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Samyang /Rokinon AF 12mm f2 Lens

Started Apr 30, 2022 | User reviews thread
bs1946
OP bs1946 Veteran Member • Posts: 7,778
Two corrections and an addition to my review
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I was incorrect about the weather sealing, The AF 12mm f2 is weather sealed. Also, Rokinon states on their website that all markings are laser etched, not just printed like their old lenses.

I also posted a review on the Facebook X-T group and one member replied saying the startup on his X-T3 was very slow with this lens on it. So, out of curiosity I did a quick test of the startup time on both my X-T2 and X-E4 between the Rokinon AF 12mm f2 and my Fuji XF 50mm f2 R WR. On the X-T2, startup with the Fuji lens is about a half second faster and on the X-E4, startup with the Fuji lens is instantaneous and maybe a quarter of a second slower with the Rokinon.

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