The Samyang 24 mm T1.5 ED AS UMC VDSLR (Video DSLR) version has been developed primarily for the professional needs of cinema where fast, high-quality prime lenses are the main requirement. The VDSLR version features a geared focus ring and a de-clicked aperture, which allow the user to change focus and aperture/depth of field smoothly and quietly during shooting, and to connect to professional follow focus systems.

The aperture and focus scales have also been moved to the side of the lens to improve visibility of the graduations

The 24 mm VDSLR version is compatible with full-frame or APS-C sensors and is available in Canon, Nikon, Sony A, Sony E, Pentax K and Micro Four Thirds (MFT) mounts. It is ideal for full-frame cameras, providing a high-quality wide-angle lens perfect for street, landscape and architectural photography, even in low-light conditions. Photographers using Canon DX/APS-C sensors will get a field of view of approximately 38 mm (35 mm equivalent) suitable for photojournalism and general photography.

Cinema camera lenses are rated by a T-number instead of an F-number. The F-number expresses the lens speed assuming the lens transmits 100% of incident light. The T-number expresses the actual light transmission.

The Samyang 24 mm VDSLR version is optically identical to the standard Samyang 24 mm f/1.4 ED AS UMC version.

Sharpness is excellent, even at the edges of the image at full aperture, and the fast T1.5 aperture allows for shallow depth of field to separate subjects from the background, and enables faster shutter speeds in low-light conditions.

The Samyang 24 mm T1.5 VDSLR is a manual focus lens. The focus ring features geared rings compatible with professional follow focus systems available in the film industry, as well as a geared and de-clicked (de-clipped) aperture ring. These modifications allow precise and smooth control of focus and aperture during video recording/shooting. This enables ultimate manual control of focus and exposure when shooting scene by scene with different light source intensities, such as changing exposure values (EV) from indoors to outdoors, or even in-camera cross-fades, etc.

For cinema and video applications, manual focus is the preferred choice, allowing focus changes during shooting, and there is a growing number of users using digital SLRs for high-definition (HD) shooting and video.

The Samyang 24 mm VDSLR lens offers beautiful bokeh (the character of out-of-focus areas), thanks to its design and fast aperture.

The optical construction of the Samyang 24 mm lens includes 13 lenses arranged in 12 groups, 4 lenses are made of extra-low dispersion (ED) glass, plus two aspherical elements. The 24 mm features Ultra Multi Coated (UMC) lenses for the best possible light transmission, and resistance to ghosting and flare.

The Samyang 24 mm T1.5 ED AS UMC VDSLR lens offers a professional wide-angle lens with excellent optics, whilst managing to offer excellent value for money.

Supplied with a removable petal-shaped lens hood, lens caps and soft case. Filter size is 77 mm.


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