http://photorumors.com/2009/09/21/samyang-to-continue-releasing-new-fast-lenses/

Looks like xmas will be happening twice. Aparantly Samyang is planning to announce a 35/1.2 for canon in Q1 2010 and 35/1.4's for the other players (no 1.2 due to mount size restrictions).

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Nice! If it is ok then I will get one to pair with my 85L!

Wow. That might be a very sweet lens.

Wow. Just when I've finished converting my FD 35/2, I hear this. If the Samyang is good, I might be very tempted!

Too Funny!

Between the new 85/1.4, 7/3.5, just announced 14 and this, it seems like they are trying to take over the world.

I love it -- even Samyang has their own rumor mill working now.

If they really do release a 35/1.4 for Nikon I will definitely buy to compare to my AI-S Nikkor, a lens which has never really had me wanting except in the bokeh department. And the 85/1.4 Samyang is great there, an easier feat for a short tele than normal/wide angle, but we'll see!

Well if its optimised for wide open performance and the 85 is anything to go by then it should provide plenty of bang for buck.
That's if it ever comes into existence of course.

Man. If this is priced anything near the Sigma 30/1.4 and has similar performance to their 85/1.4, I might have a serious dilemma.

Brilliant nice to see small upstart Korean companies taking it to the big guys!

thrice wrote:
Brilliant nice to see small upstart Korean companies taking it to the big guys!

Canon and Nikon should have seen this coming... After all, in post war, they were here only..

A working 35/1.2, "sharp" wide open and with good bokeh? That would be a short version of their 85/1.4 and if they make it come true - well, very good for us all!

Wow, I can't wait for this!

Looking forward to it myself, but I shudder to think of the working/living conditions that the people making these lenses must face every day.

Lucky to be us, I guess.

Wow, I was looking at getting a contax 35 1.4 but this looks interesting ...

I had pretty much settled on a Pentax 31mm f/1.8 limited, now I'm not so sure. This would be over a stop faster and the one weakness of the Pentax - CA is also the weakness of the Samyang 85, so I may wait to see what samples of this lens look like.

This might be a silly question but where can one purchase Samyang lenses? I've only been able to find them on eBay as Adorama and BH don't have them. I'm in the U.S. if that has any relevance.

The Samyang lenses are sold under many different brands. Cameta camera in NY has the Rokinon 85/1.4 for $255. B&H sells the same lens under the Bower brand for $350. They are also marketed as Polar, Opteka,
Vivitar Series 1, and probably several other brands. As far as I know, optically they are all the same, with some cosmetic differences.

This is great news if it's true. I will definitely hold off my thought of converting my distagon 35 1.4 to alpha mount.

G. Thomas wrote:
This might be a silly question but where can one purchase Samyang lenses? I've only been able to find them on eBay as Adorama and BH don't have them. I'm in the U.S. if that has any relevance.

They are being sold as the new Vivitar Series 1 lenses by the larger retailers, but you might find them badged as a Polar (And there are probably a dozen other brands licensing them) as well. Ebay also has them.