This thing needs to be a cine lens quick! If they price it right it could very well take a small bite out of Tokinas ass and their Cine lenses.

Seems like it'll be available quite soon - early July, see preorder links in first post.

Prob with the 11-16 is the focus throw = zero - The Chinese CP2 mount alternatives (PCHood) offer an 11-16 self installing add-on for $600 been chatting to them about opening up their mounts here.

http://www.pchood.com/%E7%94%B5%E5%BD%B1%E9%95%9C%E5%A4%B4?product_id=125

At f/2, sharpness in the centre of the frame is already excellent, with good clarity being achieved towards the edges of the frame at this aperture. Stopping down the aperture improves sharpness across the frame, with clarity in the centre of the frame peaking with outstanding levels at f/4 and clarity approaching excellent levels towards the edges of the frame at f/8.

This lens is pretty unique in what it offers for most camera systems, but even so given the performance it offers, the price of £419 seems very reasonable indeed. Nikon users will find the version with a metering chip much easier to use than the standard stop down metering version, so the slight premium of £40 is well worth the extra.

http://www.ephotozine.com/article/samyang-16mm-f-2-0-ed-as-umc-cs-lens-review-22335

So with a Speed Booster and Nikon or Canon mount, this lens will offer MFT and NEX users an effective f1.4 with relative focal length of 11.3mm. Hmmmm....

This lens could be a 12mm ...16 mm in MFT is 32mm ...a limbo between wide and medium...maybe they dont want compete with pana's 20 and 25 mm

@bwhitz Thanks for being first in on this one. Hope it works out well for you. I'll be waiting for the cine version for sure. Sold off the 14mm cine so this could jump in place of my tokina 11-16.

Well, lens shipped out today. Paid for 2nd day air, but UPS is still saying no delivery till monday... :( Which is dumb, because I was hoping to post some samples from a job with it this weekend. Oh well, I'll have to think of something to do next week with it and the GH3...

Cant wait ! @bwhitz ! And please , can you guys enlighten me ? Whats the main difference between a normal lens and its cine version ?

Yep, I'll prob pick one up when the cine comes out and get rid of another lens. Might replace the Tokina 11-16 on my BMCC since that lens seems to suffer edge sharpness pretty bad.

Yes, check the BMCC thread. I just did a shoot with it. It's better edge to edge on the BMCC than the Tokina.

@labalbi No video, just stills. We just shot it. Actually I'll post the very unscientific test I did before the shoot. I shot the Rokinon, Tokina and the SLR 12mm at oil painting. Best thing I had a round that was wide enough and constant lighting. See for yourself. If you zoom in a little and look at the upper left corner, you can see the difference easy. I saw it as soon as I looked at the images though.