Samyang Rokinon Vivitar 14 2.8 lens

Great pictures lately, is everyone cropping in a little to avoid the stretching in the corners? Or are we applying lens correction?

TIA

^^^ I'd also like to know.

Kinda defeats the purpose a little no?

Moin wrote in post #16815297
Guys, anyone of you got the filter holder for this from Samyang? or even get a reply? I emailed them a few days ago, no answer.

http://www.samyang-europe.com …14-filter-holder-for-free

I also emailed them regarding this promotion. No reply...

Lars

If you have the lens already it's not free. You have buy it from 1st of March to the end of march to get it for free (while stocks last)

icculus479 wrote in post #16818614
Great pictures lately, is everyone cropping in a little to avoid the stretching in the corners? Or are we applying lens correction?

TIA

No lens correction, I'm just using the liquify tool to straighten my horizons. I think if you are losing a portion of the image due to lens correction, then it kind of defeats the purpose of having a 14mm in the first place. The distortion is really something on this lens.

Also on the filter holder Samyang are set to release. I think it's a really good thing they're doing, however I'm not sold on the Cokin filters and their horrible colour cast issues. Here's hoping they expand their range to include a high quality big stopper. A filter like that would please a lot of people and possibly even increase sales of the 14mm. Especially since the filter holders for other ultra wides (Nikon 14-24) are just silly expensive, or non existent.

icculus479 wrote in post #16818614
Great pictures lately, is everyone cropping in a little to avoid the stretching in the corners? Or are we applying lens correction?

TIA

Neither because most of the time it is not needed. I don't crop and I only use PTL mustache correction when it looks very obvious in the photo.

PTLens auto correction http://epaperpress.com​/ptlens/

Straight from camera

Africanphoto wrote in post #16819605
If you have the lens already it's not free. You have buy it from 1st of March to the end of march to get it for free (while stocks last)

Not true...

Read the rules and regulations:

5. Also clients who bought Samyang 14mm f/2.8 ED AS IF UMC lens prior to March 2014 can participate in the Promotion.

Lars

msowsun wrote in post #16820303
Neither because most of the time it is not needed. I don't crop and I only use PTL mustache correction when it looks very obvious in the photo.

Thank you, I'll check it out!

Got this lens a few weeks ago and thought the fact that it was full manual would be hard to tackle. But I start to like it more and more.

Shot with a Canon T4i/650D.

IMAGE LINK: https://www.flickr.com …95412676@N07/13​747676495/

IMAGE LINK: https://www.flickr.com …95412676@N07/13​754678214/

^Great work^

I already have the 85, but I think I'm going to grab a 35 and 14. Shots like those are the reason.

BenjaminMH wrote in post #16823570
^Great work^

I already have the 85, but I think I'm going to grab a 35 and 14. Shots like those are the reason.

+1

I really like the last one!

Lars

Moin wrote in post #16815297
Guys, anyone of you got the filter holder for this from Samyang? or even get a reply? I emailed them a few days ago, no answer.

http://www.samyang-europe.com …14-filter-holder-for-free

Could other filters apart from the respective samyang/cokin ones be mounted on this?

Dimensions would be great if anyone has one handy..

The filters are 139mm wide. It may take a 140mm filter, of which there are a few very expensive choices, or it may not. It is certainly designed to be a proprietary system. There are a few of these for sale on Ebay out of China. Price for the holder is about $45 and the filters are about $120. That is pretty cheap for a filter of this size but a lot of people do not like the color cast of Cokin ND filters.

Bob

BenjaminMH wrote in post #16823570
^Great work^

I already have the 85, but I think I'm going to grab a 35 and 14. Shots like those are the reason.

larshkj wrote in post #16825476
+1

I really like the last one!

Lars

Thank you!

cozmo2312 wrote in post #16804889
Since I also own the 16-35, I'm thinking of using the Rok solely for Astro use. Here's my question, anyone ever locked focus on a lens? For example, focus it perfectly for star shots once and then find a way to lock it there so there is no guess work when I get out somewhere at night. It'll always be focused where I set it, so I just compose and start shooting. Any ideas? Little superglue on the focus ring, or is this just a bad idea in general?

Bad idea in general. Temperature changes will change the focus slightly, so what is perfect during the summer may be significantly off in the winter.