Rokinon 35mm T15 Cine as Umc Lens Review
I've had a bit of feel with Rokinon's Cinematics lenses. I kind of feel an explosion has occurred in the video end since DSLR's have come up to maturity in it'southward life. And no surprise, so has the very glass you mount to your camera. Rokinon makes some very affordable options if you lot are looking for some cine glass for your HDDSLR. In fact, very, very affordable when you compare the cost versus what y'all get from Canon's 50 line or Zeiss Cine glass. Just keep in mind that all three lenses are quite different in the mode they do things.
Let's move on frontward and dive into this lens.
Tech Specs
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| Focal Length | 35mm |
| Aperture | Maximum: T1.5 Minimum: T22 |
| Mount Type | Canon EF |
| Angle of View | 63.ane° (full-frame) 43.2° (Nikon APS-C) 43.2° (Sony APS-C) twoscore.viii° (Canon APS-C) 33.4° (MFT) |
| Minimum Focus Distance | 1.0′ (30.48 cm) |
| Iris Blades | eight |
| Groups/Elements | ten/12 |
| Filter Thread | 77 mm |
| Dimensions (Diam. x L) | Approx. iii.27 ten 3.04″ (83 x 77.iii mm) |
| Weight | Approx. 14.7 oz (416.75 g) |
Ergonomics
The front of the lens has a small protruding element. The thread on this lens s 72mm. So, good news to you who might have bought your filters at a bigger size down the route like I did.
In the rear you lot can see a very solid quality Canon bayonet mount. I find this to be one of the nicest areas on the lens. This lens does not have the electronic components used in showing focus confirmation like on a photo lens. This is 100% manual.
Like with it's sister the Cine 8 mm, You have the same repeating motif. A very solid, quality barrel with easy to read white number markings. The focus is pretty smooth. The outside casing has a flat blackness await with a slight texture on it. Near to requite it a ameliorate grip when handling the lens at to the lowest degree in my ascertainment.
By the elevation side of the lens you will notice this lens has gear teeth on information technology. For those of you lot new to cinema lenses, these lenses work with a follow focus system, giving you a more accurate and comfy focusing of the lens. Luckily the pitch on this lens is a tradiotnal 32 pitch.
The aperture control is located towards the back of the lens. This is a click less discontinuity which will allow yous to have finer control over your exposure.
Focusing
Similar all cinematics glass, information technology's best to use some sort of follow focus system. This lens meshed just fine with my ain unit. The pitch of the gears on this lens is a 32 pitch. Pretty standard all-around for film/video work.
I found the focus to be very smooth. Just similar with it'south fish eye relative, the cine 8mm. I had no problems getting used to the lens in practice.
At present I take mentioned this before only, an invaluable tool that I feel has made making videos much easier (for Canon users) is using Magic Lantern. They simply recently released a very stable release of the firmware. Using ML (Magic Lantern) gives you lot tons and tons of things you only do not get in these cameras. For example, peaking. So very useful in knowing what is, and what is not in focus. I would highly recommend y'all trying information technology if you feel adventurous–But, do so at your own risk. The just pitiful role is the 7D will non get the power to use the firmware.
One thing to take note of, I was non too thrilled with the focusing scale on this lens. It was a smidgen off. Granted, this is a pre-production model. In the past this has been a bit of problem for Rokinon. I really hope with something and so critical as cinema lenses they get this hammered out on the production line.
Image Quality
Working with this lens, you will wisely stay abroad from being wide-open. Information technology'due south a niggling too soft. I've institute that T5.vi was where the sharpness starts to come up in. By T8 you have what I consider information technology'due south sweet spot. What is interesting however is I observed the same sharpness patterns as the Fisheye.
Above is a little video I shot on a 5D mark II just equally a very quick and dingy test of using the lens. Dear to hear your thoughts on this lens also. Whatever Rokinon users out there? Delight share your comments below.
Conclusion
If you are looking for an affordable option for a cine-like lens, this is a one to consider. You have a sturdy build for the barrel, nice color, although in my use, this depends on what profile you utilise.Aesthetically this lens is handsome. I do really wish that if y'all are going to give me a wide open T stop of 1.5 that it would be just a little bit sharper.
Possibly Rokinon will brand some wider primes downwards the route. Sell them in a kit! I would love to run into that.
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