Rokinon FE14M-C 14mm F2.8 Ultra Wide Lens for Canon (Black)
The Rokinon 14mm Ultra-Wide-Angle f/2.8 lens is designed to provide a dramatic 115.7° view on full frame cameras.and is perfect for astrophotography, landscapes and real estate imagery. It also works well with DSLR and Mirrorless cameras to provide approximately an angle of view of 94° with APS-C cameras, 90° with Canon APS-C cameras and 76°
The Rokinon 14mm Ultra-Wide-Angle f/2.8 lens is designed to provide a dramatic 115.7° view on full frame cameras.and is perfect for astrophotography, landscapes and real estate imagery.
It also works well with DSLR and Mirrorless cameras to provide approximately an angle of view of 94° with APS-C cameras, 90° with Canon APS-C cameras and 76° with Micro 4/3 cameras
The advanced 14 element 10 group design focuses to a close 11″ (0.28mm) to produce sharply defined images with a minimum of distortion and chromatic aberrations.
It utilizes 2 ED elements, 1 Hybrid Aspherical element, 3 High Refractive Index elements, and one glass Aspherical element, for outstanding, sharply defined rectilinear images.
This ultra-wide-angle Rokinon utilizes Ultra Multi Coating to reduce flare and ghost images, Includes a built-in petal-type lens hood and comes in mounts for: Canon EF, Nikon F, Sony E, MFT, Sony A, Pentax K and Fuji X.
So I had one good clear night I bought this for a 4-corners trip anticipating starry skies. I didn’t know there was monsoon season in the american southwest. So I had one good clear night. It is a great lens for astrophotography (i think, I’m just learning)and for landscapes and big skies. Colors are nice and good contrast.I tried using this as a walk-around lens and ran into huge problems with the manual focus. I’m 50 with bad eyes. I can manage a manual focus Yashica 50 and 28mm pretty well, but this lens has such…
Its a no brainer lens that is razor sharp and produces amazing images. For anything inside of a few feet Most people, including myself, misunderstand this lens at first. Those of us used to using autofocus will look through the viewfinder and find it difficult to pinpoint focus exactly and complain that focusing is an issue. However, it is not. Once you (optional) calibrate the infinity focus at the L mark left of the infinity mark, you can literlaly set the focus anywhere between 3 feet and between 10 feet and infinity and everything from 2-5 feet out to infinity will be in focus. I don’t…
Good optics in a basic lens Cons: – Manual lens, but you know that, right? Thankfully its depth of field at anything over f/5.6 is deep enough to cover most situations, those close-ups require patience. Perhaps it’s my eyesight, but I have a hard time seeing the image clearly enough to gauge precise focus. I usually resort to a test shot or two. – no range rings to assist with depth of field – even with the fixed hood, its bulbous glass makes it a big target for rain; I hike in the Pacific…