Rokinon 12mm F2.8 on a Sony A7Rii

[jstevensphoto]

B and H has this lens on sale for a few days and I am tempted to give it a try.   It's totally manual focus and manual aperture, but with such a wide lens, that should not be a problem.    Anyone else tried this lens and have any opinions?

[Chrissie]

I've cast an eye on this one, too.    The Samyang variety though, but they should be identical. Want to use it when I'm going an a hot air ballon crossing of the alps trip with my wife (the trip is going to be a Christmas present, so I must not buy this lens too early, in order to not raise any suspicion).

 

Here's nice video of this lense. It's getting really good reviews, too.

[jstevensphoto]

I've cast an eye on this one, too.    The Samyang variety though, but they should be identical. Want to use it when I'm going an a hot air ballon crossing of the alps trip with my wife (the trip is going to be a Christmas present, so I must not buy this lens too early, in order to not raise any suspicion).

 

Here's nice video of this lense. It's getting really good reviews, too.

 

I went ahead and ordered it.   We are planning a trip in a few weeks and I think it will be fun to try this lens.    It's a fish-eye, but that's ok.   There are lots of fish fixit programs out there.   It's a toy for me, but toys are what make us happy. 

[Chrissie]

I finally, and just in time before Christmas, succumbed to the temptation, and today it arrived. My personal copy of a Samyang 12mm F2.8 for Sony FE.  

 

On my final working day of this year I left a little early, but with the miscellaneous shopping etc. I arrived home at around 4 p.m., and at this time of the year it was foggy and getting dark already. So: no light for initial tests yet.  

 

And that reminds me of a really insightful (so it seems to me) adage:

 

"The amateur is worried about the right equipment. The professional is worried about the money. The master is worried about the light."

 

So, am I approaching mastership already??!  That sure escalated quickly ...

 

No, just kidding. I'm still humble.

 

Merry Christmas to you all 

[jstevensphoto]

Shot this with my 12mm f2.8 on a Sony A7Rii.   

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[Chrissie]

Very well done!  Keeping the horizon in the center avoids the barrel distortion where it would be most disturbing.  Cool. 

 

Makes me jealous, or rather to the point: anxious for my first next opportunities ...

 

btw: reminds me of a "yellow brick road" cover, a long time ago.

[Guest Jaf-Photo]

And that reminds me of a really insightful (so it seems to me) adage:

 

"The amateur is worried about the right equipment. The professional is worried about the money. The master is worried about the light."

 

So, am I approaching mastership already??! That sure escalated quickly

 

I believe that refers to the quality of the light, rather than the quantity of the light.

 

Quantity of light is amateur stuff

[Chrissie]

Jaf, whatever happened to your recent plan, to be less grumpy in the future? 

[Username]

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I think Jaf was being less grumpy there.  

  

So I'll fulfil the grumpiness quotient here. 

I think the entire 3-part adage is bogus. 

It has a grain of truth to hook some folks 

but overall it borders one silly BS. 

   

OTOH, on the non-grumpy side, thaz a 

very intriguing scene well presented. 

[jstevensphoto]

Great lens for the money.

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[Guest Jaf-Photo]

Jaf, whatever happened to your recent plan, to be less grumpy in the future?

Nobody's perfect and one has to learn to walk before one can run

 

Anyway, it was meant as a good-humoured retort. There is also a truth to it. The amount of light is important to videographers because they need to maintain a frame rate. To a stills photographer, the the amount of light doesn't matter, because you can shoot a beautiful photo lit by a single candle.

[jstevensphoto]

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I think Jaf was being less grumpy there.  

  

So I'll fulfil the grumpiness quotient here. 

I think the entire 3-part adage is bogus. 

It has a grain of truth to hook some folks 

but overall it borders one silly BS. 

   

OTOH, on the non-grumpy side, thaz a 

very intriguing scene well presented. 

 

All photographers are grumpy.    Most plumbers are grumpy.   Some bakers are grumpy.   A few millers are grumpy.

[Chrissie]

All photographers are grumpy.    Most plumbers are grumpy.   Some bakers are grumpy.   A few millers are grumpy.

 

 

That's an interesting and probably intended de-escalation: "all", "most", "some", "a few" ...

Wonder how it goes on, which profession have "almost none" and "not a single one" grumpy person at all?

 Seems like the farther you move away from the basic facts in life, the more it makes you grumpy.

 

That would probably make farmers good candidates for the non-grumpy part of society. 

Or, in other words: moving up in Pawlov's pyramid is likely to make you grumpy.

[Guest Jaf-Photo]

I haven't met all farmers but the ones I've met were all grumpy.

 

Photography has turned into an almost exclusively freelance profession. That means that most photographers have to play nice to get work. So I wouldn't say it's a grumpy profession.