Aurora over the Brooks Range mountains. Canon 5D Mark III, Rokinon 24mm f/1.4, 3.2 sec @ f/1.4, ISO 1250.
While the clouds and snow were abundant during a recent photo tour I was guiding in Alaska’s arctic, the skies opened up and poured out the green cascading curtains of the northern lights along with chilly air that dipped to -34 below at the coldest hour of the night. The aurora show went on for multiple hours with many great shimmering displays. I used the Rokinon 24mm f/1.4 to capture this image, and the short shutter speed of 3.2 seconds allowed for some definition in the many shapes that were undulating and changing quickly.
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Hi Patrick. Of course nice work (it goes without saying). What did you think of the Rokinon lens, particularly compared to the Canon 24/1.4, and the Nikon 14-24/2.8, both of which I know you use regularly for aurora shooting?
Mark,
I no longer have the Canon to compare side by side, so I lack a real solid test. What is very apparent is that there is certainly much less “coma” (the little winged stars) in the outer corners of the Rokinon. The stars overall have an odd shape to them, but the lens is pretty sharp and well performing overall. Some of my colleagues are doing a side by side test and I will reference their conclusions. It certainly is no worse than the Canon 24mm f/1.4
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