Rokinon Cine lenses are here!!

[Shervin Mandgaryan]

Michael,

Could you be more specific about the lens softness? Was this just wide open or generally.

All of the 8mm fisheyes are really, really soft wide open. Thats the only caveat.

Once you stop down to 5.6, it becomes as sharp as any other lens.

 

[Tom Gleeson]

Yes, I hit the record button, so I can show you. Mind you this comes with a caution. I did not put much effort into getting the settings right. I saw the distortion and knew it was not a lens for me.

Michael,

I assume this is the 8mm? I was wondering what you think of your 24mm performance ?

 

[Michael Dalton]

yes, 8mm

I'm reserving judgment on the 24 till I properly test it, I had tried a stills 85mm and 35mm that was super sharp. I'm wondering if what I bought was inferior, and not normal. The guys at the DV Shop are going to run some tests with their. I like the way it handles, so I'm hoping it something that I'm doing wrong. Just no time to test it in full sun to know that focus is a bit soft. I'm going to try it on my Mark II tomorrow.

 

[Shervin Mandgaryan]

Just got my 24mm Cine T1.5 lens in and here are my impressions.

Very very smooth focus ring. The throw is about 150-160 degrees which is really decent for a wide angle lens. Aperture ring is also very smooth. My biggest quirk is the sharpness at T1.5. It seems like my Rokinon 85mm 1.4 performs just slightly better at that f-stop. If you're shooting at anything past T2.8 on the 24mm, it's razor sharp.

Great lens for price conscious scarlet users, definitely.

 

[Richard Harrison]

The 24mm T1.5 is indeed soft at 1.5 but gets sharp as soon as you drop down to around 2.5 or so. Here is a link to download a few quick R3D stills. Will be posting more about the 14mm tomorrow along with footage from the full cine set...

Download Samyang 24mm T1.5 5K stills

Full size 5K JPEGS: http://theviralfarm.com/rokinon-samyang-cine-vdslr-24mm-t1-5-review/

 

[Steve Sherrick]

there are very few lenses in the world that are tack sharp wide open. some from the stills world, some from cine world. my nikon 50mm f1.2 is okay wide open but really sharpens up by f2. nature of the beast. so these rokinons are pretty good for the money.

 

[Maicol_Borghetti]

this is my little contribution to this 3d
http://vimeo.com/50121867
shot on the 35mm T1,5 rokinon cine lens and red one.

 

[Joachim Hoge]

I had my first shoot with my 35mm Samyang the other night. We did a small parody of Drive for a TV show over here. It was a profile shot of guy sitting in the car waiting at night. Looked really great for that price I would say. I´m still waiting on my 24mm from B&H, as it´s not in stock yet unfortunatly. I don´t have a pic to post yet though. Maybe tomorrow

 

[Richard Harrison]

Samyang 24mm T1.5 Scarlet footage:
https://vimeo.com/50408913

 

[Michael Dalton]

thanks Richard. Looks sharp.

 

[Mike 'Fireman' Ross]

I had my first shoot with my 35mm Samyang the other night. We did a small parody of Drive for a TV show over here. It was a profile shot of guy sitting in the car waiting at night. Looked really great for that price I would say. I´m still waiting on my 24mm from B&H, as it´s not in stock yet unfortunatly. I don´t have a pic to post yet though. Maybe tomorrow

That's odd; they must have run out. It certainly WAS in stock; I bought my 24mm from B&H 2-3 weeks ago.

Mike

 

[Joachim Hoge]

Hi Mike, do you have the Canon mount?
It´s still out of stock at B&H.
After I got my 35mm B&H listed it as back ordered (guess I got the last of that batch). The thing is, the 35mm is back in stock, but not the 24mm. Guess I just have to wait.
In Norway they only sell the 8mm cine version for some reason.

 

[Joachim Hoge]

A full set of the cine versions will be in on Monday with details up on Tuesday for everyone.

Carlos- Have you seen these shots from a Scarlet on the 35 yet? Very sharp: http://www.reduser.net/forum/showth...Venice-with-Scarlet-X&highlight=italy+scarlet

Hi Richard
Where are the lenses available? I´m still waiting on the 24mm from B&H, Wouldn´t mind to buy the 50 and 85mm somewhere else

 

[Caden Nash]

the difference from Samyang cine to standard is gears, De-clicking, and better focus throw (breathing)? Its the same glass as the regular, correct?

 

[Mike 'Fireman' Ross]

Hi Mike, do you have the Canon mount?
It´s still out of stock at B&H.
After I got my 35mm B&H listed it as back ordered (guess I got the last of that batch). The thing is, the 35mm is back in stock, but not the 24mm. Guess I just have to wait.
In Norway they only sell the 8mm cine version for some reason.

Ahhh. Nikon here!

Mike

 

[Stephen Williams]

the difference from Samyang cine to standard is gears, De-clicking, and better focus throw (breathing)? Its the same glass as the regular, correct?

The breathing will be identical.

 

[Joachim Hoge]

Ahhh. Nikon here!

Mike

That explains it, but at the moment both Nikon and canon mounts are out of stock it seems

 

[Caden Nash]

The breathing will be identical.

Thanks.

 

[BrandonChristensen]

85mm 1.5 is coming in November.

They are a 50mm away from providing an entire lens set for under 3K.

 

[Maicol_Borghetti]

anyone have tryed the 24 t1.5 on a red one ?
I'm really interested in buying one but like to see result in term of fielf o view on a red one at 4.5k...
thank you guys...