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Archive 2013 · Samyang 10mm f/2.8 officially announced.

  
 
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p.1 #1 · p.1 #1 · Samyang 10mm f/2.8 officially announced.


http://www.dpreview.com/news/2013/12/06/samyang-announces-10mm-f2-8-manual-focus-wideangle-prime?utm_campaign=internal-link&utm_source=news-list&utm_medium=text&ref=title_0_5

Well... Anybody find any sense - for the end user, not the company - in releasing this lens when there's a readily available and cheap Tokina 11-16/2.8 which:
- is as fast;
- has AF, aperture automation and EXIF recording;
- can use 77mm front filters;
- is reported to be pretty decent in the IQ department.

This Samyang looks pretty useless unless:
- it really trumps the Tokina on IQ (which might make the abovementioned shortcomings a bit more palatable);
- the end user is desperate to get 10mm coverage AND f/2.8 aperture;
- it really has to have one of the more oddball mounts (then again, it looks like the version for any of the 5 mirrorless mounts is the same as for the DSLR ones, just longer due to built-in extension to compensate flange difference).



Dec 07, 2013 at 07:07 AM
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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · Samyang 10mm f/2.8 officially announced.


Don't forget the Samyang's likely to also be significantly cheaper than the Tokina.

If it's anything like the 14mm you're looking at an inexpensive, high quality lens in terms of optics, but so-so build quality and lousy QC. It will also almost assuredly have a much better MF ring than the Tokina, if you don't like AF (as many of us here in the Alt forum don't) it's got a fair bit of win.

It will also have Aperture automation in Nikon and Pentax mounts. It's only Sony, Canon and mirrorless users (aside from K-01 users) who lose out on that.




Dec 07, 2013 at 09:56 AM
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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · Samyang 10mm f/2.8 officially announced.


When e-mount will be as small as e-mount 8/2,8 fisheye, I´m IN!!


Dec 07, 2013 at 10:10 AM
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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · Samyang 10mm f/2.8 officially announced.


The Tokina is fairly cheap, especially used. The price discrepancy is probably going to be nowhere near the Samyang 14 vs. 14L level. I think this was a bit of a faux pas for good old Samyang, at least until they enter 21st century with AF and proper aperture control for ALL mounts. Oh, and make an appropriately smaller version for the mirrorless mounts, like they did with the fisheye - the size difference was remarkable and it turned out a very sharp lens despite the downsizing.

mawz wrote:
Don't forget the Samyang's likely to also be significantly cheaper than the Tokina.

If it's anything like the 14mm you're looking at an inexpensive, high quality lens in terms of optics, but so-so build quality and lousy QC. It will also almost assuredly have a much better MF ring than the Tokina, if you don't like AF (as many of us here in the Alt forum don't) it's got a fair bit of win.

It will also have Aperture automation in Nikon and Pentax mounts. It's only Sony, Canon and mirrorless users (aside from K-01 users) who lose out on that.





Dec 07, 2013 at 01:34 PM





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