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Dustin Gent
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p.5 #1 · some Samyang 14mm love


I got mine used, but used for a week. I got mine on the B&S forum. It was tested for infinity, and it is 100% accurate. If you buy from Adorama, Amazon or B&H, it's all good.


May 05, 2013 at 12:21 AM
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p.5 #2 · some Samyang 14mm love


bought my Rokinon 14mm from Adorama new - one test shot and I knew I had a winner. Same with my 85mm f1.4 Rokinon which I bought used on ebay - perfect lens.



May 05, 2013 at 10:54 AM
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p.5 #3 · some Samyang 14mm love


Is the bower/samyang/rokinon all exactly the same? Does one add anything over the other?


May 05, 2013 at 11:12 AM
Dustin Gent
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p.5 #4 · some Samyang 14mm love


Yes - price - they are all the same except for name. There are two versions. I have the newest one (confirmation chip in it).


May 05, 2013 at 11:55 AM
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p.5 #5 · some Samyang 14mm love


so the bower has a rebate & was already the cheapest, you arent losing anything going for that brand name?


May 05, 2013 at 12:13 PM
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p.5 #6 · some Samyang 14mm love


takes the same pictures. In case you change your mind, resale may be slightly more difficult, as it is lesser known than Samyang or Rokinon




May 05, 2013 at 12:22 PM
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p.5 #7 · some Samyang 14mm love


Tested mine last night at variety of apertures,distances, and anything else I could change. Nothing coming out sharp.


May 06, 2013 at 06:34 AM
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p.5 #8 · some Samyang 14mm love


should be this sharp - full resolution image link here

http://didnt.doit.wisc.edu/photo/forum_pix/fredmiranda/14mm/DSC_0757_web.jpg

the soft bottom left corner was too close to be in focus.

another one in full rez here, which was posted here before, I think.



May 06, 2013 at 07:44 AM
Dustin Gent
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p.5 #9 · some Samyang 14mm love


yes, it should be super sharp.


May 06, 2013 at 09:00 AM
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p.5 #10 · some Samyang 14mm love


bipock wrote:
Tested mine last night at variety of apertures,distances, and anything else I could change. Nothing coming out sharp.


Like mentioned earlier, https://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/1194191/3#11530878 you might need to test more than one to get a good one.



May 06, 2013 at 12:23 PM
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p.5 #11 · some Samyang 14mm love


might stay clear then, costs too much in shipping to return & replace. Need to go for a trip to NY I guess


May 06, 2013 at 01:45 PM
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p.5 #12 · some Samyang 14mm love


My front yard via 14mm, loaning it to a friend...a quick grab from the waist to show him how easy it is to use.







May 09, 2013 at 07:35 AM
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p.5 #13 · some Samyang 14mm love


Although slightly off the topic. Both these Rokinon lenses the 14 and the 8 are really nice optics for the price. I have the 14-24 Nikkor so I dumped the 14. But I've held onto the 8 for use on my DX bodies and having used the 10.5 Nikkor, I had to say I like the 8 Rokinon better.. It's just IMO.

Just for those that MAY be wondering about the line as a whole.






BIG FAT DOOR




May 09, 2013 at 01:46 PM
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p.5 #14 · some Samyang 14mm love


used to have the 8mm on my DX body - nice lens, but not at all a 14mm on DX equivalent.

Rokinon 14mm on D600

http://didnt.doit.wisc.edu/photo/forum_pix/fredmiranda/14mm/DSC_1341_web.jpg



May 10, 2013 at 04:14 PM
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p.5 #15 · some Samyang 14mm love


I found a used Rokinon 14/2.8 finally. Here's one of my first shots with it. I'm still getting used to accurately focusing the lens but, so far I think this is going to be a great addition.

D800, 1/50th sec, f5.6 or f8 (can't remember), iso1600

Exit by mkrepp, on Flickr



May 11, 2013 at 11:25 AM
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p.5 #16 · some Samyang 14mm love


On my 3rd copy and still can't find one that is reasonably centered even stopped down. Here's the left/right edges on a D800 at f/8:

http://horshack.smugmug.com/photos/i-djkv58q/0/O/i-djkv58q-O.jpg



May 13, 2013 at 01:49 PM
Dustin Gent
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p.5 #17 · some Samyang 14mm love


wow... yeah you are just having bad luck. Don't give up - amazing copies exist out there



May 13, 2013 at 06:06 PM
Dustin Gent
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p.5 #18 · some Samyang 14mm love


Here is one from thursday

http://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-1e8-Tn6fZIc/UZFx7oDKyhI/AAAAAAAAIE0/wkN_mZp3pmo/s800/TrilliumWay.jpg



May 13, 2013 at 06:06 PM
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p.5 #19 · some Samyang 14mm love


Dustin, love the sky-scape above! Amazing work, do you mind sharing the exposure infos for a night-shot-newbie?


May 13, 2013 at 06:18 PM
Dustin Gent
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p.5 #20 · some Samyang 14mm love


Thanks

I am pretty new to stars as well (1Ds wasn't the best at low light) - but this shot was ISO 2200, f/2.8 and 41 seconds. Ran this through Define 2.0



May 13, 2013 at 06:21 PM
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