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p.7 #1 · Got my Rokinon 85mm f/1.4

trumpey_guy,

Wow, seriously awesome! Are you using the EE-S screen on your 5D? I've got an EG-S screen for my 5D which helps with MF for sure.

Nov 19, 2009 at 11:06 PM

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p.7 #2 · Got my Rokinon 85mm f/1.4

I am about to put the EE-S screen in, but right now I've been using a Brightscreen with splt prism and micro
prism. These were shot with focus bracketing: get close then take lots of shots while either moving
toward/away from the subject or rotating the focus ring slightly.

Nov 19, 2009 at 11:30 PM

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p.7 #3 · Got my Rokinon 85mm f/1.4

Guys, for those that are still on the fence and in the US. You can get one for $200 right now thru Overstock. Their price is 235, use Bing Cash Back to earn 12% back and you're looking at 2 Benjamins for this little cutie. I'm talking about the Nikon mount, the Canon mount is 10 bucks cheaper, I think. Go go go. Just bought me one

Nov 20, 2009 at 12:59 AM

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p.7 #4 · Got my Rokinon 85mm f/1.4

Canon is over $100 more, unless something changed since you ordered.

Nov 20, 2009 at 05:08 AM

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p.7 #5 · Got my Rokinon 85mm f/1.4

I got mine through Overstock, but also bought the filter kit, since I didn't have filters UV/Polarizer in that size. But the filter kit is weeeeeaaaaak. Filters are as cheap as can be humanly made. In a pinch, I guess at a few bucks each, I didn't get totally ripped off. But I recommend skipping the filter pack offered at Overstock. Otherwise, I am very, very pleased with my Rokinon 85.

Nov 20, 2009 at 06:32 AM

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p.7 #6 · Got my Rokinon 85mm f/1.4

I dont even see the canon listed on overstock.com. i guess you guys snapped them all up!

Nov 20, 2009 at 08:56 AM

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p.7 #7 · Got my Rokinon 85mm f/1.4

I did some more shooting with the Rokinon. This was a bokeh torture test.
Forgive the bad lighting, but I was at ISO 3200 on the 5D with the lens wide open
at f/1.4 and I still had to bump up the brightness slider in DPP for these.

This lens shows some artifacts on out of focus highlights. See the flare
pattern on the out of focus light bulbs at the right.

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The bokeh with lights that are farther past the depth of field is more normal.

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This behavior is seen in the center of the image also. See here:

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Any idea what causes this star-flare pattern?
The lens certain did well in other respects in this really poorly lighted scene.

Nov 22, 2009 at 06:26 AM

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p.7 #8 · Got my Rokinon 85mm f/1.4

Well all things considered.... I still am impressed with this $250 lens. When I need an 85 again I will most definitely buy one.

Nov 22, 2009 at 07:40 AM

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p.7 #9 · Got my Rokinon 85mm f/1.4

Count me in. Just ordered an EF-mount one for family travel, when I don't want to bring the 85L with me.

Dec 02, 2009 at 10:17 PM

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p.7 #10 · Got my Rokinon 85mm f/1.4

ht1948 wrote:
Guys, for those that are still on the fence and in the US. You can get one for $200 right now thru Overstock. Their price is 235, use Bing Cash Back to earn 12% back and you're looking at 2 Benjamins for this little cutie. I'm talking about the Nikon mount, the Canon mount is 10 bucks cheaper, I think. Go go go. Just bought me one

I guess they heard about this thread ... they raised their prices. And strangely MS Bing cashback is listed as 15% for the purchase which would bring it down to $223 .. but when you do it, you only actually get a 7% cashback so it's more like $240. Still a good price but I'm curious as to why bing cashback would say it gets 15% and then you only get 7%.

Looks like a sweet lens ... amazing value for the price.

Dec 04, 2009 at 10:20 PM

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p.7 #11 · Got my Rokinon 85mm f/1.4

Mine just arrived today. Only played with it for 2min before realizing "oh shit, this lens doesn't auto focus."

