Samyang to launch 10mm f/2.8 lens

Samyang announced a 10mm f/2.8 ED AS NCS SC lens. It is a wide-angle manual focus prime for APS-C format cameras and has nano crystal coating to cope with light transmission and internal reflections. The lens is ideal for indoor, architecture and landscape photography. It provides a field of view of up to 109.5 degrees and a rectilinear image mapping function. Due to its fast f/2.8 lens speed, it can be used in low light conditions as well as sports photography and for photojournalism. The optics comprise of 14 elements in 10 groups, which include 2 aspherical AS lenses and one lens made of extra-low dispersion glass. The lens will be available from the end of January 2014.