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Rokinon Releases a 20mm f1.8 For Full Frame Cameras

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12/27/2016
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Last Updated on 12/27/2016 by Chris Gampat

Today, Rokinon announced a new 20mm f1.8 lens for photographers along with the same lens in a cinema version. It’s going to be available in pretty much every mount made, and feature seven aperture blades, a minimum focusing distance of under one meter,  and a 77mm filter thread.

More details from the just released press release are after the jump.

(New York, New York) December 27, 2016 – New and available for immediate delivery are both the Rokinon Digital Photo 20mm F1.8 and Rokinon Cine DS 20mm T1.9 Full Frame Super Wide Angle lenses.

Covering the full frame perspective of 20mm and a fast aperture design, these high value prime lenses were designed to fill the gap between the highly popular 14mm and 24mm focal lengths of Rokinon Digital Photo and Cine DS lens systems.

Advantages

By virtue of a 94.8° diagonal extreme field of view, they are ideal for producing unique images and videos of landscapes, interiors, architecture, the night sky, and everyday shooting. Their bright F1.8 and T1.9 apertures allow high quality imaging in difficult lighting conditions. They can create beautiful background defocus effects with a shallow depth of field and deliver more light for easier focusing. And the 7.9in / 0.20m minimum focusing distance adds additional versatility.

Design

The optical design of both the Digital Photo and Cine DS versions feature 13 elements in 12 groups and utilize two Aspherical and three Extra-Low Dispersion elements to minimize aberration, reduce unnecessary light dispersion, and deliver high resolution corner to corner. Ultra Multi Coating (UMC) is employed to optimize light transmission and minimize glare and ghost. The non-rotating front lens design enables the easy use of polarizing filters and the included petal type hood.

Mounts

The Rokinon Digital Photo 20mm F1.8 is available in mounts to: Canon, Nikon AE, Sony E, Micro 4/3, Pentax K, and Fuji X. The Rokinon Cine DS 20mm T1.9 8 is available in mounts to: Canon, Nikon, Sony E, and Micro 4/3.

Common Features

• Focuses to 7.9in / 0.20m
• Rokinon Ultra Multi-Coating
• Circular Aperture with 7 Blades
• Super Wide 94.8° Angle of View
• Non Rotating 77mm Filter Mount
• High Strength Aluminum Alloy Housing
• Quiet, Damped, and Smooth Focusing Control
Additional Cine DS Features
• Geared Focusing and Aperture Controls
• Dual Right and Left Side Distance and T-stop Scales
• Calibrated In T-Stops to Provide Accurate and Consistent Exposure
• De-Clicked Aperture Control for Smooth, Seamless and Silent Adjustment

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Chris Gampat is the Editor in Chief, Founder, and Publisher of the Phoblographer. He provides oversight to all of the daily tasks, including editorial, administrative, and advertising work. Chris's editorial work includes not only editing and scheduling articles but also writing them himself. He's the author of various product guides, educational pieces, product reviews, and interviews with photographers. He's fascinated by how photographers create, considering the fact that he's legally blind./ HIGHLIGHTS: Chris used to work in Men's lifestyle and tech. He's a veteran technology writer, editor, and reviewer with more than 15 years experience. He's also a Photographer that has had his share of bylines and viral projects like "Secret Order of the Slice." PAST BYLINES: Gear Patrol, PC Mag, Geek.com, Digital Photo Pro, Resource Magazine, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, IGN, PDN, and others. EXPERIENCE: Chris Gampat began working in tech and art journalism both in 2008. He started at PCMag, Magnum Photos, and Geek.com. He founded the Phoblographer in 2009 after working at places like PDN and Photography Bay. He left his day job as the Social Media Content Developer at B&H Photo in the early 2010s. Since then, he's evolved as a publisher using AI ethically, coming up with ethical ways to bring in affiliate income, and preaching the word of diversity in the photo industry. His background and work has spread to non-profits like American Photographic Arts where he's done work to get photographers various benefits. His skills are in SEO, app development, content planning, ethics management, photography, Wordpress, and other things. EDUCATION: Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a degree in Communications in Journalism in 2009. Since then, he's learned and adapted to various things in the fields of social media, SEO, app development, e-commerce development, HTML, etc. FAVORITE SUBJECT TO PHOTOGRAPH: Chris enjoys creating conceptual work that makes people stare at his photos. But he doesn't get to do much of this because of the high demand of photography content. / BEST PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: Don't do it in post-production when you can do it in-camera.
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