Samyang has announced the first of the 8 new lenses they have promised would arrive by Q2 of 2019, the XP 10mm f/3.5. The world's widest rectilinear prime lens for full frame cameras with a claim of being “distortion free”.
The Samyang XP 10mm f/3.5 has been designed to meet the demands of high megapixel sensors and 8K video. This new lens has a 130° angle of view on full-frame DSLRs.
Lens construction consists of 18 elements in 11 groups, with 7 special optical elements to keep image quality consistent from the center to the edges. There are 3 aspherical elements, 1 high-refractive element and 3 extra-low dispersion elements specifically designed to minimize distortion.
You can check out official sample images here.
The XP 10mm f/3.5 is scheduled to begin shipping sometime in Q2 of 2019 with a price tag of €1,099 / £949.99. (USD pricing is not known at this time).
I wonder what its dimensions (including weight) are, compared to Canon's 11-24.
In life and in photography, options are good.
https://www.samyanglensglobal.com/en/m/product/product-view.php?seq=406
The page says "XP 10mm F3.5 proves it to be the best support for your more than 5.0 megapixel photography and 8K cinematography" - I expect a modern lens to give more than 5MP worth of details.
I just checked the page, and they did fix it:
"... XP 10mm F3.5 proves it to be the best support for your more than 50 megapixel photography and 8K cinematography."
EDIT: Now we need a tilt-shift converter for EF-M mount and a tilt converter for the RF mount ... if this lens has the EF mount (for DSLR ...). EDIT: Both with AF and full auto exposure capabilities.
Sounds like an interesting lens, I'll be waiting for the reviews.