Testing 14mm f2.8 Rokinon

Well with my days off approaching I will be out and about testing my 14mm Rokinon, it is purely manual focus which will be interesting especially if I want to do day time landscape and to remember to focus it manually. My main purpose for getting this lens is for night time milky way shots. I am hoping the moon will be setting enough to not effect the exposure but only time will tell. I have a few spots picked out so stay tuned. Anyone else with this lens feel free to post examples in this thread.

Oh and I just found out about manual focus confirmation lol that will make things alot easier (I Hope)

Scott Murray said:

Oh and I just found out about manual focus confirmation lol that will make things alot easier (I Hope)

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Yeah, at night... Wishful thinking.

Marcel said:

Yeah, at night... Wishful thinking.

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Nah more for the day I will have to rely on my excellent eye site for night time lol

Scott Murray said:

Nah more for the day I will have to rely on my excellent eye site for night time lol

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And LiveView.

Marcel said:

And LiveView.

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Oh live view and zoomed in is a must for stars

No problem with manual focus, especially if you use that "focus confirmation dot". I believe I've got the same lens (Samyang is selling under Rokinon brand, in some areas). Here are some good "milky" samples taken by this lens:
http://goo.gl/RTDAjP

DraganDL said:

No problem with manual focus, especially if you use that "focus confirmation dot". I believe I've got the same lens (Samyang is selling under Rokinon brand, in some areas). Here are some good "milky" samples taken by this lens:
http://goo.gl/RTDAjP

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I have researched this lens to the death of it and is one of the reasons I now own it.

I'll be interested to see your results, I've looked at this one a lot also.

I too am looking forward to hearing your impressions of this lens, Scott!

Here are some 'Quick' shots shooting into the sun, testing it out.

And one into a contrasty bit.

Impatiently waiting to see your results of the Milky Way (tapping foot with crossed arms). Needing a wide angle FX lens.

Moab Man said:

Impatiently waiting to see your results of the Milky Way (tapping foot with crossed arms). Needing a wide angle FX lens.

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Still blaring sun here, so will need to wait another 12 hrs if I do not fall asleep lol

Moab Man said:

Impatiently waiting to see your results of the Milky Way (tapping foot with crossed arms). Needing a wide angle FX lens.

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Been up for 24 now so another 12 should not kill me lol

If you are using Lightroom, you might be interested in these lens profiles. In my limited experience they worked well.

No problem with the distortion (14mm f/28 Rokinon/Samyang) - I easily rectify it using the "lens" tool (manual/custom mode) in photoshop...

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Here is a teaser photo of tonights outing

And a few more.

Wow, Scott! These are magnificent! So how do you like this lens?