I used to carry around a really expensive Fujifilm 10-24mm, stabilized, F/4 lens. I would use it for landscapes on occassion and frequently would take a small number of shots with it at events, concerts or weddings. I don't think I ever went past 10mm. This lens is lighter, almost exactly the focal length I was shooting at before, several stops faster, and costs less brand new than it did to repair my delicate Fujifilm lens after a minor impact cracked an internal element. And if you have a m...irrorless it's a breeze to quick-zoom and nail focus. Not sure if this was around when I got my 10-24, but if I was getting a new ultrawide for my mirrorless I'd go with this in a heartbeat over more expensive lenses.

This is a FANTASTIC astro photography lens. It feels very well made. Yes it's manual focus, but raise your hand if your autofocus worked pointing the camera out into space. Don't pay for features you aren't going to use. That's why the price point on this is great. It's a fast, wide, sharp and well made prime, made for mirrorless systems. The focus ring has great dampening and you can turn it with confidence even with gloves, and the aperture ring has satisfying clicks. It is very easy t...o focus to infinity because it's exactly on the line. Very handy when shooting the night sky. I also use it for long, daylight exposures, and handily it has a 67mm filter ring size. It works like a champ on the X-T1, but you MUST turn on the option to "Shoot without Lens" in the menu's or it will just be and expensive body cap. Manual focus is a breeze on the Fuji with focus peaking and focus zoom. The camera has no idea what the lens is, so the metadata calls it a generic 50mm. A good lens profile in Lightroom is to use the Zeiss Touit 2.8/12mm profile, I find that works just fine.

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Release of Rokinon 12 mm 1:2.0 NCS CS will fill in the market gap in terms of lenses intended for APS-C mirrorless cameras with such a large angle of view and brightness. The lens has been designed for cameras fitted with a high resolution sensor (above 24 mln pixels). Rokinon Optics company has accustomed its clients to great quality optics offered at affordable prices. And this is also the case with 12 mm 1:2.0 NCS CS lens which provides technical parameters and potential that can easily compete with the best wide-angle prime and zoom lenses available on the market.



Rokinon 12 mm 1:2.0 NCS CS gives wide angle of view amounting to 98.9 degree and rectilinear image mapping function. Owing to a large aperture range of f/2.0, the lens can be a useful shooting device and offer high image quality even in poor lightning conditions. Optical construction of the lens comprises 12 elements divided into 10 groups, these components include one aspherical lens (ASP) and one hybrid aspherical lens (H-ASP). There are also three lenses made of ED glass with extremely low dispersion factor. Technologically, 12 mm NCS CS lens is the most advanced device branded with Rokinon logo.



Rokinon 12 mm 1:2.0 NCS CS is another (alongside with Rokinon 10 mm) lens with nanocrystal anti-reflective coating applied. This time, however, the NCS coating covers two lens elements. This type of coating gives smaller reflection factor than (U)MC layers and ideally sits on the lens element's surface due to the very application process. Benefits of using the nanocrystal cover, include: much better light transmission, higher resistance to reflections and higher contrast, which adds to optical resolution of the lens.



Rokinon 12mm 1:2.0 NCS CS is a perfect lens for landscape photography and can be useful in interior and architecture photography or astrophotography. The product comes with a removable lens hood and 67 mm filter mount. Its light weight (245 g) and compact shapes make it a perfect solution for mirrorless cameras of smaller sizes. After you connect it to a camera with APS-C sensor its field of vision will correspond to the small image lens with the focal length of 18 mm. Thanks to this feature combined with the aperture of 2.0, the lens is a perfect addition to non-full frame cameras.