Fuji Showcase Rokinon 12mm f2

[phrenic]

Haven't seen many sample shots of this lens on the net so thought I would share some from a recent trip to Bali. I'll hopefully be able to put up some more shots from Japan later as well.

I like how wide it is..like my zuiko 9-18mm for my micro four thirds setup. The 'curvature of the earth' distortion is a mixture of the perspective and the hilly rice paddies. Not that heavy distortion.

An architectural example..lines seem fairly straight I think.

And here is an example of worst case conditions of flare aimed at just the right angle By far the worse case of it in several hundreds of images:

I really like this lens..compliments my 35mm 1.4 quite well and the price is right.

 

[Bobby Tingle]

Looks great. I love the Rok lenses. If I ever get seriously back into urbex I will be adding one of these to the kit.

 

[juangrande]

Why are they so hard to find in the US?

 

[ohho]

Just a few snaps from the morning commute.

Thames Valley Parkway by j_jag, on Flickr
Thames Valley Parkway by j_jag, on Flickr

 

[apw100]

 

[macvisual]

Ordered my new Samyang 12mm f/2 lens this week, arrives tomorrow, ye-ha!

Regards;
Peter
Central Scotland

 

[Hazza]

The Tree by Harry Cutts, on Flickr

Tree by Harry Cutts, on Flickr

 

[AndyMcD]

This one was taken indoors...

New Office by Andy McDonald, on Flickr

 

[sdsyver]

Hi all here are some from a recent trip with friends to Vegas and area. Mainly Valley of Fire and Grand Canyon. These are all taken with X-Pro2 and Rokinon 12f2. I had a Polarizer on for a lot of the shots.

Elephant Rock in Valley of Fire

 

[KillRamsey]

Nice! Did you have any banding issues with that polarizer?

 

[KillRamsey]

More to the point of the thread, a few recents with the rokinon 12:

KBRX0991 by gordopuggy, on Flickr

KBRX0828 by gordopuggy, on Flickr

KBRX9810 by gordopuggy, on Flickr

KBRX9550 by gordopuggy, on Flickr

KBRX8623 by gordopuggy, on Flickr

 

[Tim Williams]

I was shooting across a Florida prairie this morning with my 16 and looking through the view finder I thought of this lens. 18 mm view and f2 = a great shot when you need that extra spread.

 

[KillRamsey]

The perspective distortion you get out at the corners is actually kinda cool when it's branches or clouds in those corners. With faces, it's not charming at all.

 

[sdsyver]

Nice! Did you have any banding issues with that polarizer?

Not sure what you mean actually. Do you have any examples and I'll have a look.

 

[zpuskas]

Here's one I made inside a historic Los Angeles theater (LA Theater, if I remember correctly) with the 12mm. I really like this lens.

 

[KillRamsey]

Not sure what you mean actually. Do you have any examples and I'll have a look.

I briefly had a variable ND filter on the 18-55 which I think I'm confusing for the CP, and I remember it would darken certain parts of the sky more than others. Maybe that's an ND thing, and not a circ polarizer thing. The result was these darker blue swaths of sky.

 

[alexmilesg3]

Ren Center in Detroit by Alex Milite on 500px.com

 

[Sinister]

Metropolitan museum of art (MET NYC) by Ineound, auf Flickr

 

[AndyMcD]

Works reasonably well close up and pointing at the sun...

 

[KillRamsey]

I love flaring the hell out of the rokinon 12. Just point that bugger right into the sun and blast away...