The Samyang 24mm T1.5 ED AS UMC VDSLR (Video DSLR) version was developed primarily for professional filmmaking, where fast, high-quality lenses are the main requirement. The VDSLR version features decoupled focus and aperture rings, allowing the user to adjust focus and aperture/depth of field smoothly and silently during shooting, and to connect to professional follow focus systems.

The aperture and focus scale has also been moved to the side of the lens to improve scale readability.

The 24mm 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, offering a high-quality wide-angle lens perfect for street, landscape and architectural photography, even in low light. Photographers using Canon DX/APS-C sensors will obtain a field of view of approximately 38mm (35mm equivalent), suited to photojournalism and general photography.

Cinema camera lenses are calibrated by a T-number rather than an F-stop. The F-stop expresses the speed of the lens assuming it transmits 100% of the incident light. The T-number expresses the actual light transmission.

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

Sharpness is excellent, even at the edges of the frame at large apertures, and the fast T1.5 aperture allows a shallow depth of field to separate subjects from the background, and permits faster shutter speeds in low light.

The Samyang 24mm 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 decoupled and de-clicked 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 fades, etc.

For cinema and video applications, manual focus is the preferred choice, enabling focus pulls during shooting, and the number of users employing DSLRs for high-definition (HD) shooting and video is constantly growing.

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

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

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

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


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