Does this lens meter? BTW I am using nikon d700 and 300 and thought it might af with the lens.

Dec 05, 2009 at 05:39 AM

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p.7 #12 · Got my Rokinon 85mm f/1.4

No AF to speak of at all. Nope none zero.

Lucky you though, at least it will automagically stop down ;-)

Dec 05, 2009 at 05:45 AM

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p.7 #13 · Got my Rokinon 85mm f/1.4

Grrrr,my copy is sitting at local UPS warehouse over the weekend.
Have to wait till Monday for delivery and thats when the next storm is rolling in.

Dec 05, 2009 at 07:20 AM

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p.7 #14 · Got my Rokinon 85mm f/1.4

Hey guys! Can someone answer this question?

Does this Rokinon for Nikon mount focus on the same way as the Nikon lenses? let me explain, Nikon and Pentax are one of the very few that focus this way Close focus <---> Infinity, and all other lenses, like Canon, Zeiss, Minolta...etc focus this wayInfinity <-----> close focus

I'm planning on buying this lens for using with my GH1, but I don't know which mount I buy... if the Nikon version focus "inverse", this is a issue to me... so I have to look maybe for the Canon version.

Thanks!

Dec 05, 2009 at 07:25 AM

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p.7 #15 · Got my Rokinon 85mm f/1.4

Hi Mr. Lee,

I don't own the lens (yet) but I've read several people's posts that say the focus is in the same direction as the manufacturer's regular lens e.g. the Nikon mount Rokinson focuses in the direction as Nikon lenses and the Canon mount lens focuses in the same direction as Canon lenses. (We all wish other companies like Tamron would do the same thing).

So, you should be all set.

jeff

Mr. Lee wrote:
Hey guys! Can someone answer this question?

Does this Rokinon for Nikon mount focus on the same way as the Nikon lenses? let me explain, Nikon and Pentax are one of the very few that focus this way Close focus <---> Infinity, and all other lenses, like Canon, Zeiss, Minolta...etc focus this wayInfinity <-----> close focus

I'm planning on buying this lens for using with my GH1, but I don't know which mount I buy... if the Nikon version focus "inverse", this is a issue to me... so I have to look maybe for the Canon version.

Thanks!

Dec 05, 2009 at 07:34 AM

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p.7 #16 · Got my Rokinon 85mm f/1.4

Well, mine is on order. Don't know how I'll like the 85mm perspective, but it's good to get outside the normal bounds every once in a while. That and live cashback and an ebay coupon brought it down to 200 for me, so I'll be break-even if I don't take to it.

How well does this guy do on tubes or with a diopter? Stick with the 70-200 instead for really short stuff?

Dec 05, 2009 at 08:30 AM

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p.7 #17 · Got my Rokinon 85mm f/1.4

kaska1 wrote:
Mine just arrived today. Only played with it for 2min before realizing "oh shit, this lens doesn't auto focus."

Does this lens meter? BTW I am using nikon d700 and 300 and thought it might af with the lens.

Does any lens meter?

Dec 05, 2009 at 03:37 PM

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p.7 #18 · Got my Rokinon 85mm f/1.4

cogitech wrote:
kaska1 wrote:
Mine just arrived today. Only played with it for 2min before realizing "oh shit, this lens doesn't auto focus."

Does this lens meter? BTW I am using nikon d700 and 300 and thought it might af with the lens.

Does any lens meter?

Nikons are weird about metering, aren't they?

Dec 05, 2009 at 05:14 PM

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p.7 #19 · Got my Rokinon 85mm f/1.4

helimat wrote:
cogitech wrote:
kaska1 wrote:
Mine just arrived today. Only played with it for 2min before realizing "oh shit, this lens doesn't auto focus."

Does this lens meter? BTW I am using nikon d700 and 300 and thought it might af with the lens.

Does any lens meter?

Nikons are weird about metering, aren't they?

Nikons, or Nikonians?

Still, I've never known a lens that meters.

