Rokinon FE14M-E 14mm F2.8 Ultra Wide Lens for Sony E-mount and Fixed Lens for Other Cameras

First of all, Im not a professional by any means - this is my first lens. Ive always had dreams of taking amazing photos of the stars, so I got a Sony A7, and this lens based on the recommendation of lonelyspeck.com. Ive been reading up a lot on technique, and I have to say that as a beginner, Im VERY happy with this lens. The only other lens I have is the kit lens, and at F2.8 this thing can bring in SO much light, hands down way easier than the kit lens. At night when there is any light present from the moon, or even light pollution, it makes it easy to get landscape photos. It would be nice to have the electronics to communicate the settings with the camera, but for me its not necessary, and probably doesnt happen at this price. Manual focus is easy, it would be hard to focus on anything in motion manually, as it would with other lenses. It requires what I feel to be a lot of rotation to get through the entire range. It seems to be a solid lens and I plan to take many more photos with it! My only advice is to buy one and go out and shoot!

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I liked the idea of posting objective photos of how the lens performs out of the box, so Im including a JPEG of a brick wall shot on my Sony a7Sii with settings at f8, 1/1600, ISO12800. I focused with the manual focus assist feature on the camera. You decide if itll meet your needs. Yes, there is obvious distortion. I was thankful that my copy doesnt seem to blur the corners as much as some other copies. It does seem to blur a bit more at the corners when Im further away from the subject. And since others have stated that the amount of blur can change with time, I wonder if the lens will be durable enough for the hikes Im going to subject it to. But, for me, at a fifth the cost of many other lenses, this was well worth the money. I intend to use it for astro landscapes and travel. Will post updates if any significant changes occur.

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Great lens. Im using it on a Sony A7 mark II. I bought the native E mount after trying to decide whether to get the EF mount one and adapt it, or just go native. I considered the EF because I thought it would probably have better resale value with all the Canon cameras out there. Since this is the first time Ive bought such an off-brand lens (ie: not Tamron, Sigma, Tokina, etc.) I wanted to make sure any issues were the lens itself and not because it was adapted. Especially since adapters can have a problem hitting infinity focus with super wide lenses. Its nice and sharp and a great lens to shoot with. I normally use Canon FD lenses adapted to the A7, so manual focus is not a big deal to me. Neither is manual aperture control. If you just want a mount and forget lens though, with auto everything, this is for sure not the lens for you. If you want a quality lens and arent afraid to go manual, buy this now. The only issue is the weird distortion it has which shows up in some shots, depending on the subject. You can use the Samyang lens profile for a Canon camera in Adobe Camera Raw to get rid of it though. Kind of a pain, but not needed for most shots. All in all a really good lens. Its much sharper on the edges and corners than my FD17mm f4.0 that I paid a little more for. So what are you waiting for. Its super wide, nice and sharp, and cheap. Go ahead. Buy it.

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Ive had this now for six months, like another review said Ive taken my most complimented work with this lens & an A7Rii body. I even use the photo for my correspondence. The question is why is a lens that cost literally a fraction of the other high quality lenes so inexpensive and the others so costly..? For me this is THE landscape lens. Sometimes a little too wide, hardly ever too narrow. It creates beautiful images.

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I shoot the Milky Way a lot and this lens is clear, sharp, and has great color saturation. I edit in Capture One and use the Zeiss 12mm 2.8 lens correction. Otherwise the distortion is very noticeable. It is has a very fat lens hood which does not come off so it is hard to stow in your pocket if you change lenses. But the focus and aperture control rings are smooth and the infinity focus is right on the money.

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Purchased for my A7r and this lens is simply incredible. I do commercial photography and have experience shooting everything from Canons to PhaseOne. have used so many different camera and lenses and the sharpness of this lens is unreal for the price. You wont be able to find anything under a thousand at this focal length that offers anything similar in clarity and color. I use CaptureOne and Lightroom and what sucks is there are no profiles, but it really doesnt need much adjustment. Yes there is some distortion, but CA is minimal with little to no noticeable fringing.

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Better sharpness than youd expect from an inexpensive 14mm - Rokinon-Samyang is definitely making some great stuff, lately. 2.8 aperture is a bit smeary in the very corners but still usable - F4 and smaller aperture produces very nice results. Ive done a fair bit of night sky star photography with this and the results are excellent. Good color and pop, too! Not the best for architecture with some mustache distortion -- be sure to find the best correction profile online for use with Lightroom and you minimize that considerably. Just be sure you get a good sample, theres some variation out there. Compare left and right off-center and edge clarity at all apertures to be sure yours isnt a dud. Ive been fortunate, both of the ones Ive owned have been very solid.

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