I bought this lens primarily for night / astro photography. However, I'm basing this review on just popping the lens on my Sony a7s and taking a photo of my house.
The picture quality is fairly good. The lens is reasonably sharp at the price point. The lens loses a lot of contrast depending on the relationship of the direction of light. If the light is coming from the side, you'll lose a little bit of contrast. Forget backlit shots. For nigh photography, this won't be a problem unless your dealing with a streetlight, but maybe that can be used for effect also. This lens won't replace your usual walkaround lens. Its a niche lens for sure, whether it be night / astro photography or extreme wide angle.
The lens also so show purple color frindging towards the far edges of the frame. It can be noticeable.
The build quality is pretty good, somewhat tank like, but you won't mistake this lens for a sony or canon quality. Its a manual lens so you can set the aperture with the aperture rings that feels relatively smooth. The zoom is smooth but it take a huge turn and a half to zoom from one end of the range to the other. It's actually hard to figure out if you are properly focused because , due to the wide angle, its in focus most of the zoom range.
Keep in mind this is a budget wide angle, so at the price point, it delivers pretty well. I'm not sure I would use it on a daily basis for something like landscape photography. However for night / astro, this is a great value.
I will update this review after I take a few astro photos with it.
UPDATE: I've used this lens on several occasions to photograph the milky way at night. Lens works well, I set the lens wide open F2.8 and focus to infinity. For my particular camera, I use a 30 second exposure at ISO3200 and get pretty good shots every time.
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FULL FRAME ULTRA-WIDE ANGLE
14mm F2.8
- Ultra wide-angle 14mm lens with an approximately 90° angle of view using an APS-C camera, for dramatic effects
- Lens is constructed with two ED lens elements, one hybrid aspherical lens element and one glass aspherical lens element, for outstanding, sharply defined images
FULL FRAME ULTRA-WIDE ANGLE
14mm F2.8
The 14mm Ultra Wide-Angle f/2.8 IF ED UMC Lens For Canon from Rokinon gives you approximately a 115° view with dramatic results when used with a full frame digital camera or 35mm film camera.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 11, 2016
Paired this with my [full-frame] A7S as an affordable astrophotography option. This baby lets me get the full 30" exposure out of the sensor without resorting to Bulb mode, resulting in a ton of light/stars without trailing setting in! Between that and a roughly 110* field of view on a full frame, this is a great landscape lens for run-n-gun photography, or for small-club concerts.The focus ring does make the manual-only aspect a little tricky though. It turns more than 180* around the barrel, and due to the nature of wide angles in general, it can be very hard to tell precisely where your focus point is - even with focus peaking on. Best bet is to use the zoom magnification. [Without the magnifier] I had some trouble getting my whole scene in focus due to not knowing exactly where my sharpest point was - even at F11 to get the sun points a tree about 6' away was blurry. Even though that tree was also not to the extreme side of the frame it still had quite a bit of distortion. That's the other weak point of this lens - the corner distortion and lack of detail. With the right lens correction it's definitely better, but it still makes the entire frame difficult to use in most applications. Adobe Bridge has Rokinon lens profiles, some of which help get rid of the mild fish-eye effect in the center of the frame, while some de-skew the corners and bring them back to a usable status. I have yet to find the magic cure-all for both. I think the Rokinon 12mm/16mm and a few longer-lens Canon profiles had the best middle-ground of both.Now don't get me wrong, as much as I painted a negative tone for this wide of an angled lens, it does still manage to give some really cool shots! One of my first real compositions [as opposed to just shooting for the novelty of the wide angle] with this lens came out fantastic and gave a lot of cloud movement to the scene. I'll try to find the picture and post it as example. But with the right angle and the right subject matter this is still a very handy lens that can get some fantastic images! If you're looking for a natural-feeling scene that needs a lot of area covered, shooting from eye-level or slightly higher is your best bet for the least amount of distortion. A good rule is also to have your foreground subject be at least 6' [if not 8'] away to avoid too much distortion that you may or may not be able to recover.In the end, despite all my cons listed above, this is still a really good lens that can let you capture some great composure's - it's all just based on how you use it! :)
Reviewed in the United States on May 11, 2016
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Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 11, 2016
Paired this with my [full-frame] A7S as an affordable astrophotography option. This baby lets me get the full 30" exposure out of the sensor without resorting to Bulb mode, resulting in a ton of light/stars without trailing setting in! Between that and a roughly 110* field of view on a full frame, this is a great landscape lens for run-n-gun photography, or for small-club concerts.
