Lens Correction Profile for Samyang/Bower, etc. 14mm

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p.1 #1 · Lens Correction Profile for Samyang/Bower, etc. 14mm

I'm considering getting one of these Samyang/Bower 14mm lenses and I have two questions:

1) Are all the various versions of the Samyang, Bower, Pro Optic, & Rokinon 14mm lenses the same optically or are they all slightly different?

1) Is there a simple correction profile to eliminate the weird moustache distortion?

Omar

Aug 13, 2012 at 03:49 PM

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p.1 #2 · Lens Correction Profile for Samyang/Bower, etc. 14mm

I can tell you they are all the same optically, I had asked Samyang and Bower reps myself.

Aug 13, 2012 at 09:02 PM

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p.1 #3 · Lens Correction Profile for Samyang/Bower, etc. 14mm

1. as far as what I have read the rebranded versions of Samyang 14 f2.8 are identical. There seems to be a significant range of lens to lens quality differences, and the focus calibration marks can be quite a ways off. However, being manual focus only, this is not a major issue.

2. I used PT Lens, a very reasonable $25 program.
Examples of PT Lens actions on Rokinon 14 and Zeiss 21 lenses

http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=1044180

Also search in the Alternative Lens forum.
Mike K

Aug 14, 2012 at 01:39 AM

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p.1 #4 · Lens Correction Profile for Samyang/Bower, etc. 14mm

On my website I have a Adobe lightroom / Photoshop lens profile for the Samyang/ Bower/Pro Optic/Falcon/Walimex/Vivitar/Rokinon 14mm/2.8.
These work well, some say they are better than others, but I still see images where they are not good enough (sea level in image).
The PT lens correction based on one of my images as far as I know is probably better. And a very good way in case you don´t have Lightroom at the moment.

Aug 15, 2012 at 03:07 PM

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