Samyang 1.7X Anamorphic MF Adapter - Anamorphic Synchro DONE RIGHT. 

Considering Rokinon is part of the L-Mount alliance and added their 35-150 f2-2.8 to the L-Mount I’m curious if these will eventually hop over to LUMIX Cameras

These have some pretty amazing character

I just received mine last week. I own five V-AF lenses (24, 35, 45, 75, 100) because I knew this adapter would come in the future. So happy it’s here now. I am just starting to shoot with it. Mainly with an FX6 and A7RV. I’m using a TILTA Mirage matte box and unfortunately it vignettes at the 35mm taking lens. On the FX6 it’s not a huge deal as clear image zoom helps crop it out, but not the case on the A7RV. I have to do S35 mode, or take off the matte box - and lose the VND which sucks. But, it s a small price to pay for such flexibility in this system. The adapter has made my kit full anamorphic for an overall modest price compared to doing the same elsewhere. It makes for a great travel kit because of this flexibility as well 👍

2:08 is just magical!

the method for synchro is so impressive i’m surprised it hasn’t been done before. great images, looking forward to seeing more of this

Love the multiple colours in the flares!

Still waiting for AF Anamorphic lens :(

Samyang is the best company ever for low budget film makers. I swear I wish I switched to Sony instead of sticking with the Canon R system because I'm super jealous

We need open gate to get the best out of this. Looking forward for an L and X mount version of this.

Those flares look great!

Thanks so much for doing this review. I feel Samyang/Rokinon have been weirdly low key about the launch of this adapter. So much so I was wondering was there some serious flaw. It should be a big deal I think. Meanwhile the internet is awash with reviews of the Remus - which look very good but a set would be a bit more expensive. Also they are PL and I am on Sony. So costs just start to mount up. I bought the 35 and 75mm V-af 2nd hand in anticipation of this adapter , hoping to have a full set of anamorphic primes at an entry level price point. And I think the primes are very good, and produce very nice results. So I get to use them for more "normal" 16:9 shooting. I was intending to get the Anamorphic adapter but paused while I awaited some decent reviews and some footage that I could trust. Your review here has reassured me enough to proceed with buying the adapter - Thank you PS A comparison review between the REMUS and this Samyang adapter would be interesting as I am sure REMUS have sent you a set? The two systems each add up to about €2500 for a set of three primes.... thanks again for your great channel.

I have it since one week and I do love it, it's my first step with anamorphic and I find it very convenient and beautiful. I am happy to find an answer in your video, cause I do find 1.55 desqueeze when using it. It will be a bit tough to use on broadcast project if we need to change the desqueeze for each shot, depending of the distance so I will do test for constant desqueeze, like 1.6 maybe. Also, on A7SIII you have some automatic lens distortion correction, and it works spectaculary well on theses lens with the adapter. I would love to see desqueeze correction, but I probably dream too much. Same for open gate, which is probably much more possible. Otherwise, because I am not a big fan of mattebox, you have this particular reference to have a filter thread to put a VND on the lens : 95mm clamp to M95x0.75 female thread adapter from RAFCAMERA. It's so expensive, but it works pretty well. I am pretty sure that if they put "MF" in this lens name, it will be a "AF" version one day. But fore sure it will be expensive, heavy, and maybe not that easy to use, cause already with this adapter, you have to be carefull with the extraweight on your mount. Finally, I am pretty impressed by the distance focus, I dont have the 100mm, I can't wait to test it to see what look you get on 0.7 meters ! What is your final tought about this ? Is there a possible comparison with "cheap" anamorphic lens ?thoses

Pretty great review as always from your end! So helpful, thanks for putting all this work into this and your other videos. You're a invaluable resource for us indie's.

This looks magnificent.

I love my Samyang V AF 24 & 75 and i am very pumped to try out the anamorph adapter. The Samyang VAF Series is a very understimated series of lenses. Remind me of the look of old vintage Zeiss lenses, that means this lenses have character and are not as clinical as Sigma or Sonys Emount lenses. I highly recommend them to filmers

Stoked for these. I've not been a fan at all of the Sirui products. They lack pretty much every characteristic and beauty of an anamorphic lens, and just carry the squeeze factor and that it. These however look AMAZING.

Great review! Thanks for the mention ;)

Great review overall. Fantastic footage! Two things you didn't cover that might be worth a separate video. First, how to combine spherical footage from V-AF lenses (using anamor-fake methods, maybe) with V-AF anamorphic for creative purposes. It's easy to add a little barrel distortion and edge blur in post, but a bit of amber streak and oval bokeh would be nice. Sadly, there are no E-mount to E-mount adapters, so products like Module 8 "tunable" adapter are not available. But front streak filters, and maybe oval "bokeh" stickers might work. I wonder if any color grading changes would be required. I would hope not. Second, I'd like to see what the "soft focus" mode does, and what situations it might be useful. (All other reviewers have skipped it or dismissed it.)

holy freaking cow thats dope

Hey! I'm not sure if you've answered this elsewhere, but are you going to make a video about the Blazar Remus Lenses? I've been waiting to see your thoughts!

