Rokinon 85mm T/1.5 Cine Lens Review
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A look at Rokinon’s latest 85mm T/1.5 Cine Lens. Build quality feels very solid. The Cine lens lineup from Rokinon offers de-clicked aperture rings and built in lens gears. Focus is very smooth and images are very sharp for this price point. This lens will provide smoother focus movements over Auto Focus Photo Lenses that only provide a short throw. Video samples were taken with the BlackMagic Design Cinema Camera. The Roknon Cine Lenses are available in 8mm, 14mm, 24mm, 35mm, and 85mm suited for Nikon, Canon, Sony, and more. Check out the entire line of Rokinon Products (found here).
Rokinon Manual Aperture Cine Lenses
Lenses are actually made by Samyang in Korea:
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/search?Ntt=samyang+cine+lens&N=0&InitialSearch=yes&sts=ma&Top+Nav-Search=
@Brad D – Thanks Brad. Besides Rokinon and Samyang, these lenses are also found under Bower and Vivitar as well.
So does the Cine version provide better focus with a longer throw? Just trying to debate on whether I should get the Cine version or not. I’m don’t see myself really using the lens gear or the declicked aperture.
I have the entire collection and they are really strong lenses that do exactly what they promise. The 24mm, 35mm and 85mm are fantastically sharp. But the 8mm tends to be slightly soft around the edges – but not bad. For the price point they are outstanding and should be in anyones kit.