C100: Rokinon 16mm on C100

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coutard

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Hi everyone,

I have a little question about the new 16mm cine from Rokinon. It might sound a little stupid but I'd rather be sure before I buy it.

I'm very interested in this lens over the 14mm which I find have a little too much distortion in the edge, and also because the unremovable hood is a pain to use with a matte box.

but it is sold as made for APS-C, and I believe the S35 sensor of the C100 is a bit bigger than an aps-c (canon 7d) so I'm wondering if this lens would fit my cam ?

Thanks for any help !
 
It should work just fine, and if it does vignette just go into the Special Functions menu and set the camera to APS-C setting and it crops the sensor a little.
 
Try the Tokina 11-16 before you buy the Rokinon. I was between the two and am glad I went with the Tokina. Having that 11mm option really makes a difference.
 
I want to use mine but it's a PL mounted Duclos. I'm getting the mount swapped out this month so I can. really miss it!
 
+1 for the 11-16mm Tokina. Very sharp lens and a little trick that I've found is that the Tokina will work on a 5D at 16mm with no vignetting, and that's made for APS-C cameras. So there's a chance that the Rokinon 16mm may even work on a full frame DSLR if it's anything like the 16mm on the Tokina.
 
Thank you for all these answers. I know the Tokina has a great reputation, but I'm very fond of the construction of Rokinon lenses, the de-clicked aperture, the follow focus capability (I don't like the additional rings) and the long range of focus...

I'll go with the Rokinon then, thank you !
 
coutard said:
Thank you for all these answers. I know the Tokina has a great reputation, but I'm very fond of the construction of Rokinon lenses, the de-clicked aperture, the follow focus capability (I don't like the additional rings) and the long range of focus...

I'll go with the Rokinon then, thank you !
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I highly doubt you'll be pulling focus at 16mm.
 
Matthew B said:
I highly doubt you'll be pulling focus at 16mm.
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I work as a first assistant camera on short films and independant features, believe me you have to pull focus at 16mm. unless you're shooting a fixed landscape, if you make a dolly shot toward a character, from 20' to 3', pulling focus is important. Steadicam shots also.

i did a commercial with a lot of dolly shots recently, with the Rokinon 14mm, and pulling focus was crucial.

Anyway even the de-clicked iris and the long range focus ring is important to me.

Finally, I'd like to buy, little by little, all the Rokinon cine lenses, in order to have the full set. That would make me :

1- Have the same color rendering / visual sharpness / look with all my lenses when I work as a DP for a short film, or a music clip which has not enough budget to afford a professional lens set

and 2- be able to lease them as a whole set.
 
Matthew B said:
I highly doubt you'll be pulling focus at 16mm.
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Why? Especially if you're doing docu work and shooting low light with the f2 aperture, you'll definitely need to be pulling focus. Even stopped down with much camera movement you'll absolutely need to be pulling
 
I'm speaking from a narrative sense, where the shots are lit and composed for a particular purpose(I very rarely shoot wide open) and in that sense a 16mm stopped down to around f5.6 is not going to need a great deal of racking focus, that and the focal length is generally used for wider shots. But that's just me, other people with different shooting styles/scenarios may feel differently.
 
I own the 14mm Rokinon (Samyang) Cine version. Soooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Soft. I would rather get a zoom for this range. like 10-22mm from Canon
 
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