Samyang creates cinema versions of 14mm, 24mm and 35mm lenses

Korean lens maker Samyang has created cinema versions of its well-regarded 14mm F2.8, 24mm F1.4 and 35mm F1.4 manual focus lenses. They're distinguished by racks on their focus and aperture rings for use with cinema rigs, stepless aperture control, calibration in T-stops rather than F-stops, and scales that are marked to be read from the side of the camera. The three lenses are known as the Samyang T1.5 35mm AS UMC, Samyang T1.5 24mm ED AS IF UMC and Samyang T3.1 14mm ED AS IF UMC, and will be made in Canon and Nikon mounts. They'll go on sale towards the end of August at prices to be announced.

Press release:

Soon on sale! SAMYANG T1.5 35mm AS UMC, SAMYANG T1.5 24mm ED AS IF UMC, and SAMYANG T3.1 14mm ED AS IF UMC

Samyang T1.5 35mm AS UMC, Samyang T1.5 24mm ED AS IF UMC, and Samyang T3.1 14mm ED AS IF UMC

Cracow, 9th August 2012 – Samyang Optics gladly informs, that Samyang Family has been enlarged by three new lenses dedicated for digital cinema purpose.

Lenses with focal 35mm, 24 mm and 14mm will be available on sales in sequence next week, at
the end of August and in September.

The construction of the new lenses has been based on previous types dedicated for photography. Their main feature are racks co-operating with follow – focus system, and a ring rotated continuously. Thanks to these alterations it is possible to precisely and silently operate focus and depth of field. Another facility is putting aperture and focus scale parallel to the axis of the lens and aperture marked with number of transmission T. Lenses are compatible with Nikon and Canon cameras.

Prices will be announced soon.

Additional images

Samyang T1.5 24mm ED AS IF UMC	Samyang T3.1 14mm ED AS IF UMC
Samyang T1.5 35mm AS UMC

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Comments

Total comments: 22

By SergeSmArt I (9 months ago)

I'm skeptical: for sure there will be the same OPTICS in it as in current lenses.. I've got Samyang/Rokinon 85mm /1.4 lens for just $300, and this price exactly match it's optical performance, don't mentioning that MOUNT of any of Rokinon lenses I trying was NOT fit Canon or Sony adapters strong enough: there is always some "play" in it ...and why NO Sony-A-mount or E-maunt? - to use with my Sony FS-700 camera... I'm trying 24mm F1.4 lens, and return it - don't like the picture for $700 and I'm still not sure about 35mm F1.4 lens...
so... If Samyang going to rise his appetite to charge for this little modification more than a current price of 35mm lens, i.e. - $500, ....probably something like $1500 - I will NOT buying it for sure! :) - we all know the difference between Zeiiss lenses and "Made in Korea" Samyang lenses ! :)
DSLR users are different - they can get what ever make them happy, even for super extra $$$ :) ..so Samyang definitely targeting it to them :)

IMXO

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By SergeSmArt I (9 months ago)

Oh.. I happy to see, that I was not right about it! :)
Now I see 35mm Cine-lens avalable in B&H for just $549 !!!
and will go a take to try it as soon as possible!!

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By tnavvarro (6 months ago)

How are you going to compare a lens that costs almost twice or three times as much. Why do people keep comparing lenses that is in different categories. And why do people keep complaining about how a lens that costs twice as less don't have the capabilities of the expensive lenses. That is why the lens is more affordable.
Zeiss lenses are absolutely a rip off. Lenses should not be costing that much. In the west the psychology is if it costs more than it is better. If it costs more it should offer more but Europe is just way overpriced.
You don't understand Asia and I don't think you ever will. The Koreans optics will soon take over the Japan Market in the future. Europe is just overpriced and the price tag is their ego and confidence. The culture in Korea is different even with Japan when it comes to how they price. Koreans still manage to not fall for the "more expensive the better" psychology and has a more honest prices. Get to know the culture and people. Koreans are the future.

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By tnavvarro (6 months ago)

I just saw your website.
Your work is terrible.

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By Dan Zhang (6 months ago)

Now, now, children...

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By gabriele83 (4 months ago)

I beg to disagree...strongly!
I own the Samyang/Rokinon 14mm f/2.8 IF ED MC Aspherical and it's an awesome lens, both in its all metal construction (thing that nowadays you find only on utterly expensive lenses) and optical quality. It's razor sharp from center to corners and fits tighly and perfectly my Canon 5D Mark II. If I have to find a defect to this lens is the moustache style distortion that anyway is not that strong and it's totally fixable with PTLens or other softwares, other than that...perfect and better than lenses that cost 4-5 times more.
Also all the tests you will find on this lens and the pictures I took with it prove I'm right and you're wrong or you received a bad sample.
Learn there's a difference between real quality and perceived one: price doesn't make quality.

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By nemark (9 months ago)

I would like to see somebody makes compact primes for APS-C sensor, at least 14mm or wider UWA. Samyang is too huge on compact bodies, making their compactness obsolete.

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By Francis Carver (9 months ago)

I wonder if Rokinon will also have these 3 or 4 cine-style optics here in the USA? Or only Samyang?

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By makofoto (9 months ago)

Same company ... different distributors

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By Francis Carver (9 months ago)

Wow, that's useful to know!

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By Joe Galian (9 months ago)

I find the Sigma 8-16mm as a temporary, workable, small lens for HD videos on APS-C sensors.

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By machima (9 months ago)

great

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By marike6 (9 months ago)

The 35 1.4 is extremely popular with the HDSLR crowd, and the 14 2.8 and 35 1.4 are both excellent lenses. Samyang has also made their 8mm f3.5 Fisheye (now an 8mm T3.8) into a video lens. I imagine that these will sell very well.

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By lita (9 months ago)

T stops? Hum, I wonder if each lens is adjusted for its particular light transmission response like the Arri's or Pana's....?

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By Klarno (9 months ago)

Rather few lenses are individually tested for t-stop response anymore, because lens making techniques have advanced enough that such individual calibration isn't really needed outside of the highest end, like Zeiss master primes. T-stops are just a better measurement than F-stops for exposure, especially when shooting different lenses on multiple cameras and expecting the exposure to be the same--not just within tiny fractions of a stop, but the same.

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By philchan (9 months ago)

Other than the physical differences pointed out in the news narrative, I wonder how they different optically from the earlier variants.

Not into videos, but the 14mm certainly looks much better!

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By Ashley Pomeroy (9 months ago)

I have the 14mm - as a cinema lens the biggest problem is the odd and very noticeable distortion, which is barrel-y in the middle and pincushion-y around the edges. Makes it odd for filming unless you don't mind the quasi-fisheye effect. I wonder if they fixed that?

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By EdwardNL (9 months ago)

There is actually a name for what you describe: It is called "mustache distortion". It is not common, but neither is it rare.

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By pes084k1 (8 months ago)

Cinema and HD video is more tolerant to distortion. The values of the 14 UMC are still in this tolerance. The lens is quite sharp and resolves a lot more than Nikkor 14-24, for example, close to rangefinder lenses.

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By makofoto (9 months ago)

We need them in PL mount!

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By ProfHankD (9 months ago)

PL has a 52mm flange distance... which is more than any of the DSLRs Samyang originally targeted. Thus, I wouldn't be surprised if a PL mount version with infinity focus is impossible.... On the other hand, they don't need a Sony E mount because nearly anything can be adapted with a mere 18mm flange distance.

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By Francis Carver (9 months ago)

"We need them in PL mount!"

No, we do not. Sony/Minolta Alpha mount would be nice, though.

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