Take a look at the difference between the Rokinon 14mm and the Nikon 14-24mm. Both lenses are revered in the astrophotography world, and the results are somewhat surprising! You can visit my website at: www.peterzelinka.com/
wish I could get a star tracker.. but they are crazy expensive in my country... so I will go for the Rokinon and do lots of stacking for now.... deep space will have to wait.. Great videos!
@@chuck2703 I'm curious as well. I am contemplating getting the Nikon d750 with the Rokinon f/1.4. I am convinced that is the best combination for the price which is around $1400 in total. A Canon 5D Mark III is above $2000 without the lense just to put things into perspective.
@@astrophotos8368 yeah i bought a 6D off ebay last month for 495 with a battery and grip, and the 6D is marginally better in low light versus the 5D series.
Thanks for the informative comparison. I’ve owned the Rokinon 14mm f/2.8 for a few years, used on Nikon D750 and D850 for MW panoramas, mostly fixed tripod, aligned and stacked in SLS. Subsequently bought Nikon 14-24 f/2.8 to round out daytime landscape “holy trinity.” Haven’t used the Rokinon 14mm since, except to loan to beginners I’ve tutored. Still a good option for those starting out, especially on limited budget, or when needing to keep payload weight low on smaller tracker like the MSM. Your review makes the performance trade offs clear.
Peter, have you had a chance to compare the newer Rokinon SP 14mm f/2.4 (aka: Samyang XP 14mm f/2.4) to the two you're comparing in this video? I just received mine, and am hoping it will be a game changer in the realm of 14mm lenses, and especially for higher megapixel sensors such as the D810, D850, etc.
Outstanding comparison Peter! Could you clarify if you used the older Samyang 14mm or the new? I'm guessing it was the older one by the wild distortion...
Josh Brown yeah, this is the f/2.8 model thats been around for a few years. It seems Rokinon / Samyang has been upping their build quality nicely recently!
I picked up a Rokinon 14 mm used and I'm not encountering any of these problems. It's a fabulous lens on the D5200. I just purchased a d750 I'm curious as to how it's going to behave with that. Thanks for posting the video!
Thank you for the research and the information. It is good to compare lenses. The Rokinon sounds like more work than I want to put in. The Nikon sounds too expensive.
Have you had a chance to compare a Rokinon 24mm f/1.4 and a Nikon 20mm f/1.8? I was looking to invest in one of either. Which one would you recommend for Astro? Edit: I was looking to buy either one of the above as a main Astro lens and then invest in one of the 14-24 or 15-30
dragonshivu unfortunately I don't have any experience with either lens, so I can't help you there. I know there are a lot of positive Astro reviews for the rokinon 24mm, but I'm not sure on the Nikon
Yep, both lenses will work fine. Just keep in mind the old Rokinon I use in this video is manual focus only. This is actually kinda nice, especially at night. The newer, more expensive Rokinon 14mm lenses have auto-focus though.
Rokinon / Samyang 21mm F1.4 Is a superb performer at the price point, for Night sky work.. Works flawlessly for night city scapes with a sodium light filter..
@@niftyfiftycampingadventure795 doesn't changing a full frame camera's setting to shoot with an aps-c lens drop the pixel count down as well? And does that even really matter though?
@@Esteb86 You are actually disabling the APSC Function when going to manual. Which gives a full sized frame..Eliminating the feathered edges . I can not be sure 100% but I see no difference in post production with pixel count. That said All I am caring about is the end result . Which in my humble opinion is awesome considering the cost of Sony Lenses..
@@niftyfiftycampingadventure795 oh absolutely. End result is all that matters. I will look into trying that. I had just heard somewhere about the pixel drop, but wasn't sure if it was even true, or affected quality.
