If you want to get a closer look at the comparison images, head over to my blog post: www.peterzelinka.com/blog/2017/2/rokinon-14mm-vs-nikon-14-24mm

Would love to know how the newer Rokinon SP 14mm f/2.4 compares to the other competitors in the context of astrophotography.

wish I could get a star tracker.. but they are crazy expensive in my country... so I will go for the Rokinon and do lots of stacking for now.... deep space will have to wait.. Great videos!

Very helpful for me (not a professional photographer) think I’ll get the Rokinon to start to try to get an Astro

@chuck2703

4 жыл бұрын

Any updates?

@astrophotos8368

4 жыл бұрын

@@chuck2703 I'm curious as well. I am contemplating getting the Nikon d750 with the Rokinon f/1.4. I am convinced that is the best combination for the price which is around $1400 in total. A Canon 5D Mark III is above $2000 without the lense just to put things into perspective.

@kalef1234

2 жыл бұрын

@@astrophotos8368 yeah i bought a 6D off ebay last month for 495 with a battery and grip, and the 6D is marginally better in low light versus the 5D series.

Peter, have you had a chance to compare the newer Rokinon SP 14mm f/2.4 (aka: Samyang XP 14mm f/2.4) to the two you're comparing in this video? I just received mine, and am hoping it will be a game changer in the realm of 14mm lenses, and especially for higher megapixel sensors such as the D810, D850, etc.

Thanks for the informative comparison. I’ve owned the Rokinon 14mm f/2.8 for a few years, used on Nikon D750 and D850 for MW panoramas, mostly fixed tripod, aligned and stacked in SLS. Subsequently bought Nikon 14-24 f/2.8 to round out daytime landscape “holy trinity.” Haven’t used the Rokinon 14mm since, except to loan to beginners I’ve tutored. Still a good option for those starting out, especially on limited budget, or when needing to keep payload weight low on smaller tracker like the MSM. Your review makes the performance trade offs clear.

Brilliant tutorials! Keep it up

Outstanding comparison Peter! Could you clarify if you used the older Samyang 14mm or the new? I'm guessing it was the older one by the wild distortion...

@PeterZelinka

6 жыл бұрын

Josh Brown yeah, this is the f/2.8 model thats been around for a few years. It seems Rokinon / Samyang has been upping their build quality nicely recently!

I picked up a Rokinon 14 mm used and I'm not encountering any of these problems. It's a fabulous lens on the D5200. I just purchased a d750 I'm curious as to how it's going to behave with that. Thanks for posting the video!

@Warrior_Resisting_Colonialism

Жыл бұрын

On a crop sensor camera, you wouldn't. That's because you're only using the center (sweet spot) of the full frame lens.

Hi! Let me ask you, is this the newer AF version on the Samyang lens, or the older manual focus?

I must say the Samyang gives better results by far in my opinion.

Any information on the new rokinon 14 mm 2.8 for Nikon z without adapter?

Isn't there a plug-in for Lightroom that allows the vignette to be lightened to match the rest of the image area?

@fuleinist

5 жыл бұрын

Yes while the problem is grainy colour when you apply it as he explained

Muchas gracias, por la comparacion

Very nice, any filters for night photography???

What camera u using i picked up a used rokinon about to put it on a sony a7s i

Was just getting ready to ask about blending a foreground and astro shot together, and that question was answered in the last 30 secs. Haha.

That's the 24mm 2.8, not 2.4, right?

Peter, what can you say about Samyang 16 2.0 lens for crop-cameras? Is it a good lens for astrophotography?

@PeterZelinka

4 жыл бұрын

I haven't tried that lens yet, so I can't say unfortunately.

Do they goid for video also or just photos?

What were these shot on? I know glass makes the biggest difference but curious about what I can expect from my camera for relative noise levels.

@PeterZelinka

5 жыл бұрын

I use a Nikon D750, which is still one of the best low-light cameras out there

@crumdog_millionaire_

5 жыл бұрын

Nice! I recently upgraded to one from my D700. @@PeterZelinka

Where did you guys find actul good copy of Rokinon?

Thank you for the research and the information. It is good to compare lenses. The Rokinon sounds like more work than I want to put in. The Nikon sounds too expensive.

Have you had a chance to compare a Rokinon 24mm f/1.4 and a Nikon 20mm f/1.8? I was looking to invest in one of either. Which one would you recommend for Astro? Edit: I was looking to buy either one of the above as a main Astro lens and then invest in one of the 14-24 or 15-30

@PeterZelinka

6 жыл бұрын

dragonshivu unfortunately I don't have any experience with either lens, so I can't help you there. I know there are a lot of positive Astro reviews for the rokinon 24mm, but I'm not sure on the Nikon

@dragonshivu

6 жыл бұрын

Peter Zelinka thank you for your response. Great video btw. I think it’ll remains to see if Sigma 14-24 does better than the Nikon 14-24

Great document

is the rokinon used here, the AF version or the MF only one?

@PeterZelinka

5 жыл бұрын

Manual focus only, the older version

thanks for the video!

Will this lens work with a D7500 Crop Sensor?

@PeterZelinka

4 жыл бұрын

Yep, both lenses will work fine. Just keep in mind the old Rokinon I use in this video is manual focus only. This is actually kinda nice, especially at night. The newer, more expensive Rokinon 14mm lenses have auto-focus though.

Which Rokinon 14mm did you use? The old f2.8 of the newer f2.4 SP?

@PeterZelinka

5 жыл бұрын

the old f/2.8

@gurudeclan

4 жыл бұрын

The new Samyang f2.4 XP is phenomenal too.

You sound like Astrozict

Rokinon / Samyang 21mm F1.4 Is a superb performer at the price point, for Night sky work.. Works flawlessly for night city scapes with a sodium light filter..

@Plutoflight

5 жыл бұрын

Of course. But the 21 mm / 1.4 is an APSC Lens. Or maybe i am wrong?

@niftyfiftycampingadventure795

5 жыл бұрын

@@Plutoflight The APSC function has to be set to manual in the menu, when using these lense's which takes all of 5 seconds..

@Esteb86

4 жыл бұрын

@@niftyfiftycampingadventure795 doesn't changing a full frame camera's setting to shoot with an aps-c lens drop the pixel count down as well? And does that even really matter though?

@niftyfiftycampingadventure795

4 жыл бұрын

@@Esteb86 You are actually disabling the APSC Function when going to manual. Which gives a full sized frame..Eliminating the feathered edges . I can not be sure 100% but I see no difference in post production with pixel count. That said All I am caring about is the end result . Which in my humble opinion is awesome considering the cost of Sony Lenses..

@Esteb86

4 жыл бұрын

@@niftyfiftycampingadventure795 oh absolutely. End result is all that matters. I will look into trying that. I had just heard somewhere about the pixel drop, but wasn't sure if it was even true, or affected quality.

Every lens has a personality and requires the smart taker to understand that.

for a guy from Czech republic, pretty god accent

@Rohit-sr5eh

5 жыл бұрын

Ohio

which Nikon body did you use??

@natashadiane456

5 жыл бұрын

Also wondering :)

Might be easier to pick fly pup out of pepper.

Body? :)

@PeterZelinka

5 жыл бұрын

Nikon D750

@TefaBoesche

5 жыл бұрын

@@PeterZelinka Thanks for the response :) Beautiful work!