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Rokinon 35 f1.4 for video

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peederj:
They may come out with real cinema versions of all of these at some point, with follow focus rings built-in as well as declicked irises. They have one for the 8mm already, which is the focal length you least need a follow focus.  ???

They are apparently also working on a 24mm tilt-shift.

Nick Gombinsky:
Hey there! I'm a DP, own a 7D, 5D mkII, and a RED Scarlet.
I have many lenses, but right now, I mainly use my Rokinon case. Even on the Scarlet.

If you can wait, in september they'll have all of the lenses out with the cine version, with follow focus gears on the focus ring and aperture ring, declicke aperture, and marked as T-stops instead of F-stops.

They're an awesome set, I've shot head to head with Carl Zeiss (they're better but only noticeable with tests), Leica (didn't like the look on those), Canon L (they're just as good as Rokinon, sometimes they don't get to that point, but they suck at manual focusing because of the short travel between minimum focus distance and infinite).

I'm shooting commercials for Samsung, Coca-Cola, and brands alike. Everyone loves the image it renders.

Go ahead with Samyang/Rokinon. You won't regret it.

About this specific model, at f1.4 is very soft. Very. Maybe I got a bad copy, dunno, but I try not to use it at that point. But I'm refering to pro work where I must show an incredible level of sharpness... I'm very picky with that. With work that isn't that important, f1.4 rocks.

Positron:

--- Quote from: Drizzt321 on July 28, 2012, 10:42:59 PM ---If you to stick with the ~$400-600 range, the Samyang 35mm, Canon 50mm f/1.4 (or if you can stand the tiny focus ring 50mm f/1.8 for $100), 85mm f/1.8, 40mm f/2.8, 35mm f/2.0, 24mm f/2.8 would all be good lenses. They are also all EF mounts, so they'll work on a FF if you want to move up to that from a crop sensor later on.

--- End quote ---

As fantastic a value for money as the 50mm f/1.8 is, I can't recommend it for video. The focus is just too fiddly. Tension on the focus ring is nonexistent in MF and tiny movements have very large effects on focus. To be honest even in photography situations, with magnified live view, it takes a lot of very delicate tweaking to get the focus just right.

As for the Samyang 35mm I don't own it myself but the video I've seen from it looks great, and of course its primary drawback--the lack of autofocus--is a complete non-issue for video.

nickwees37:
Nick Gombinsky: Thanks for the detailed insight! Is there any word on how pricey the new cinelenses will go for?

VanWeddings:
having used the rokinon 35 on a 60d i can definitely recommend it. it has an unbelievably smooth focus ring which you'll come to appreciate if you've tried using something like the canon 50 1.8.

1.4 is totally usable most of the time and people look lovely at 1.4. it becomes pin sharp past f2

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