The Samyang Optics 12mm F2.8 ED AS NCS Fish-eye is a manual focus high-power fisheye lens designed for full-frame cameras.
Optical structure
Samyang 12mm F2.8 ED AS NCS Fish-eye is a bright manual focus lens. The lens has 12 lenses in eight groups, which include two aspherical lenses (ASP) and three extra low dispersion lenses (ED), which enable very high resolution. In addition, the Nano Coating System (NCS) coating optimizes light transmission and reduces reflections and ghosting.
The lens has a closest focusing distance of 0.2m, which enables close-up of objects.
The seven-blade dimming aperture is almost perfectly round at full aperture and forms beautiful star-shaped rays when dimming.
The body of the lens is compact and really sturdy, and it is made entirely of high-quality aluminum alloy. In addition, the removable backlight prevents reflections from stray light.