Rokinon 14-24mm f/2.8 AF
Announced April 22, 2025
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Reviewer Consensus
Strong
The Rokinon 14-24mm f/2.8 AF is a remarkably compact and lightweight ultra-wide zoom that offers excellent center sharpness and practical features like a standard filter thread. While it relies heavily on in-camera corrections to manage significant distortion and vignetting, it remains a highly capable and portable choice for landscape and urban photographers.
Weighted from 9 reviewer scores
Pros
- Extremely compact and lightweight design
- Supports standard 77mm screw-on filters
- Excellent center sharpness and resolution
- Fast, silent, and accurate autofocus performance
- Close focusing capability for creative perspectives
Cons
- Heavy distortion and vignetting at 14mm
- Subpar flare resistance and ghosting
- Soft corner performance and contrast drop at wide apertures
- Reliance on digital corrections
- Build quality concerns including plastic construction and loose focus ring
- Launch price $1,199 (USD)
- Focal length & aperture 14-24mm f/2.8
- Mount & coverage Sony E, L-Mount Full-Frame
- Stabilization None
- Close focus 18 cm (0.26x)
- Filter thread 77mm
- Autofocus motor Autofocus
- Weight & size 445g · 84 x 98.6 mm (3.31 x 3.88 in)
What the Reviewers Say
All 9 expert reviews, weighted into the PixelMeter score.
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- PetaPixel 7.5/10
If you can work around them, you will love the compact convenience that this lens offers.
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I was very intrigued when I first saw this lens the day that it debuted at CP+, and now that I’ve spent more time with it, I remain impressed by what emerged from unexpected partnership between South Korean and German optical companies.
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[D]espite those niggles, I'm going to go out on a limb and say that it still comes highly recommended.
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I am very glad Samyang found its own way and presented their own, original approach to the 14-24 mm. It seems the last thing the photographic market needs is another heavy, big, and expensive model with a huge convex front element that makes it impossible to use normal filters.
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Samyang has something these days, that many other lens manufacturers lack: a clear and coherent concept.
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All in all, this ultra-wide zoom is particularly versatile and even though it relies heavily on in-camera corrections (as do many other recent lenses), the end results can be deeply satisfying. The Schneider-Kreuznach LK Samyang AF 14-24mm f/2.8 really took me by surprise.
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The LK Samyang/Rokinon 14-24mm f/2.8 is unique ultra-wide angle zoom lens and was definitely a pleasant surprise. A different range that did not come in a huge and bulky form yet offers really good sharpness.
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[T]he Samyang 14-24mm f/2.8 L is currently the most compelling option in L-mount under $1,500.
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The Samyang AF 14-24mm f/2.8 is one of the most compact ultra-wide zooms for Sony full-frame users, particularly at this focal length and aperture.
