Rokinon 14mm f/2.8

[jrda2]

Good deal on Amazon... So I picked it up.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003VSGQPG/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i02?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

[Zv]

It has arrived, finally!! ;D

Not been this excited since I got my first L lens! Boldly going into new ultra wide territory here, never used 14mm before! Time to test this puppy out!

Update - ;D ;D ;D

 

[distant.star]

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A different kind of picture. That brick wall is 32-feet long, and I wasn't 10-feet away from the man recycling his mail.

 

[mrsfotografie]

Just a quick add-on:
the rokinon/bowen/samyang cannot use circular filters...but, actually it can.
by accident/experiment with my IR camera - canon 40D, I was playing with different WA and settings to get diffeent results, when I decided to hanheld a filter just in front, just by the hood. Well, happen to be a 82mm filter, and for my surprise - and a small adjustment, was able to remain by itself , grasped by the lens hood.
I am sure some difraction and reflections issues may become very visible on a regular camera, but as last resource, it might be a 'trick" worth to consider.
I think it may even take the 77mm and maybe 72's

Other big advantage of this lens, is not having such a heavy "comma' effect as the Canon's 14mm counterpart

I heard about this one before, it will work on a crop, but not for full frame

 

[lion rock]

Actually, the Rokinon 14/2.8 is quite a nice lens, much better than the price suggests.
In fact, I'll be taking it with me for landscape photography in Hong Kong and Vietnam next week.
Attached is one I took in the lobby at an art show.
-r