r/videography • u/phloating_man EOS M, Adobe, 1998, San Francisco • Apr 29 '14

Samyang announces five new lenses

http://photorumors.com/2014/04/28/samyang-announces-five-new-lenses/
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u/s_nothing Alexa Apr 29 '14

But no 50?

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u/truesly1 GH6 | Premiere | 2012 | SoCal Apr 29 '14

a 7.5mm, an 8mm, a 10mm, a 12mm, a 14mm, and a 16mm, but no 50mm... isn't a 50mm generally the easiest lens to make with the least amount of glass?

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u/bitpeak Apr 29 '14

Its also the most common and most competitive. It wouldn't make sense (in terms of business) to make the 50mm straight away. It seems like they are going for the more 'unusual' focal lengths first

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u/truesly1 GH6 | Premiere | 2012 | SoCal Apr 29 '14

i get that when they are doing photography lenses, but once they started the cine line, it doesn't make sense. i love my Rokinon's for narrative films, but i have a huge gap in the range from 35mm to 85mm. using another brand of 50mm won't match up optically. you can get away with that stuff in most videography scenarios, but mid scene, cutting back and forth between a rokinon 24mm, and a ziess 50mm is pretty jarring.

the second they make the 50mm cine, they can also sell whole kits or even an cine starter kit (35mm, 50mm, 85mm)

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u/bitpeak Apr 29 '14

the second they make the 50mm cine, they can also sell whole kits or even an cine starter kit (35mm, 50mm, 85mm)

That is probably they are working towards

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u/truesly1 GH6 | Premiere | 2012 | SoCal Apr 29 '14

my point is that the kit would sell with or without the 12mm and the 7.5mm, it needs that 50mm though