Rokinon Cine CV35-C 35mm T1.5 Aspherical Wide Angle Cine Lens with De-Clicked Aperture for Canon EOS DSLR 35-35mm, Fixed-Non-Zoom Lens

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Upgrading your lens can be a very scary task. Its a process that truly matters when youre a budgeted filmmaker. This lens has surpassed my expectations. The image quality is superb, does very well in low light without any noticeable noise. Very minimal lens breathing while focusing. Before buying this lens, there are some things to note. This lens is completely manual, no data is delivered to you camera, for some this a deal breaker but if youre truly into filmmaking this shouldnt be a problem. Due to the size of the lens, it is very heavy. I would not recommend using it without any type of support system, please consider getting a support bracket before possibly compromising your camera mount ring or the lens itself. Its also pretty easy to accidentally turn the iris ring while trying to pull focus with your hands but if youre using a follow focus it should never be an issue. One more thing Id like to add, Ive seen a lot of people claiming that this is "NOT" a photography lens. To some extent this is true, the truth would be that this is not a lens you would shoot a wedding with. But taking pictures is totally a viable option, just understand you have to manually do so. In conclusion, this a God send to the budgeted filmmaker. I believe its worth every penny and can truly produce stunning images. If youre interested in the video quality of this lens Ill link a video shot almost entirely with this lens in the comments. The only parts the lens isnt used, are the scenes during a sunset on a pier but the rest are shot with 35mm.

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I love this lens. It is my go to lens for beauty shots on my vid cam. There is a down side to the Rokinon lenses though. Light flare is bad on these lenses. If you plan to shoot outside and into the direction of a light source then you will have to think about getting some kind of matte box to guard from lens flares. The flares are not the pretty ones it seems to generate a haze type of flare. Other than that they are great. UPDATE: I found a good fix for the ugly haze flare. Grab a Promaster 77mm Rubber Hood. It works a lot better than the petal hoods that come with the lens. You will thank me for it. More guard on the sides against the unwanted light preventing the ugly haze flare when it is not wanted.

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This 35mm lens is probably the best to own if youre only buying one Rokinon lens. If youre serious about the quality of your footage you will want this one. The 35mm allows both normal distance filming as well as gorgeous close-ups, and it has a beautiful out of focus blur in both modes. Always use support with this lens. It is not for shooting handheld. With clearly marked numbers and the longest barrel of the Rokinon lineup, it is also one of the most impressive pieces of glass you can mount on your camera. But looks aside, a 35mm lens that gives you the same cinematic look like a telephoto lens (without compressing space behind your subject) is probably every filmmakers dream. Here you have it.

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If you wanted but couldnt really justify the purchase of a bunch of Zeiss primes, you might have stumbled across some forums and comparisons and found this lens. Just google "rokinon vs zeiss". A lot of very positive tests are out there with most reviewers concluding that they are selling their Zeiss lens and buying 2-3 more rokinons. Based on that, I got this one. Its exactly what you are hoping it is. Great, low light, zero noise lens. UPDATE: I did some shooting in a very dark, shadowy forest this weekend. The footage was fantastic with the limitation coming from my 5d2 and not the lens. There was zero video artifacting or compression noise. Every shot was useful and looked great. Cant recommend this enough. Im going to get the 24mm next.

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I recently bought the Rokinon 85mm Cine lens to use on a Sony a99 camera, mostly for video. I found that I liked that particular lens so much that I started using it for still photography as well. In fact, I like the sharp look of those files so much that I started to look for more Rokinon lenses to put on my camera. Id been researching this 35mm 1.5 Cine lens of Sony Alpha cameras for a couple of weeks when I noticed one of those mysterious Amazon price drops. It seemed like too much of a bargain to pass up so I went ahead a bought one. Im very happy I did. Stuff to get out of the way right up front: This (the 35mm Rokinon Cine lens) is absolutely a manual focus lens. There is no electronic interface between the lens and the camera. It does not focus for you. If you cant tolerate focusing the lens yourself then this is very much not a lens for you. No autofocus. But not having autofocus is part of the design and part of the appeal for me. It means that theres so much less stuff to go wrong with on this product. And most people who are seriously into making films and commercials on video use manual focus lenses because it gives them maximum control over the look of their images. If you are lucky enough to shoot with the new Sony SLT cameras youll find manual focusing is made simple with the cameras built in focus peaking. If you are shooting with more prehistoric Nikon and Canon bodies youll probably want to use the lens on a tripod so you can depend on Live View and magnification to get sharp focus. Stuff to get out of the way, part 2: Since there are no electronic linkages between camera and lens there is no automation beyond what the cameras naturally give you with aperture priority control. Again, fine by me since Im using an EVF and real time Live View I can always "pre-chimp" and see exactly what Im getting while Im shooting. That means I can compensate and change settings in a heartbeat if the scene in my finder looks too light or too dark. Finally, since the camera has no idea what lens is on front or what the heck the lens is doing theres no way it can give you complete exif data. Youll just have to get over that. The lens is also enormous. Not too heavy but large in size. So, the lens seems primitive by modern standards. What does it have going for it? Well, my quick tests show me that the lens is sharp wide open in the center and just keeps getting sharper as I stop down. By f5.6 its as sharp as any lens Ive played with in the last 20 years. According to photozone.de its a sharper lens than the $1400+ Canon 35mm 1.4L and the $1800+ Nikon 35mm 1.4 lenses. And thats both wide open and stopped down. Pretty amazing for a lens thats so inexpensive. My work is generally slow and thoughtful. I work to a clients comprehensive layout or I shoot foot or I shoot portraits. Im not a sports shooter. In the realm within which I work theres no bonus for super speedy handling. For me the lens works very, very well. I want a handful of things from a lens: I want high sharpness, I want good resolution, I want good contrast, I want good bokeh and I want the lens to be well built and able to take professional use for years to come. The Rok 35mm 1.5 delivers all that. Bonus: If you shoot video youll find its nice to have clickless apertures and a geared focusing ring. The clickless apertures mean you can make very subtle exposure or focus changes while filming instead of having to endure half stop jumps in exposure while the camera is running. The geared focusing ring means the lens can be used with follow focus units already on the market with no sweat. If you dont shoot video and have churlishly decided that you never will you should consider the non-Cine, f1.4 version of this lens. The optics are the same (great) but the aperture is click stopped and the focus ring is just a conventional focus ring. The bonus is that youll save between $75 and $100 dollars. I feel like the 35mm and 85mm Rokinons (Cine f1.5) are the two lenses I could take anywhere and do compelling work with. I rarely go wider but I do go longer. If I were starting my career from scratch I would certainly consider the 35m, the 85 and an a99 body as the core of my systems. Add some lights and a tripod and I can make stills and great short films. When you compare this to the major brand offerings from Sony, Canon and Nikon its clear that, if you are willing to learn manual technique, youll end up with as good or better image quality at a fraction of the price. Id buy it again. In fact, I like it so much I might buy a second one as a back-up. One more thought: This would make a wickedly sharp 50mm equivalent on a cropped frame (APS-C) camera body.

