Samyang Optics
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| Company type | Public (Korean: 삼양옵틱스) |
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| Industry | Optics |
| Founded | 1972 |
| Headquarters | Masan, South Korea |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Choong Hyun Hwang (CEO) |
| Products | Camera lenses |
Number of employees | 150 |
| Website | www.samyanglensglobal.com |
Samyang Optics is a South Korean manufacturer of camera lenses for several major brands of third-party mounts for still photography and video cameras. The company was founded in 1972 and has about 150 employees. Samyang exports to 58 countries through 39 overseas agents and distributors.
Samyang products are also sold under a wide variety of different brand names. Some examples are Rokinon, Bower, Opteka, Vivitar, Phoenix and Quantaray.
Products
Autofocus lenses
Autofocus lenses:[1][better source needed]
For Canon EF Mount:
- AF 14 mm f/2.8 EF
- AF 85 mm f/1.4 EF
For Canon RF Mount:
- AF 14 mm f/2.8 RF
- AF 85 mm f/1.4 RF[2]
For Sony E-Mount:
- AF 14 mm f/2.8 FE
- AF 18 mm f/2.8 FE
- AF 24 mm f/2.8 FE
- AF 35 mm f/1.4 FE
- AF 35 mm f/2.8 FE
- AF 45 mm f/1.8 FE
- AF 50 mm f/1.4 FE
- AF 85 mm f/1.4 FE
For Nikon F Mount:
- AF 14 mm f/2.8 F
- AF 85 mm f/1.4 F
Manual focus lenses
Interchangeable manual focus lenses for 9 different mounts.[3][better source needed]
- MF 85 mm f/1.4 RF
- MF 14 mm f/2.8 RF
- 85 mm f/1.8 ED UMC CS
- 12 mm f/2.8 ED AS NCS Fish-Eye
- 14 mm f/2.8 ED AS IF UMC
- 20 mm f/1.8 ED AS UMC
- 24 mm f/1.4 ED AS IF UMC
- T/S 24 mm f/3.5 ED AS UMC
- 35 mm f/1.4 AS UMC
- 50 mm f/1.4 AS UMC
- 85 mm f/1.4 AS IF UMC
- 10 mm f/2.8 ED AS NCS CS
- 100 mm f/2.8 ED UMC Macro
- 135 mm f/2.0 ED UMC
- 8 mm f/3.5 UMC Fish-Eye CS II
- 16 mm f/2.0 ED AS UMC CS
- 7.5 mm f/3.5 Fish-Eye
- 8 mm f/2.8 UMC Fish-Eye II
- 12 mm f/2.0 NCS CS
- 21 mm f/1.4 ED AS UMC CS
- 35 mm f/1.2 ED AS UMC CS
- 50 mm f/1.2 AS UMC CS
- 300 mm f/6.3 ED UMC CS
File:XP lens.png Samyang XP lens
DSLRs
Premium lenses for DSLRs.[4][better source needed]
- XP 10 mm f/3.5
- XP 35 mm f/1.2
- XP 50 mm f/1.2
- XP 14 mm f/2.4
- XP 85 mm f/1.2
Cinema lenses
Interchangeable cinema lenses.[5][better source needed]
- 12 mm T3.1
- 14 mm T3.1
- 16 mm T2.6
- 20 mm T1.9
- 24 mm T1.5
- 35 mm T1.5
- 50 mm T1.5
- 85 mm T1.5
- 100 mm T3.1
- 135 mm T2.2
- 8 mm T3.8
- 10 mm T3.1
- 16 mm T2.2
- 7.5 mm T3.8
- 8 mm T3.1
- 12 mm T2.2
- 21 mm T1.5
- 35 mm T1.3
- 50 mm T1.3
Xeen cinema lenses
Cinema lenses are sold under the Xeen brand.[6][better source needed]
- XEEN 14 mm T3.1
- XEEN 16 mm T2.6
- XEEN 20 mm T1.9
- XEEN 24 mm T1.5
- XEEN 35 mm T1.5
- XEEN 50 mm T1.5
- XEEN 85 mm T1.5
- XEEN 135 mm T2.2
Discontinued products
Autofocus zoom lenses [7]
For Minolta/Sony A-mount, Nikon AF, Pentax KAF:
- AF 28-70 mm f/3.5-4.5 [8]
- AF 28-200 mm f/4-5.6
- AF 35-70 mm f/3.5-4.5
- AF 35-135 mm f/3.5
- AF 70-210 mm f/4-5.6 [9]
Manual focus prime lenses
Manual focus prime T-mount mirror lenses.
- Samyang 300 mm f/6.3 Reflex
- Samyang 330 mm f/5.6
- Samyang 440 mm f/5.6
- Samyang 500 mm f/5.6
- Samyang 500 mm f/6.3
- Samyang 500 mm f//8|Samyang 500 mm f/8
- Samyang 500 mm f/8 ED
- Samyang 500 mm f/8 ED Preset
- Samyang 800 mm f/8
Zoom
- Samyang 650-1300 mm f/8-16
Awards
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- 2014 - VIP ASIA Awards : 50 mm T1.5 UMC[clarification needed]
- 2015 - GOOD DESIGN : XEEN[clarification needed]
- 2016 - E-Photozine 'Gear of the Year' : XP 85 mm[clarification needed]
- 2016 - GOOD DESIGN : XP[clarification needed]
- 2017 - iF Design Awards[clarification needed]
- 2018 - Reddot Design Award{what?}}
- 2018 - TIPA Awards CSC Prime Lens : AF 35 mm f/2.8 FE[clarification needed]
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