Samyang Lens Station for Sony E on sale at B&H

[Brownie]

$39.99, and it shipped free for some reason. It says limited number at this price, so they may be ready to release a new version. The Rokinon is on sale too, but $10 more. They're interchangeable, not sure why they do that.

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[Clix Pix]

This may be a dumb question, but what is a "lens station" and why would one need or want such a thing?

 

[Brownie]

It connects to your computer to upgrade firmware and customize lens functions. Now that I think about it, the new lenses have a mini-USB port, so maybe they're doing away with it altogether. They make them for Canon and Nikon as well. Since I have 3 Sam-Rok lenses, I figured I should get one while the gettin' was good.

 

[Clix Pix]

Ah, thanks! I guess I don't need to be concerned about this, then, since I've got mostly Sony lenses, a few Voigtlanders and one outlier, a Meike fisheye.

 

[AlphaWorld]

It connects to your computer to upgrade firmware and customize lens functions. Now that I think about it, the new lenses have a mini-USB port, so maybe they're doing away with it altogether. They make them for Canon and Nikon as well. Since I have 3 Sam-Rok lenses, I figured I should get one while the gettin' was good.

Sigma had them a long time ago - I owned two: one in Canon EF and one in Nikon F mount.

 

[Brownie]

Sigma had them a long time ago - I owned two: one in Canon EF and one in Nikon F mount.

Surprising they still have the Nikon and Canon in stock. I'm thinking they're NOS.

 

[Brownie]

Just updated the firmware on the 24 and 135. The 35 was already up to date. Worked like a dream, and there's a bit more confidence using the computer than the camera, at least for me. I'm always afraid I'll brick the camera when updating a lens, the lens station makes that impossible.