10/10 would lens again!

Great Lense for Filming productions, excelent quality

This lens is great!! As an editor I have seen footage from a lot of cameras and and lot of lenses and if you are using a cropped sensor camera this lens is perfect for getting a cinematic wide look in your shot. Nice clear shots with great lens flare effects.

Almost competed my Rokinon Cine set with this.

I bought this lens to use with my Black Magic Pocket Cinema Camera which has a super 16mm sensor. Of course, this is a canon EF mount lens so if you are shooting on an MFT camera you will need an adapter. I bought the Holymanta EF to MFT adapter with built-in variable neutral density filter to kill two birds with one stone, the obvious being adapting this lens, the other reason was to be able to shoot wide open outside in a range of conditions without needing to stop and mess with a bunch of stuff on the front of the lens. This lens is about the equivalent of a 32mm lens on a full-frame camera and it really looked good on my first shoot. I'm sure there are better lenses and I'm sure most of them cost way more but life is short and if you need a good cinema lens that works well right now this is a great option. If you are into shooting with equipment that is designed to work like much more expensive gear, e.g. the BMPCC and can handle some of the drawbacks like working with smaller media such as sdxc cards, short battery life, poorer on-camera audio, etc. then this lens is just another great way to do that. I will definitely be buying more from this Rokinon Cinema Lens line.

I purchased this lens to use on my Canon C-series s35 cameras and my APS-C DSLR to have a good prime that is pretty fast for cinematography. This is a hefty piece of glass for all but the heavier payload rated gimbals but worth it.
Originally, I purchased this lens for wide angle without distortion that shorter lens can have depending upon the sensor size. The 16mm has become my most used compared to my Rokinon 35mm and 85mm. This focal length is perfect for concert jib work and gimbal/steadicam.
The build quality is solid but the provided lens hood does not fit as firmly as an equivalent Canon or Sigma. Generally, I use a mattbox or a 3rd party hood, so it hasn’t been a big deal. The sweet spot for this lens seems to be T2.8 and above for good edge to edge sharpness and minimal CA on stills. For video, those issues do not seem to be as pronounced and becomes part of the “character” of the lens when it’s wide open.

Bought this for the BMCC cause of the sensor crop. Which makes a 16mm about a 30 something mm (??) Anyway... Your serious options in an EF mount cine prime is this, a Canon or Zeiss. in a shootout the canon & zeiss both outperform the Rokinon. HOWEVER outside the context of a quasi scientific optical experiment I say that these are totally fine for storytelling and for straight up beauty shots. I personally wouldn't see the difference (after grading etc.) in the right hands between this lens and the Zeiss equivalent. When you factor the almost as good optics and then you factor in the insanely low price (comparatively) you've got to be a weirdo or a lens snob to not agree that this is an unbelievable good value. .

I got this for capturing video, and I am really impressed. Yes, the lens is largely surrounded with plastic materials and it's very lightweight, but I knew this when I purchased it. It's easy to adjust with the focus ring and aperture ring. Image quality is superb.

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I'm a huge fan of the rokinon cine lens series. The 16mm does not disappoint. Far less wide angle distortion than its 14mm brother. The lens is sharp as a tack and performs well in low light with the T2.2 aperture. Pairs amazingly well with my gh4 and metabones speedbooster.