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| Samyang Optics Company Limited | |
|---|---|
2016 Photokina - Samyang Optics | |
| Type | Public (Korean: 삼양옵틱스) |
| Industry | Optics |
| Founded | 1972 |
| Headquarters | Masan, South Korea |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Key people | Choong Hyun Hwang (CEO) |
| Products | Camera lenses |
Number of employees | 150 |
| Website | www.samyanglensglobal.com |
Samyang Optics is a South Korean manufacturer of camera lenses for several major brands of third-party mounts for still photography and video cameras. The company was founded in 1972 and has about 150 employees. Samyang exports to 58 countries through 39 overseas agents and distributors.
In July 2023, Samyang joined the L-Mount Alliance.
On March 28, 2024, "Samyang Optics" officially changed its name to "LK Samyang Co., Ltd". "LK" stands for "Leading Korea".
Samyang products are also sold under a wide variety of different brand names. Some examples are Rokinon, Bower, Opteka, Vivitar, Phoenix and Quantaray.

Autofocus lenses:[better source needed]
For Canon EF Mount:

For Canon RF Mount:
For Sony E-Mount:
For Nikon F Mount:

Interchangeable manual focus lenses for 9 different mounts.[better source needed]

Premium lenses for DSLRs.[better source needed]

Interchangeable cinema lenses.[better source needed]

Cinema lenses are sold under the Xeen brand.[better source needed]
Nikon Z mount
Samyang has produced manual-focus lenses for the Nikon Z mount, including the MF 14mm F2.8 and MF 85mm F1.4. In 2026, the company indicated that it was awaiting an official license from Nikon before producing autofocus lenses for the Z mount, Samyang had previously produced autofocus lenses for Nikon F-mount cameras, but had not introduced autofocus Z-mount lenses.

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For Minolta/Sony A-mount, Nikon AF, Pentax KAF:
Manual focus prime T-mount mirror lenses.