Samyang Optics

Samyang Optics Company Limited is a founded in 1972 in Seoul South Korean company which produces photographic lenses and optical lenses and components for surveillance cameras and electric cars. The company's headquarters and the complete production are in the South Korean port city of Masan. In 2004 the company merged with the Japanese security camera manufacturer Seikou.

Samyang is mainly used for the production of manual interchangeable lenses for SLR cameras, both zooms and fixed focal length lens and mirror lenses known. All interchangeable lenses are manufactured with T2 connection, so that they are compatible with the supplied lens adapters for all common lens ports. Also provides Samyang lenses for compact cameras as a supplier module for large camera manufacturer ago.

Besides its own Samyang lenses the company develops and manufactures since time immemorial also lenses for other manufacturers with other lens ports, which are then sold under their brand name. Was manufactured, among other things for the brand Walimex, Vivitar, Prakticar, Rokinon, Bower and Pro - Optic.