Samyang 24mm f/1.4 ED AS IF UMC Wide Angle Lens Pentax for Pentax K-x

The Samyang 24mm f/1.4 ED AS IF UMC Wide Angle Lens Pentax for Pentax K-x is a very bright, prime lens which is manufactured to work with Pentax digital cameras fitted with full-frame or APS-C sensors.

At any time when most people choose to take images of a group of people in a room, some individuals at each end get cut out of the image. Quite often there might not be sufficient room for the photographer to back up enough to get everybody in the frame.

Whenever you intend to take a photograph of a prominent building or a broad landscape, and your not in a position to get the shot you desire to fit in to the frame, with the Samyang wide angle lens you may capture large images and do not have to move the camera back as you can usually fit everything in the wide frame.

Besides worrying about whether your subject will fit, deciding on such a type of lens which will cover 24 mm ranges means you can fit your subject into the shot and do not have to keep moving backwards.

Photograph by Ole Christian Salomonsen

Product features:

• Get the full image into the frame with this wide angle lens.
• Ideal lens for video and for landscape photography, interiors, architecture, panoramic and sports.
• The optical structure of the Samyang 24mm lens consists of 13 elements arranged in 12 groups.
• Minimum focus distance as close as up to 25cm.
• Uses anti-reflective UMC coatings to assure good light transmission.

With wide angle lenses objects in the proximity of the camera tend to appear larger, although objects in the distance look smaller, subsequently maximizing the perspective of the image.

This Samyang lens makes it possible for photographers to shoot unbelievable scenes from a really distinct perspective. Highlighting inner focusing, an 8-blade diaphragm for dramatic background blur and Ultra Multi-Coating (UMC) to minimize any flare and ghosting.

The Samyang 24mm f/1.4 ED AS IF UMC Wide Angle Lens Pentax for Pentax K-x optics include 13 lens elements arranged in to 12 groups. Four lens elements with low dispersion (ED) glass that reduce the level of chromatic aberration, furthermore two aspherical elements help stop the spherical aberration effect.


 

Photograph by Wesley Wong

As a result of its sophisticated optical construction, the lens delivers great image quality still with the aperture fully opened for architectural, interior or for panoramic photos and due to the angle of view of up to 84 ° can contain a large portion of the scene. It is also an incredibly bright lens that will stretch the possibilities of innovative compositions.

An additional feature is the wide angle perspective exaggeration of objects and large depth of field supplied, this Samyang 24mm lens offers a wide angle of view that may be very useful in landscape and architecture shooting any time used on an APS-C format camera, it can additionally be made use of as a standard lens with a universal focal length of 36 mm.

This manual focus lens will focus as near as 25cm from the lens, giving exceptional wide-angle close-up views.This lens is ideal for landscape photography enthusiasts.