Rokinon 16mm T/2.2 CINE Lens on Micro Four Thirds Review

I will be testing it on my micro four thirds Panasonic GH4. Overall it's a well built lens optically being very sharp with smooth bokeh and physically with a buttery smooth aperture and focus ring.

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[NatesFilmTutorials]

Also I inlcuded a shot filming handheld, as you can see it's a bit shaky, but some stabilization in post can help out a bit. I would definitley use a rig or use a tripod though.

[IrreverentSOB]

This is the second time I watch this video, I am about to order this lens for video work and this is the best review of it, thank you !

[Creature_Features]

Is there barrel distortion, I'd like to see how straight a line stays across the lens.

[ohshowproductionsllc]

Great review Nate, I hope you will do some of the other Rokinons too! Thanks for sharing!

[talpalatnyizold]

The rokinon designed this lens (and 12mm f2) for APSC. So if you used this on gh4/gh5/gh5s with Metabones XL (0, 64) won't be vignetting? I thinking about this combo: Roki 16mm f2, Metabones XL on gh5s just I'm afraid won't work because the crop is 1, 149 on DCI 4k (almost full frame), and 1, 17248 on stills (16:9 time lapse for example).

[EzraWoodIsCool]

You deserve way more subscribers, you're so talented at what you do!

[HackMyControlSystem]

I have their 12mm and 85mm offerings. I found the look to be real consistent between the Rokinon family of lenses, which helped during post-prod of last week's 48hr competition.

[chasingwaves]

Nate ! I defiantly enjoyed this review, I feel like this would make a great Add on to my street photography collection ! Thanks buddy Well done !

[losingthings]

Does the passive Adapter effect the image or focal length?
Great Video 👍

[studioproducoes]

Lindão mano !!!! Sensacional o vídeo, muito obrigado.

[PrabhjotSinghTech]

Great video Nate. I definitely need to pick up some Rokinon glass, after watching this video!! 👌🎥

[stanisawzarychta]

Dude, nice video. One question, I can only find EF lens with f2.6 and full frame coverage... f2.2 I find with EF-M mount and APSC coverage. Did you review that second one I'm referring to?

[renatafortes]

Hello, I have questions about the calculation of the lens mm in relation to the crop factor of the m4/3 and the Rokinon lenses. Should I multiply the mm by 2x (for example: a 24mm becomes 48mm) and then 0.71? In other words, a 24mm is equivalent to 35mm, a 35mm is equivalent to 50mm, a 50mm is equivalent to 70mm and an 85mm is equivalent to 120mm?

[weshootfilms]

But if you have a m4/3 mount how would you add a speedbooster to get the correct focal length.

[herbie.e]

Really good video, I would definitely want to see more of this stuff.

Nice video Nate :) I was thinking about viltrox + tokina 11-16mm but now I'm leaning more towards this rokinon :) Have you tried Tokina? If yes, how can you compare those 2?

[sorojpaudel]

this lence to okey for profeshnol video making??

[agustawicaksono]

i couldnt agree more. i myself own 16mm t2.2 on my canon 70D. And it works like a charm. Samyang/Rokinon produces affordable sharp lenses. Now im considering to grab either 85mm t1.5 or 35mm t1.5 for my apsc camera. which one do you think i should buy first?

[ABokeh]

do you think its better to use adaptors instead of getting the micro four thirds mount version???

[nemihovean]

Rokinon 16mm T2.2 Cine DS Lens for Micro Four Thirds fix and work in a lumix