The focus ring does make the manual-only aspect a little tricky though. It turns more than 180* around the barrel, and due to the nature of wide angles in general, it can be very hard to tell precisely where your focus point is - even with focus peaking on. Best bet is to use the zoom magnification. [Without the magnifier] I had some trouble getting my whole scene in focus due to not knowing exactly where my sharpest point was - even at F11 to get the sun points a tree about 6' away was blurry. Even though that tree was also not to the extreme side of the frame it still had quite a bit of distortion. That's the other weak point of this lens - the corner distortion and lack of detail. With the right lens correction it's definitely better, but it still makes the entire frame difficult to use in most applications. Adobe Bridge has Rokinon lens profiles, some of which help get rid of the mild fish-eye effect in the center of the frame, while some de-skew the corners and bring them back to a usable status. I have yet to find the magic cure-all for both. I think the Rokinon 12mm/16mm and a few longer-lens Canon profiles had the best middle-ground of both.
Now don't get me wrong, as much as I painted a negative tone for this wide of an angled lens, it does still manage to give some really cool shots! One of my first real compositions [as opposed to just shooting for the novelty of the wide angle] with this lens came out fantastic and gave a lot of cloud movement to the scene. I'll try to find the picture and post it as example. But with the right angle and the right subject matter this is still a very handy lens that can get some fantastic images! If you're looking for a natural-feeling scene that needs a lot of area covered, shooting from eye-level or slightly higher is your best bet for the least amount of distortion. A good rule is also to have your foreground subject be at least 6' [if not 8'] away to avoid too much distortion that you may or may not be able to recover.
In the end, despite all my cons listed above, this is still a really good lens that can let you capture some great composure's - it's all just based on how you use it! :)
The focus ring does make the manual-only aspect a little tricky though. It turns more than 180* around the barrel, and due to the nature of wide angles in general, it can be very hard to tell precisely where your focus point is - even with focus peaking on. Best bet is to use the zoom magnification. [Without the magnifier] I had some trouble getting my whole scene in focus due to not knowing exactly where my sharpest point was - even at F11 to get the sun points a tree about 6' away was blurry. Even though that tree was also not to the extreme side of the frame it still had quite a bit of distortion. That's the other weak point of this lens - the corner distortion and lack of detail. With the right lens correction it's definitely better, but it still makes the entire frame difficult to use in most applications. Adobe Bridge has Rokinon lens profiles, some of which help get rid of the mild fish-eye effect in the center of the frame, while some de-skew the corners and bring them back to a usable status. I have yet to find the magic cure-all for both. I think the Rokinon 12mm/16mm and a few longer-lens Canon profiles had the best middle-ground of both.
Now don't get me wrong, as much as I painted a negative tone for this wide of an angled lens, it does still manage to give some really cool shots! One of my first real compositions [as opposed to just shooting for the novelty of the wide angle] with this lens came out fantastic and gave a lot of cloud movement to the scene. I'll try to find the picture and post it as example. But with the right angle and the right subject matter this is still a very handy lens that can get some fantastic images! If you're looking for a natural-feeling scene that needs a lot of area covered, shooting from eye-level or slightly higher is your best bet for the least amount of distortion. A good rule is also to have your foreground subject be at least 6' [if not 8'] away to avoid too much distortion that you may or may not be able to recover.
In the end, despite all my cons listed above, this is still a really good lens that can let you capture some great composure's - it's all just based on how you use it! :)
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Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 11, 2018
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rbatt
Ultra wide angle lens
Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on August 25, 2019
rbatt
Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on August 25, 2019
The price is very good for what you get and I do recommend this 14 mm lens
I use a Sony A7 II camera.
The E-mount adapter is built in. Very convenient.
Can not attach any filters to the front of lens.
No auto focus.
A little hard to focus. I use the distance markings on the barrel of the lens to focus. This seems to be the most accurate way to focus this lens. Works best in well lite conditions.
The only draw back for me is, the resolution on large enlargements is questionable (11 x 14 or larger) or aggressive cropping. The resolution suffers.
A top quality lens that is comparable to this would cost $1800 CND and this lens costed me $329 + tx CND.
This lens is a fun and creative lens at a very reasonable price.
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Jim Hall
Very pleased, Great value & quality photo results.
Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on October 4, 2018
Jim Hall
Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on October 4, 2018
Note: This lens is used on my Sony A5000 and A6000.
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Michaelmic
Be cautious and aware, super inconsistent.
Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on December 3, 2020Kevin Metz
... lens on a Canon 80D has given me both great memories and beautiful photos of the Milky Way
Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on April 10, 2018
