Cheapest Super Wide

delizo23 · Nov 16, 2009

What is the cheapest super wide, or fisheye lens, you can get for a full frame Nikon (D700). I dont care about quality, or build, or brand. i just want to play around with something really wide when doing car photoshoots. so any piece of crap will do for now. im talking about like $200 and below. right now my 24-70 f2.8 isnt wide enough.

i took this picture last night and just wanted more width...

Big Mike · Nov 16, 2009

You could look for a wide angle or fish-eye adapter/filter that screws onto the front of your lens. They make plenty of these for digi-cams...you would just have to find one that has a big enough thread diameter to fit your lens.

delizo23 · Nov 16, 2009

true. never thought of that. ill look into it.

PhotoXopher · Nov 16, 2009

Well, it's cheap!

RyanLilly · Nov 16, 2009

You could look for a zenitar Fisheye on ebay or just search google, they are a Russian 16mm f/2.8, and I think will give 180º on a full frame. I havent used one but I know there are some reviews out there. They go for about $200. Manual focus only, but that should be no problem shooting cars.

Antithesis · Nov 16, 2009

Samyang offers 14mm F/2.8 IF ED MC Aspherical lens: Digital Photography Review

Came across this a few weeks ago. It's going to be like $250-300 or something here in the states. Might be what your looking for, and apparently the quality isn't all that bad. On par with Tamron and such. Just looks like a new company from Korea.

PatrickHMS · Nov 16, 2009

There oughta be something on eBay that will do what you want to do.

beni_hung · Nov 16, 2009

Check PAWN shops.

djacobox372 · Nov 17, 2009

I don't know about $200, but for around $300 you may be able to snag a 20mm f2.8 nikkor manual focus. 20mm is pretty damn wide on a d700.

righteous_bucks · Nov 19, 2009

Big Mike said:
You could look for a wide angle or fish-eye adapter/filter that screws onto the front of your lens. They make plenty of these for digi-cams...you would just have to find one that has a big enough thread diameter to fit your lens.

I got one of these off of ebay just to try it out, and they're not too bad. It was only like $45 shipped too, so even if you don't like it you're not spending much.