion compared to many other fisheye lenses by its use of a patented stereographic projection versus equalarea projection used by many other lenses of this type. The video shows you my unboxing and some results of my first session and test shots. If your current firmware version is lower than the version being offered below, please update your firmware now. Rokinon and samyang emount lens guide sonyalphalab.
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