Samyang, which is distributed in the United States under the name Rokinon, has announced a new autofocus ultra-wide prime for Sony E-Mount APS-C cameras. The 12mm f/2 AF is a compact, lightweight, and "rugged" lens that promises fast and accurate autofocus thanks to a stepping motor.
A high-quality, tiny, ultra-wide angle lens with almost zero distortion... that's what Venus is promising with the full-frame Laowa 12mm f/2.8 ZERO-D. And they've already raised over a quarter of a million dollars from people who believe they will deliver.
Chinese lens maker Venus Optics is set to launch a new lens called the Laowa 12mm f/2.8. It will be the world's widest rectilinear f/2.8 lens.
If you believed the rumors, today was supposed to be the day Samyang debuted its first AutoFocus-capable lenses. But that, it seems, wasn't in the cards. What Samyang did announce today (and what they have apparently been teasing all week) was a new 12mm f/2 and several revamped older models that will now work with APS-C and MFT mirrorless cameras.
While it's not often a patent filing for new lenses can make your jaw drop, it's certainly not out of the question, as Olympus is demonstrating with two particular pieces of glass in their latest patent filings published February 20th.