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todd ellis

i only bring this up because i know there are a lot of photographers in the family.

i have been in the market for a wide angle lens for my canon 5d mkii & 60d for a while now, but $2,000 for a canon "L" series lens was slightly out of the budget. i started looking at options and did a lot of research on Rokinon. after much back & forth i pulled the trigger.

my rokinon 16mm f/2.0 arrived yesterday. the build quality is excellent - metal body & mounting ring - the long focal throw is awesome & it just feels really nice. it is available in canon or nikon mount.

i compared it a/b to my canon 24-70 f/2.8 L II - at nearly 5x the price - same settings & distance from subject - nothing fancy - just the driveway - all i did was swap the lens - and was surprised to see that i actually gained a stop - maybe a stop & 1/2. it's super-sharp - no vignetting - or distortion - and at $300 it didn't break the bank.

the only caveat is it does not connect to the camera body electronically - so focus & aperture are 100% manual --- which is ok with me because that's how i shoot most of the time anyway.
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Bailey · Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2016 4:39 pm Post subject:

Sweet! Manual is always cool... it shows your fingerprints.
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todd ellis · Posted: Fri Feb 05, 2016 6:42 am Post subject:

in my case it was the creative mind that needed to find more MONEY.
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Deirdre · Posted: Fri Feb 05, 2016 11:50 am Post subject:

Without pictures, this post is useless.

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todd ellis · Posted: Fri Feb 05, 2016 12:06 pm Post subject:

there is video in the link ...

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Bruce · Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2016 9:58 am Post subject:

Yes, this is all very nice, but how does it work with a Sennheiser 416?

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todd ellis · Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2016 11:23 am Post subject:

i think it all depends upon how you dangle it.
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