Is Samyang 14mm the same as Rokinon 14mm?

Is Samyang 14mm the same as Rokinon 14mm?

Samyang 14mm f/2.8 (same company as Rokinon, under a different name) Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8.

Is Samyang the same as Rokinon?

Samyang = Rokinon = Bower. The cosmetics and branding is different. I think since then, it’s evolved a bit. They’re using different brands in different regions.

What is the 14mm lens good for?

With a 114 to 115.7-degree view (depending on the brand) when mounted on a full-frame camera, this lens works as well capturing vast landscape and nightscape images in a single shot as it does capturing environmental portraits in even the tightest of spaces (from as close as 11 inches between the lens and the subject).

Who owns Rokinon?

Elite Brands Inc.
As one of the largest and most popular brand of DSLR and Cine camera lenses in the world, you can be confident and secure that the ROKINON and XEEN by ROKINON lens systems will provide outstanding performance and unsurpassed value. ROKINON is owned and operated solely by Elite Brands Inc.

Is Rokinon a good brand?

Rokinon (Samyang) has long been recognized for their good value lenses, lenses producing good image quality with very-attractively-low prices. Features typically excluded from these lenses in order to keep prices low have included autofocus and, usually, an electronic aperture.

Is walimex same as Samyang?

Yes, Samyang, Walimex, and Rokinon ARE the same: Astrophotography Talk Forum Forum: Digital Photography Review.

Is 14mm good for landscape?

3) For Foregrounds, 14mm Really Works When landscape photographers talk about ultra-ultra wide lenses, they almost always do so with foregrounds in mind. Although a few wider lenses exist today, 14mm is more than enough to exaggerate lines and emphasize your foregrounds in a way that could not be depicted otherwise.

Is 14mm wide enough?

A 14mm is a very wide lens but as long as it is not a fisheye design (I don’t think the Samyang 14mm is) the only geometric distortions you will have to worry about are near/far relationships and making the interior look a lot larger than it actually is.

Where is Rokinon lens made?

South Korea
Regardless of whose name is on the lens barrel, since 1972 they’ve all been designed and manufactured by Samyang Optical Company, in South Korea.

Who makes walimex?

walimex pro 14mm f/2.8 Wide Angle Lens for Canon EF

Are Rokinon lenses worth it?

Why are Rokinon lenses so cheap?

On most, if not all their lenses, the low price is largely because the lenses are manual focus only. Build quality is generally not that high and they are not built for rough handling.