From DPReview
Samyang Optics has announced a delay in production of its new 14mm f/2.8 IF ED MC Aspherical lens. According to the company, the delay is due to partial redesigning of the lens construction and further improvements. The lens will now be available in the first quarter of 2010.
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Ok, I’ll just pickup the canon14mm instead.
It’ll be nice to see the difference in IQ between the Samyang and the Canon version. The price difference will probably be pretty significant yea?
Darn, I hear Samyang glass is quite superb among the third parties, just of mediocre build quality and lacking automatic aperture and auto-focus, a great, cheap, way to play with a rarely used focal length and still be able to deliver quality. Supposedly their 85mm f/1.4 is the optical match of the nikkor 85/1.4…
Reviews of the prototype indicated severe flare problems even when a pinpoint source of light was not near the scene. The re-design is apparently to add internal structures and perhaps a hood redesign to work on this.
The price is very low, so it isn’t a competitor with the Canon 14mm, but will allow some who want ultra wide and can’t justify the expense of Canon’s L lens to get reasonably good ultra wide photos.
you get what you pay for.
I love my 14mm L II.