Very recently, Rokinon announced a couple of updates to their lens lineup. Their very good 8mm f2.8 fisheye was updated to version two, and the company also introduced their new 10mm f2.8 for APS-C DSLRs and 12mm f2 for mirrorless cameras. As with all things Rokinon, the lenses are manual focusing and also have full manual apertures. Many of the company’s lenses do not have coupling, so there will be no communication between the camera and the lens (with the exception of their offerings for Nikon DSLRs.) This also means that you’ll need to turn your cameras off of the automatic modes.
We’ve used lots of Rokinon’s lenses and often find lots of them to be super sharp–though problems do occur with quality control specifically with the focusing scale. But to fair, that’s only happened to us once.
We’re going to be calling in review units soon, but in the meantime you can check out the tech specs after the jump.
8mm f/2.8 UMC Fish-Eye II
| Features | |
|---|---|
| Autofocus | No |
| Physical | |
|---|---|
| Filter Thread | None |
| Dimensions (DxL) | Approx. 3.39 x 3.12″ (86 x 79.2 mm) |
| Weight | 1.30 lb (590 g) |
10mm f/2.8 ED AS NCS CS
| Features | |
|---|---|
| Autofocus | No |
| Physical | |
|---|---|
| Filter Thread | None |
| Dimensions (DxL) | Approx. 3.39 x 3.02″ (86 x 76.7 mm) |
| Weight | 1.28 lb (580 g) |
12mm f/2.0 NCS CS
| Physical | |
|---|---|
| Filter Thread | 67 mm |
| Dimensions (DxL) | Approx. 2.85 x 2.32″ (72.5 x 59 mm) |
| Weight | 8.64 oz (245 g) |
