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              Three Lenses With Same Specs, Which Would You Choose?
              Three Lenses With Same Specs, Which Would You Choose?
              January 17, 2013
              Jaron Schneider

              Three Lenses With Same Specs, Which Would You Choose?

              Though they’ve each been a player for some time, Samyang, Bower and Rokinon have each grown in popularity over the course of the last year or so. Recently releases by Samyang and Rokinon in particular have garnered a lot of attention from gear heads. But unlike mainstays like Canon, Nikon, Sigma and Tamron, consumers generally aren’t as familiar with Samyang, Bower and Rokinon. So I ask you, which would you buy?

              So let’s take three very comparable lenses in the Rokinon, Samyang and Bower 85mm f/1.4 lenses for a Canon full frame DSLR:

              Bower: $299
              bower Three Lenses With Same Specs, Which Would You Choose?

               

              Samyang: $299
              samyang Three Lenses With Same Specs, Which Would You Choose?

               

              Rokinon: $279
              rokinon Three Lenses With Same Specs, Which Would You Choose?

               

              So tell us Fstoppers… which of the three strikes your fancy? Tell us why in the comments below.


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              • yourgoo

                Acctually I dont have time for test and this kind of revies as I am busy using my Samyang( Bower, Rokinon and you forgot to mention Falcon and probably some other names as well) lenses to do some work.

              • John_Skinner

                I’ve had the 8mm Bower on my DX body and have taken some real money makers with it. Before I had made the purchase, I read one guy’s extensive testing between the Nikkor 10mm and the Bower 8mm. His findings showed comparable or better in some cases. I was SOLD for that price. Never looked back.

              • http://www.friendlyphotozone.com/ Friendly Photo Zone

                At least the Vivitar looks noticeably different, which I guess is why it wasn’t included in this list.

                There’s also an issue with the fisheye lens having a different claimed focal length between these brands, even though they’re all the same lens. Vivitar claims theirs is a 7mm while all the other brands claim 8mm.

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