According to the article that I read, Samayang announced their fish lens for Samsung and Sony. It was also stated that this is the brightest and the smallest fish lens that they produced that can be suited for Samsung NX and Sony Nex Camera.
What is the exact size of the this Samyang Fisheye Lens?
When it will be release and what is the price of this fisheye lens?
Dear Bettyjfrance,
Yes, Samyang has definitely unveiled the new fisheye lens for Sony NEX and Samsung NX. It is an 8mm f/2.8 fisheye lens for Samsung and Sony compact system cameras. It possesses the following specs:
Model -Samyang 8mm f/2.8 ED AS IF UMC Fisheye
Lens type-full frame diagonal fisheye (for APS-C)
Focal length – 8mm (12mm 35mm Eqv.)
Maximum aperture-f/2.8
Min aperture-f/22
Angle of view-180 degrees on 1.5x crop APS-C
Min focusing distance- 0.3m
No. of diaphragm blades- 6
Focus type- MF (Manual Focus only)
Lens construction- 10 elements / 8 Groups (1 Aspherical, 2 ED)
Dimensions- 60mm x 55.8mm(Sony) x 48.3mm (Samsung NX)
Weight- 217g (Sony), 203g (Samsung NX)
Available mounts- Sony E-mount (NEX), Samsung NX
This will be available early July and the price is expected to be around £279.99 / $434.
