Rokinon 20mm f/1.8 As Ed UMC Wide Angle Lens With Built-in AE Chip For Nikon

This is my first Rokinon lens for a Nikon camera. I have two Rokinon lenses for my Sony cameras and I am very pleased with them. I purchased the Rokinon 20mm for interiors. I wanted a wide angle lens on my full frame Nikon D800 and decided after much thought about what I wanted a lens to produce to go with 20mm. I had a 24mm – 85mm Nikkor and like it very much, but I wanted a lens to give a wider field of view for interiors but not so wide to exaggerate (or distort) the scene. I am very pleased with the lens quality and the images it produces. In the same scene, I compared images taken with it to the Nikkor 24-85 and also to my Canon lenses and found the Rokinon to be sharp and to have little to no distortion, just like the other lenses. For interiors I like the ... MoreThis is my first Rokinon lens for a Nikon camera. I have two Rokinon lenses for my Sony cameras and I am very pleased with them. I purchased the Rokinon 20mm for interiors. I wanted a wide angle lens on my full frame Nikon D800 and decided after much thought about what I wanted a lens to produce to go with 20mm. I had a 24mm – 85mm Nikkor and like it very much, but I wanted a lens to give a wider field of view for interiors but not so wide to exaggerate (or distort) the scene. I am very pleased with the lens quality and the images it produces. In the same scene, I compared images taken with it to the Nikkor 24-85 and also to my Canon lenses and found the Rokinon to be sharp and to have little to no distortion, just like the other lenses. For interiors I like the manual focus and a prime lens. I can set focus to where I want it and the focus remains set correctly throughout the house I am shooting except for small rooms, where I refocus. I blend my images so having a prime lens that stays put is preferred because any movement in focal length just causes extra work in post. For the Nikon mount, I like that I can set the aperture ring to f/22 and then adjust the aperture with my camera; this is a nice feature. In short and in my opinion, the Nikkor 24-85mm lens does not outperform the Rokinon lens and neither does my wide angle Canon lens. For an affordable price, the Rokinon 20mm lens gives me images that are deliverable and that is what counts. With 40 years of experience in photography I can say I am so far very well pleased with the Rokinon lenses I own.

I love this lens. It's so easy to focus for landscapes and doesn't nudge easily which is a plus. I used it once for astrophotography and it performed excellently. I stopped down to 2.2 for less coma on the edges. Sunsets are stunning as well. It's a keeper!