Dec 05, 2009 at 09:58 PM

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p.7 #20 · Got my Rokinon 85mm f/1.4

A lens absolutely meters light... just depends on what definition you want to use

Dec 05, 2009 at 10:00 PM

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p.7 #21 · Got my Rokinon 85mm f/1.4

ShadowWalker wrote:
Hi Mr. Lee,

I don't own the lens (yet) but I've read several people's posts that say the focus is in the same direction as the manufacturer's regular lens e.g. the Nikon mount Rokinson focuses in the direction as Nikon lenses and the Canon mount lens focuses in the same direction as Canon lenses. (We all wish other companies like Tamron would do the same thing).

So, you should be all set.

jeff

Mr. Lee wrote:
Hey guys! Can someone answer this question?

Does this Rokinon for Nikon mount focus on the same way as the Nikon lenses? let me explain, Nikon and Pentax are one of the very few that focus this way Close focus <---> Infinity, and all other lenses, like Canon, Zeiss, Minolta...etc focus this wayInfinity <-----> close focus

I'm planning on buying this lens for using with my GH1, but I don't know which mount I buy... if the Nikon version focus "inverse", this is a issue to me... so I have to look maybe for the Canon version.

Thanks!

Thanks Jeff!
So I'll have to look for the Canon or Sony version (all my MF lenses for the GH1 are Minoltas)

Dec 06, 2009 at 12:01 AM

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p.7 #22 · Got my Rokinon 85mm f/1.4

cogitech wrote:
helimat wrote:
cogitech wrote:
kaska1 wrote:
Mine just arrived today. Only played with it for 2min before realizing "oh shit, this lens doesn't auto focus."

Does this lens meter? BTW I am using nikon d700 and 300 and thought it might af with the lens.

Does any lens meter?

Nikons are weird about metering, aren't they?

Nikons, or Nikonians?

Still, I've never known a lens that meters.

I know what you are saying, Paul.... But correct me if I am wrong, but I thought the Nikon bodies had to have specific lenses installed in order for the metering to work, similar to the way Canon bodies need a chip for AF confirm.

Dec 06, 2009 at 01:22 AM

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p.7 #23 · Got my Rokinon 85mm f/1.4

Here you have some samples taken just today. All of then @ 1.4:

http://juliodelanuez.smugmug.com/Other/Rokinon-85-Samples

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Dec 24, 2009 at 11:31 PM

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p.7 #24 · Got my Rokinon 85mm f/1.4

helimat wrote:

I know what you are saying, Paul.... But correct me if I am wrong, but I thought the Nikon bodies had to have specific lenses installed in order for the metering to work, similar to the way Canon bodies need a chip for AF confirm.

As Nikon's had 3 different meter coupling systems over the years, which bodies meter with any given lens is a bit of a mess. The AI coupling system is supported by high-end bodies only and CPU coupling is supported by all bodies. Pre-AI 'Rabbit Ears' coupling is unsupported and officially any pre-AI lens must be AI converted to be used (as a practical matter, the D40, D60, D3000 and possibly the D5000 can mount most pre-AI lenses safely, but not meter with them).

Of the current digitals, the D300 and up meter with CPU-equipped lenses as well as AI lenses. The D90 and down require CPU-equipped lenses for metering. All current versions of the Samyang 85/1.4 are AI-S spec without a lens CPU, functionally equivalent to an AI lens for metering. There are indications that a AI-P version (AI_S with CPU) may get released next year, which will enable metering on all Nikon DSLR's as well as allowing Program and Shutter Priority modes which the bodies which meter with AI lenses cannot do with AI lenses.

Dec 25, 2009 at 03:45 AM

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p.7 #25 · Got my Rokinon 85mm f/1.4

I bought mine (Rokinon) from cameta.com for only $250 (US) both are the same. I think it is a very good lens for the price. Here you have a sample:

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More samples (all @ f/1.4) here:

http://juliodelanuez.smugmug.com/Other/Rokinon-85-Samples

Dec 26, 2009 at 03:20 PM


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