I'm loving the swirls

Thanks you for an always informative video. God bless you and have a wonderful day.

Great MF-ing setup!!…as long as you’re in SONY 😢 When the SIRUI adapter came out, that Alexandru Don guy swore black and blue that if you use an AF taking lens that you now have an autofocus anamorphic setup 😂😂😂

I think this is signaling the start of something new.

Wow, this footage looks pretty fantastic. Is the wide-angle distortion from the adapter or the prime lenses themselves?

Hoping for a digital PL or EF mount version for universal use and speed boosting on APSc.

I’d be interested what the results would be on a Venice 1/2 on its hidden e mount under the PL since that does have traditional anamorphic modes like 4:3 and 3:2

Very clean image of Tito! How was the script for the film already storyboarded? If you make a storyboard, tell me how it's done!

IIt's a shame it only works with this kit. I have the Rokinon DS set and I would have loved to be able to adapt it.

This is a really dope adapter, who would you recommend this for?

@10:42 I've been dying to get my hands on those viltrox diopters and to see how they perform. Would love to see a test of them! Want to buy them for my Viltrox set.

The biggest issues with this adapter is firstly the lack of filter threads, which limits your ND choices and affordable diopters become impossible to use, and as far as I'm concerned diopters are vital for anamorphic, lastly it's still an adapter and still another thing to swap with each lens change and the price to entry ends up being more expensive buying the adapter and then the lenses separately. compared to Sirui or Blazar, While it's double the value to have Spherical glass that doubles with an anamorphic adapter, that's only good if you like the glass in the first place.

I’d love a Canon R version

Can't believe Sony still doesn't do open gate and they don't have in camera desqueeze monitoring.

I like the oval vertical cutoff at the edges, but I realizes that this 1.7x oval sometimes looks fatter than Blazar Nero 1.5x oval, I assume they did some trick on Blazar to make it look like 2x, but this Samyang feels like a stable normal 1.7x, it probably doesn't have that squeezing look at the edges when the lens moves vertical and horizontal.

Sweet visual, but releasing the adapter for one mount isn’t cute. I have a whole set of cine rokinon lenses this would be fun to try on.

5:53 I mean yeah, not cheap, but also not terribly expensive? For the same money as one Vazen you get a set (maybe not a complete one) of these. What we also always have to consider is the price of modern AF lenses, which is hardly comparable to vintage taking lenses used to much in this field. When I buy a Summicron-R for a few hundred it's expensive, when I get just a modern equiv it's usually just the common retail The image sure looks great. And E-Mount only (for now) looks not so great. But damn, I hate that Tally

Thanx for the great vid 👍🏻i own fx 3 and a 75mm. Should i buy a 35mm or 45 to complete the set? Cheers Mitchell

Which lens would you choose first from that set for general use?

Wondering how the E to Z adapter would work on Nikon cameras with those

great video! Something is up with the audio

I wonder if these would work well together with the DJI lidar autofocus 🤔

Shout out to Main Street science world 😂

if it was more flexible I'd definitely think about it...

1.7x. ???

The taking lens' coatings ruin it for me:(

I'm not sure I see the attraction of shooting anamorphic. I'm not knocking it either by the way, you do you. Apart from the lens flare thing, I don't see it adding anything cinematic to a shot. There are many classic and iconic movies that do not have a single lens flare in them. In fact the lens flare thing was a relatively recent trend. I do hear many say 'oh there's just something about it' but they can never say what. In my opinion it's all about selling expensive equipment to people that think this latest gadget will be the one piece of kit that will turn their filmmaking around and at last make them the cinematographer they always knew they were deep down. And then when it doesn't they're back on Amazon looking for the next.

idk ... idk ... i love the idea, the price is amazing but the image ... i can not point the finger on it but is is kind of everything, i do not like how sharpness is, how bokeh looks the flares are not that pretty ... i guess if you already have the samyang spherical set it is amazing to have, but it neither triggers my "Ugly but cool character"-love, nor my "whoa the sharpness and flares are super clean"-love

Still waiting for someone to make an anamorphic lens with a rear element that de-squeezes the image, so you can get the anamorphic look in-camera with no editing

wow, how limiting

Neat but E-mount isn't it

I wish it was 1.5x

Focus breathing on adapter not cool 😂

Crap, I rather get a full lens kit from Blazar