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OP RLight Senior Member • Posts: 4,418
Re: In other news
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Photato wrote:

Great pictures.

Did not know about this 21mm lens.
If only had AF I'd buy it in a heart beat.

Viltrox makes a 25mm AF, but, the contrast and resolution go south wide open. The Rokinon has strong contrast and resolution even wide open. It's MF though. This really gets into the glass... Adding an AF motor means there is more girth to a lens (as something has to drive it). By going full MF, the lens can contain more glass by volume, and be more optimized potentially. There's just no two ways about this.

I can actually say the Rokinon's, the 21 f/1.4 and 50mm f/1.2 produce some of the most unique stuff. But, they require practice, and yes, you'll miss shots. However the bokeh drawing, resolution and contrast, in addition to color rendering, are phenomenal. Really top notch. They rival "Goliath", my RF 28-70 f/2L. The benefit of the Rokinons is they can accompany my bag of small M glass. The drawback is manual focus. However again, manual focus itself is an art, and therapy if you will.

 RLight's gear list:RLight's gear list
Canon EOS R3 Canon EOS R50 Canon RF 28-70mm F2L USM Canon RF-S 18-45mm Canon RF-S 55-210mm F5.0-7.1 IS STM
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