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Takuya Torii (Inon Torii san) Ginnie most lenses of this AOV and does not
Springs, Florida, Aquatica A7rIV Pro accept lens filters or color gels. Color
Housing, Sony A7R IV, Two Inon-Z330 gels can be mounted on the rear of the
strobes, Rokinon 14mm F/2.8 AF, with lens if desired.
Aquatica 200mm Acrylic Dome Port, The lens has seven rounded
ISO320, F/10, 1/125th sec. diaphragm blades and a fixed lens hood.
The Rokinon 14mm F/2.8 AF ships with
F/2.8 ED AS IF UMC. a pouch for storage, a rear lens cap and
Unlike the 12mm fisheye I tested an excellent plastic lens cap that snaps
in 2016, the 50mm F/1.4 and 14mm over the lens hood and front element.
F/2.8 are designed for the flange The lens is small and light for a
distance of the Sony E mount full 14mm F/2.8 at only 505g (1.11 Lb) and
frame mirrorless cameras. The 12mm 86 x 97.5mm (3.39 x 3.84 inches) with
fisheye is a manual DSLR lens with an the lens hood. The diameter of the lens
extension added to the rear of the lens allows it to be mounted from the rear of
replicating the distance from the rear a Sony A7 series Nauticam housing with
of the lens to the sensor if a mirror box the 100 mm port opening.
was included in the mirrorless camera Like the 14mm F/2.8 DSLR
body. lenses from Canon, Nikon and others
The Rokinon 14mm F/2.8 AF lens the minimum focus distance is 20 cm,
tested for this review is a super-wide the Sigma 14mm F/1.8 for Sony has a
prime lens with a 114 degree rectilinear minimum focus distance of 27 cm.
angle of view on full frame and 21mm The Rokinon 14mm F/2.8 is on
equivalent on Sony APS-C with a 91 sale in the US for $499.00 which makes
degree AOV. The lens is designed it a real bargain when compared to
with fourteen elements in ten groups the Canon, Nikon and Sigma versions
including three aspherical elements at $2099.00, $1892.00 and $1599.00
to control spherical aberration for respectively. Sony offers three wide
increased resolution edge to edge. The angle zoom lenses the FE 12-24mm F/4
lens also has two extra-low dispersion and FE 16-35 F/4 zooms which I have
glass elements to help reduce chromatic reviewed in past issues of uwpmag.com
aberration, increase image sharpness and the FE 16-35mm F/2.8 at $1773.00,
and boost color fidelity. A multi-coating $1348.00 and $2198.00 respectively.
has also been applied to several of Sony’s widest prime lens is the excellent
the elements to aid in the reduction of FE 24mm F/1.4 GM lens retails for
ghosting and flare. $1398.00.
The front element is rounded like The Rokinon AF 14mm F/2.8
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