Rokinon Cine CV14M-C 14mm T3.1 Cine Wide Angle Lens for Canon with De-Clicked Aperture and Follow Focus Compatibility 14-14mm Wide-Angle Lens

HiThis is an amazing value lens,, & it does do a great job.Well after a second try that is , ( first supplied lens was returned )Finding optimum Focus is quite difficult with this lens,, you really need to open lens to T3.1 or equivalent F2.8 to get focus,, you can then stop down and adjust your camera settings for your desired shot,,, its pretty fiddly way to guarantee focus but a must,,As the depth of field is so great when stopped down you can get away with a quick guess in good lighting conditions,,, Note though, the distance markings on the lens are quite wrong,, i printed up labels for the lens to mark the correct focus distances.Its way nicer getting a Cine de-clicked version, i like the Cine focus & iris ring teeth,, a nice positive feel ,,, the non cine version i found finding the F & I rings very difficult in poor light.Its physically well built with a nice solid feel,, it does have a strange fixed hood cap assy that does not allow any filter attachment.Though the edge aberration is not amazing its pretty good, especially for a lens in this price range..Overall its a great value lens,,, once again that's if you get a good one ,,, apparently its not just me who have had a dud the first try...Cheers Craig

I am very happy with this lens !I have a few Rokinon/Samyang lenses now. They are of great value.This 14mm is my second one. The first one was the still-photo version, and it had a flaw. It had considerable play in the focus. So I returned it (a different mail-order dealer), and got the cine version here on Amazon. It has no issues, except, that finding the perfect focus point can be a little difficult. Still the final image is very sharp.These extreme short lenses can generally be harder to focus because of the huge depth of field, opposed to a long lens, with shallow DOFs, were You notice right away when You are not perfectly in focus. On the other hand, the great DOF makes it practically easier to handle - most of the time I just estimate the distance and stop it down. This allows very fast actions and surely makes an autofocus unnecessary inthis wide-angle range.It seems though, that Samyang - the manufacturer of Rokinon - experiences some issues with consistency of tolerance values. Keep in mind, that the shorter a focal length is, the narrower are the required tolerances. If You compare how much the lens moves between a short WA or a tele lens, You see that WA's just make very small movements when You focus, opposed to tele's. That's why they need much more precision.Also they usually have many more lens elements, and they all have to be in perfect position, or something shows up in the image quality. That's why You pay so much more for a Zeiss, because they are just better at keeping tolerances small. So if You should get a dud, simply return it, and order another same one again. Chances are, the issue is gone. If You can test a lens before buying, even better.I use my Rokinons on Sony full frame as well as APS-C sensor. And I choose them all with the A-mount, even though my cameras are E-mount. This way I can also use a focal-reducer adapter, and have the full wide-angle also on the crop sensor - basically giving me 2 focal length options on my a6000 - plus a gain in light ! And on my 36-MP full-frame, I simply crop away what I don't want - and still have the same MP quality as the APS-C (24-MP).When using adapters, there will usually be the issue, that the infinite focal point is too far in. This can be adjusted, by screwing off the bajonet-plate on the lens-side of the adapter, and laying some thin cardboard or layers of paper between, screwing it back on and cutting away the extruding material inside and outside. With a little trial and error You can bring the infinite point to the end of the focus ring - and thus also have the distance-scale match. Just don't over-tighten the tiny screws and gradually tighten them up alternating them, so that they all get the same tightness - or You might experience a tilt effect. If not doing that, then it's worth scratching a little mark on the scale for infinity, so that it's possible to find the infinity point without focussing (very helpful in the dark!).As for distortion, an extreme WA will always, in the attempt to keep lines straight, stretch the image towards the outer regions. That is the nature of it. In architecture this generally is a must, to keep lines straight. Landscape-wise it is not noticeable. To avoid this stretching, it is only possible by using a fisheye - it won't stretch, but curve the lines. Again in landscape not really an issue as long as straight lines (like the horizon) are kept in the image center.Recently I also got me the Rokinon 2.8/12mm fullframe Fisheye. It knocks all my other lenses out of the park, as it is a dare-devil in sharpness ! It has a little chromatic aberation (which can be fairly well corrected in post) but is ultra sharp. A real alternative to the 14mm - if the curved field is not that important (like in landscape and other non-straight subjects). And if You 'de-fish' it in post, the lines can still be straightened with relative little crop loss, and it will even then be considerably wider than the 14mm. It has become my standard ultra wide now. And again either using it on my A7R fullframe, or the APS-C with or without focal-reducer adapter, makes it very universal at a very high quality.And last not least, both lenses shine with a great anti-reflective coating, reducing flares to an absolute minimum. This is important for ultra wides, as there will almost always be bright lightsources captured in the image. And stopped down to maximum creates beautiful even star-like rays around them.Both lenses are fantastic - it just depends for what You need it for.Enjoy and be creative !

WOW! A great lens at a bargain price. Could it be true. Can you buy a cine-type lens for a few hundred dollars and still expect/get a decent I,age. That was my question even after researching Rokinon, and specifically this 14mm lens, before I made the purchase. Now with it in my hands and on my Sony a7 I can say that I'm as pleased as I could possibly be. The I,age quality is great. Is it the Best I've Ever Seen? No not really. But then I'm comparing "best" with lenses that cost 5 to 10 times as much as this. There can be no fair or reasonable comparison with those differences in $$$. That said, I'd describe myself as a prosumer or wanna be pro. So the images, both stills and video, that this captures, work perfectly for me. As for Rokinon the company, I know of no other company making cine-style lenses in this price range. I did have a chance to call a tech guy at the company and I received very good advice from him. Overall, if you're looking for solid results but also have a budget in this $300-ish range, this would be an excellent choice.

