LK Samyang

Samyang Optics Company Limited
TypePublic (Korean: 삼양옵틱스)
IndustryOptics
Founded1972
HeadquartersMasan, South Korea
Area served
Worldwide
Key peopleChoong Hyun Hwang (CEO)
ProductsCamera lenses
Number of employees
150
Websitewww.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.

Products

Autofocus lenses

Samyang AF lens

Autofocus lenses:[better source needed]

For Canon EF Mount:

Samyang AF 85 mm f/1.4 RF

For Canon RF Mount:

For Sony E-Mount:

For Nikon F Mount:

Manual focus lenses

Samyang MF lens

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

DSLRs

Samyang XP 10 mm f/3.5 ultra wide angle lens for full-frame DSLRs

Premium lenses for DSLRs.[better source needed]

  • XP 10 mm f/3.5
  • XP 14 mm f/2.4
  • XP 35 mm f/1.2
  • XP 50 mm f/1.2
  • XP 85 mm f/1.2

Cinema lenses

Samyang VDSLR lens

Interchangeable cinema lenses.[better source needed]

Xeen cinema lenses

Cinema lens

Cinema lenses are sold under the Xeen brand.[better source needed]

  • XEEN 14 mm T3.1
  • XEEN 16 mm T2.6
  • XEEN 20 mm T1.9
  • XEEN 24 mm T1.5
  • XEEN 35 mm T1.5
  • XEEN 50 mm T1.5
  • XEEN 85 mm T1.5
  • XEEN 135 mm T2.2


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.

Discontinued products

Samyang 500 mm f/8

Autofocus zoom lenses

Source:

For Minolta/Sony A-mount, Nikon AF, Pentax KAF:

Manual focus prime lenses

Manual focus prime T-mount mirror lenses.

Zoom

  • Samyang 650-1300 mm f/8-16

Awards

Notes

  1. ↑ "Die L-Mount-Allianz erhält zwei neue Mitglieder". 13 July 2023.
  2. ↑ https://www.lksamyang.com/en/about/notice-view.php?seq=1667
  3. ↑ https://www.lksamyang.com/en/about/history.php
  4. ↑ https://jp.pronews.com/special/202503251224585539.html
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Samyang Optics". Samyang Optics.
  6. ↑ "Samyang Unveils New 85mm f/1.4 Autofocus Lens for Canon RF Mount". petapixel.com. 28 May 2020.
  7. ↑ ACS, Matthew Allard (2026-06-14). "Samyang AF 14-24mm F2.8 L". Newsshooter. Retrieved 2026-08-13.
  8. ↑ Cooke, Alex (2026-05-07). "Samyang AF 35mm f/1.8 FE: Optical Compromises Undermine Value | Fstoppers". fstoppers.com. Retrieved 2026-08-13.
  9. ↑ "XEEN CF". XEEN CF.
  10. ↑ Lara, Darryl (2026-03-16). "Samyang Waiting on Licensing to Produce Nikon Z Lenses". Imaging Resource. Retrieved 2026-08-13.
  11. ↑ "Popular Photography". November 9, 1994 – via Google Books.
  12. ↑ "Samyang 28-70mm F3.5-4.5 AF Macro Zoom A-mount lens info". www.dyxum.com.
  13. ↑ "Samyang 70-210mm F4-5.6 AF Macro Zoom A-mount lens info". www.dyxum.com.