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  • Lens Test: Rokinon 24mm f/1.4 ED AS UMC

    Yup, another speedy manual focus

    • By Julia Silber on May 3, 2012

    Joining the 8mm, 14mm, 35mm, and 85mm manual-focus, full-frame Rokinons, this 24mm boasts the highest street price ($699) in the line by far. Like Rokinon’s 35mm f/1.4, it provides no electronic communication between camera and lens, requiring users to open the aperture to its widest setting for composing and focusing, then stop down to the working aperture to make the exposure. The good news? Your camera’s aperture-priority autoexposure mode will work—after a fashion.

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  • Lens Test: Rokinon AE 85mm f/1.4 AS IF UMC

    Despite a lack in the autofocus department, this lens is sharp as a tack

    • By Julia Silber on September 13, 2011

    A welcome newcomer to these shores, Rokinon-branded high-speed prime lenses from Samyang offer a tradeoff many shooters will find tempting: In place of autofocus, you get high, f/1.4 speed at a bargain price.

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  • Lens Test: Rokinon 35mm f/1.4 AS UMC

    A classic 35 that plays nice with many mounts

    • By Julia Silber on July 15, 2011

    High-speed prime lenses, such as this full-frame 35mm f/1.4 Rokinon (made by the South Korean optics firm Samyang), are favorites for reasons we never tire of trotting out: Large apertures provide beautiful, soft-focus fore- and backgrounds, and they enable fast, action-stopping shutter speeds. At $500 (street), this Rokinon is by far the least expensive 35mm f/1.4 on the market today, but it forgoes core modern-era features such as autofocus and an automatic diaphragm. If you like automated shooting, you should probably stop reading here.

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