Samyang (otherwise known as Rokinon or Bower) has just announced an accessory filter holder for its 14mm f2.8 ultra-wide angle lens. Due to the strongly curved front lens element, the 14mm f2.8 comes without a built-in filter thread. This is the case with many ultra-wide angle lenses, and it can be annoying for photographers that are used to shooting with filters such as polarizers or ND filters.
For users of the Samyang 14mm f2.8 there is now the SFH-14 filter adapter, which attaches to the front of the lens and takes rectangular filter plates with a size of 161×139 mm and a thickness of 3 mm. The SFH-14 can take up two filters at a time, and can be rotated so that graduated filters can be used both horizontally and vertically.
Three filters that fit the SFH-14 will be manufactured by Cokin: the model 154 ND8, which is an ND8 neutral density filter, the model 121M ND4, which is a split ND4 neutral density filter, and the model 123S, which is a split blue filter. There’s no word yet on whether additional filter types–such as a polarizer filter–will be available in the future.
So far, it appears the SFH-14 filter holder has only been announced for Europe, where it will retail for € 32, which is approx. US-$ 44 at current exchange rates. The Cokin filters have retail prices of € 63 for the 154 ND8 model, and of € 68 for the other two models.
Via Photo Rumors
