Samyang Adding to Budget Cinema DSLR Lens Line with 14mm T/3.1, 24mm T/1.5,...
Samyang (also known as Rokinon in the U.S.), is adding to their cinema DSLR lens line with three new lenses, a 14mm T/3.1, 24mm T/1.5, and a 35mm T/1.5. Since Samyang's lenses were already all manual...
View ArticleNew Cine-Style Lens for Your Arsenal: Samyang/Rokinon 85mm T/1.5 Now Available
Traditionally it has been difficult to get cine-style lenses with geared iris/focus rings and a declicked aperture unless they were PL mount or you took your favorite still lenses to a place like...
View ArticleSamyang/Rokinon Introducing New Budget Cine Lens: 16mm T2.2
If you shoot video, you may or may not have had the pleasure of using real cinema lenses. Even if you haven't gotten to use cine lenses, the next best thing are still photography lenses modified with...
View ArticleRokinon 24mm, 35mm, & 85mm T1.5 Cine Lens Set for Canon, Nikon, or Sony Now...
The Samyang/Rokinon lenses are about the cheapest cine-style lenses in existence (and most of them cover full-frame 35mm), which means both the iris and the focus rings have gears for a follow focus,...
View ArticleRokinon Is FINALLY Releasing a 50mm T/1.5 Cine Lens
For the past few years, Rokinon lenses, which are manufactured in Korea by parent company Samyang, have been widely popular with the new generation of DSLR filmmakers, largely because of their...
View ArticleSamyang/Rokinon Announce 135mm f/2.0 & Cine 135mm T2.2 Lenses
Samyang of Korea has slowly but surely been introducing a full line of cine lenses, complete with geared rings and smooth apertures. [Update]: This lens has now been officially announced. Here is the...
View ArticleSamyang Just Announced an Affordable Cine-Style 100mm Macro Lens
A new addition to Samyang/Rokinon's lineup of cinema-style lenses promises to offer high-quality macro shots at an affordable price. Late last week, Samyang announced a 100mm f/2.8 macro lens and a...
View ArticleSamyang/Rokinon are Coming Out with a Set of True Cine Prime Lenses
Samyang/Rokinon are well-established for their affordable low-end full-frame 35mm cine primes. [Update]: These are now available to order. But now they're looking to take on the likes of Zeiss, Canon,...
View ArticleNew Full-Frame 35mm Xeen Cine Lenses from Samyang/Rokinon Officially Announced
We got our first look at the Xeen cine lenses from Samyang/Rokinon last week, and now we've got the full scoop. While the company already made lenses with a clickless aperture and geared focus/iris,...
View ArticleSamyang Just Introduced a 21mm T1.5 & 50mm T1.3 for Mirrorless Cameras
Samyang this week announced two extremely fast new additions to their growing lineup of cinema-style lenses for mirrorless cameras, a 21mm f/1.4 (T1.5) and 50mm f/1.2 (T1.3). On the cinema side of the...
View ArticleSamyang/Rokinon Add 14mm & 35mm to the Affordable Xeen PL Lineup
Back in August, Samyang (and US distributor Rokinon), introduced a new line of relatively affordable full-frame 35mm PL mount lenses called Xeen. These lenses (which also come in EF, F, Sony E-Mount,...
View ArticleRokinon Xeen Cine Lenses Aim to Compete in the Entry Level Market for Cinema...
Rokinon makes affordable cine-style lenses aimed to compete optically with Zeiss and Canon. Optically these new lenses are built completely from the ground up and use Rokinon X coating for minimizing...
View ArticleSamyang Kicks Off 'Summer Blockbuster' Lenses with XEEN 135mm Prime
Samyang has chosen a cinema lens as the opening salvo in a series of five lenses that will be released weekly throughout the summer. Today's announcement of the 135mm XEEN T2.2 prime lens from Samyang...
View ArticleXEEN 16mm Completes the Samyang Cinema Lens Line
Samyang has completed its XEEN line of cinema lenses with the T2.6 16mm lens, available in PL, EF, Nikon, MFT and Sony E mounts. Read More
View ArticleRokinon Reveals Addition to XEEN Cinema Prime Line
After a furious release pace throughout last summer, Rokinon has completed their line of XEEN Primes with a 20mm T1.9. When Rokinon rolled out its XEEN line of Cinema Zooms last summer, most users...
View ArticleWatch: How to Light a Romantic New York City Night Exterior
Lighting city streets at night can be complex and chaotic. Here are some ground rules. Ah, New York at twilight: the romantic setting to end all others. There's nothing quite like our city as a...
View ArticleSamyang Lenses 101: Clearing the Clutter of Different Brands
Here's your guide to understanding the basics behind the Samyang lens line and its private label brand names. Continuing our Lenses 101 articles, following Sigma and Tamron, we're stopping at Samyang,...
View ArticleRokinon Rolls Out New High-Speed Full-Frame Auto-Focus Lens for Sony E Mount
Say hello to Rokinon's new 35mm F1.4 AF for Sony E mount. We've detailed Rokinon/Samyang in a recent "Lenses 101" article, and the rumors have turned out to be true: Rokinon now offers a fourth lens...
View ArticleSamyang Adding to Budget Cinema DSLR Lens Line with 14mm T/3.1, 24mm T/1.5,...
Samyang (also known as Rokinon in the U.S.), is adding to their cinema DSLR lens line with three new lenses, a 14mm T/3.1, 24mm T/1.5, and a 35mm T/1.5. Since Samyang's lenses were already all manual...
View ArticleNew Cine-Style Lens for Your Arsenal: Samyang/Rokinon 85mm T/1.5 Now Available
Traditionally it has been difficult to get cine-style lenses with geared iris/focus rings and a declicked aperture unless they were PL mount or you took your favorite still lenses to a place like...
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