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Awesome Lens. I get amazing video footage with this baby. Im a noob in the video world, started out with a very wide lens. After a few months I knew I was missing something, and that turned out to be a GOOD LENS. This baby is totally worth it. Friends dont believe the scenes I shoot with this lens because they look so great. Its a cool feeling. : ) If youre thinking about it, BUY IT. You wont be disappointed.

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0:00 0:00 This video is not intended for all audiences. What date were you born? January February March April May June July August September October November December 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981 1980 1979 1978 1977 1976 1975 1974 1973 1972 1971 1970 1969 1968 1967 1966 1965 1964 1963 1962 1961 1960 1959 1958 1957 1956 1955 1954 1953 1952 1951 1950 1949 1948 1947 1946 1945 1944 1943 1942 1941 1940 1939 1938 1937 1936 1935 1934 1933 1932 1931 1930 1929 1928 1927 1926 1925 1924 1923 1922 1921 1920 1919 1918 1917 1916 1915 1914 1913 1912 1911 1910 1909 1908 1907 1906 1905 1904 1903 1902 1901 1900 Submit Adobe Flash Player is required to watch this video. Install Flash Player This lens is fantastic. The ergonomics are perfect, but that is because you chose to buy a "cine" vr. a regular lens. To clarify, I find automatic lenses, or digital controlled lenses to be annoying. I like having my hands on the lens, with the ability to change aperture and zoom smoothly and without clicks. Here are two pictures. in the video. The one where Im holding the remote is the lens a 2.8 aperture. The one where my hand is down, is the lens wide open at 1.5 aperture. I tried to match the exposure, BUT, you can see a slight change in color. I allowed my canon t3i to use its Standard profile picture setting. I focused on the laptop keyboard, btw, if you wanna get an even closer look. Additionally, here is a video I made shooting at F 1.5 the entire time. my girl is wearing a purple dress, so thats a not a great way to test for purple fringing haha! But regardless, Im very happy with the performance at F 1.5 (ok, also, I was using a basic focal reducer to increase my field of view, so, this test isnt very scientific BUT, it is still very much a "real world" test, and Im very happy with my results. ) https://youtu.be/Q1p53kBQ6c0

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Once trying the lens on two bodies, it was obvious the aperture ring wasn’t working. Something internal wasn’t connected. Was getting very annoyed and tempted to just return the lens. So I decided, screw it. I’m gonna take apart the lens and fix it myself since I wanted to take it with me on a road trip this weekend and don’t want to wait for a replacement. Spent a little over an hour fixing the issue. Lens works fine now. Just a bit annoying that it arrived that way.

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Best lens I own. Its affordable and is the best 35mm lens you can buy if you cant afford a Zeiss. Works fine for photos, but this really is meant to be strictly a cinema lens. Its sharp as can be and has gorgeous depth of field/bokeh. The de-clicked aperture is super handy when you want to make a smooth but slight adjustment to your shots exposure while recording. I use this on the Sony A7s and the depth of field is just insane. Highly cinematic and all out glorious. I couldnt recommend a better lens for high quality cinematic productions on a budget.

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Upon using this lens, the focus ring jammed and became stuck and nearly impossible to use. Shortly after, the front half of the lens fell out entirely. I sent the lens back to Rokinon for a repair or replacement under warranty and they told me that I shouldve contacted them sooner and the damage was my fault despite the fact that it was obviously internal manufacturing error and offered that i pay an additional $300 for a new lens after paying >$400 for this faulty one. Not even a month later, another lens i purchased from the same company (24mm) also broke when the lens came totally detached from its mounting ring unprompted. I contacted Rokinon immediately and then they told me that they had seen this happen in several cases before and that it was highly improbable (how can it be both???) and that this would not be covered under warranty either, even though they made it seem like it was simply an issue of screws coming loose from the mounting ring. How could such a simply issue not be covered under warranty? Do not purchase Rokinon Lenses

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