I bought this lens on account of its minimum focus range, and so far it's awesome. Great for close-ups.It's a very sharp lens, the aperture as well as the focus ring are like butter. Very smooth transitions.The one strife I have with it, however is that the T3.1 aperture limits its low-light shooting capabilities, and I have to jack up the ISO if I want to see anything.All in all, it's a good buy for a fugal indie filmmaker, and you get what you pay for. Would recommend.

My heart is set on rokinons. I love this lens so much, mostly because it's a cinematic lens and you can change the aperture smoothly while you're recording. It's very sharp but still has soft features that make the image look more cinematic especially when shooting against the sun. I use it with a Gh4 and adapter, and it's very wide and fits everything in the picture which is what I was looking for. I used it at night time and it worked fine, just set my Iso to 400 and presto. Here's a link to a music video I shot using this lens.[...]

Excelente entrega y equipo, en su caja con todo original y tal como la publicación lo decía.Totalmente nuevo y como tal el lente para su valor comercial, es una maquinota! Encantado de poder contar con el tanto para foto de paisaje y algo de arquitectura, como para video.

El producto cumple con todo lo que dice la publicación, muy buen producto! y buen tiempo de envío, Gracias por todo!

Exactly as expected

So it's been about 3 years since I used a proper fully manual lens, and that was on a Canon Eos Rebel T5i. So the times have changed and I have bought into and invested in Sony mirrorless products. My primary camera is the Sony a6300 and I have just ordered a Sony a7R that should be arriving in a week. Moving to the mirrorless cameras means getting new lenses, and I prefer native E-mount lenses and do not intend on moving from the E-mount platform so I did not keep any of my old lenses (to use an EF lens you need an adapter ring). So in a short time I have had to buy a couple lenses to suit my needs as I use my cameras for content creation as well as photography.So how does this CV14M-NEX 14mm T3.1 Ultra Wide-angle lens stack up? For those of you who have something like a Sony a6000, a6300, or a6500, and have bought it with the kit lens the first thing you’ll notice is how much more clarity and color contrast you get out of this lens over the included E 16-50mm F3.5-5.6 OSS Power Zoom Lens. It takes exceptionally nice pictures and has been in my driver’s seat since I bought it 6 weeks ago. And in those 6 weeks I have done about as thorough of a test as one could do; I have travelled to 3 different continents and gone to 7 countries, taking over 8000 pictures and 3 hours’ worth of 4k footage, and multiple time lapse shots (just with this lens). And wow! I am very pleased with this lens, it delivered exactly what I needed. It provides awesome clarity and super crisp photos and I don’t have any pictures where I found that this lens really kept me from getting a better photo. The second thing you’ll notice is that you probably don’t quite have manual focus figured out yet. It took me about 5 days into my first trip in Europe to get the manual focus completely figured out, but once you do it becomes a habit and you soon prefer manual focus over auto. As I said previously, I hadn’t used a manual focus lens for about 3 years but for most people who are familiar with photography it will be an easy skill to pick up and by no means should prevent you from buying this lens.So I am happy with the picture quality of this lens, but how does it do in the quality department? In my opinion it’s a more solid feeling lens then my Sony E 10-18mm F4 OSS, or the Zeiss FE 55mm F1.8, both of which are over double the price of this lens. And not that this by any means is a heavy lens but it has a good amount of weight compared to the other lenses I have. The ISO and focus ‘rings’ are super solid, they have no play in them, and for the most part the lens has a metal body construction (made of aluminum, like the Sony mirrorless camera bodies). I even accidentally dropped it with the lens cap on and nothing happened to the lens besides a scratch on the cap (probably from 1m high at least). So no build quality concerns there, this also was not my first Rokinon lens so I knew I was going to get a solid built product.This lens comes well packaged as well, it comes boxed surrounded by soft foam so you know it’s not getting damaged in shipping. In the box comes the lens, lens cap, a fabric lens soft case, a product info manual, and a certificate of authenticity (1 year warranty). So all the basics are covered and there’s nothing left out of what a typical lens comes with. This lens is actually classified by Rokinon for cinematography and that is the primary reason I bought this lens, I needed a lens for shooting video that was good for close up shots, but it actually takes amazing photos and the follow focus capability is very helpful when shooting video. Even from a great distance the pictures turn out really nice. The manual focus also allows you to get the affects you want in a photo, and everything beyond 3 meters will be in focus when set to max focus. Also as a side note because this is not a powered lens you get much longer battery life out of your camera, with the factory Sony NP-FW50 battery I could take 600-800 pictures no problem.So to wrap this all up, I prefer this over $1000+ lenses, it takes great quality pictures and video, it only costs $500, and it’s built to last! This definitely is a lens to include in your camera bag even if you do not shoot video. I have zero complaints after heavily using it already, and I highly recommend this to anyone interested! A+ job Rokinon!(Attached are some photos that show what the same background can look like when you play around with the manual focus)

We did our first shoot with this lens on canon 5D M3 yesterday and I must tell you that this one of the fantastic lens I have ever used. Extremely wide and sharp, it gives the entire picture totally a different perspective. Very useful for hand held shoots. Go for this.