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Samyang announces 10mm f/3.5, the world’s widest lens for full frame DSLRs

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At last year’s Photokina, Samyang showed off “the world’s widest lens for full frame DSLRs,” and now it’s officially announced. The Samyang 10mm f/3.5 is not a fisheye: it’s a rectilinear lens and Samyang promises that it offers “zero distortion.”

The new Samyang 10mm f/3.5 is a manual focus lens, designed for 50MP high-resolution DSLRs. When attached onto a full frame DSLR, the lens provides a 130° field of view, while it will be 104-108° on APS-C bodies. It consists of 18 elements in 11 groups, and due to the front element’s shape, it’s impossible to attach a filter onto it. The lens will be available in Nikon F and Canon EF, and it will be possible to use it with Sony, Canon EOS R and Nikon Z cameras with adapters.

Check out the full specs and some sample images:

Back at Photokina, Samyang announced that shipping would start in February or March 2019, and the expected price was between $900 and $1,200. The price is at the higher end after all, as the lens will cost around $1,200.

Apparently, Samyang plans to launch eight new lenses this spring, and the 10mm f/3.5 is just one of them. We still don’t have the precise information on the price and the expected shipping date, but we’ll let you know as soon as Samyang announces more details.

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  • Tj Ó Seamállaigh

    I do own 8mm Rokinon fisheye (Rokinon is sub-brand or something from Samyang) but 10mm AND rectilinear!?????? hmmm this is a must-try

  • Really??
    I thought Nikon had that already in the bag?

    • Duncan Knifton I thoughts same but their widest is a fisheye

      The Samyang 10mm f/3.5 is not a fisheye: it’s a rectilinear lens and Samyang promises that it offers “zero distortion.”

    • the misleading headline says World Widest….not THEIR widest….
      As you say…not a fish eye…so counts a suppose…Glad I’m not the only one though…hahaha
      😂

  • Marco Cavina pronto a buttare l’hologon?

  • Chris

    It’s not the only 10mm rectilinear lens on the market for full-frame cameras…

  • voigtlander heliar 10mm

  • The Voigtlander 10mm can fit in the palm of your hand like old film lenses and is not big like this one. Also it is chipped so you get lens info. Great for city shots night/day, landscapes (with a close foreground subject) and astro Milky Way (no star trail under 30 sec.). Do not use polarizer with sky (too much sky). You have to learn to use 10mm wisely, not for getting it all in, subject with wide background and keep the camera level for no distortion but tall trees and buildings easy or indoor shots make rooms look huge and just focus on infinity. And NiSi has a filter holder for it. So why get something big, already mount for Sony FE just keep everything small. Like the SEL1018 (APS-C) useable on full frame from 12-18mm (18 if you remove light shield) and 15-27 in APS-C mode and again small, IS and screw on filters. Two great lenses always in my bag!

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