nikon 10.5 fish eye ?

[Devananda]

would like some general feedback on the nokon 10.5 fish eye lens....
would love to see some pics too.

is there a sigma equivalent?
I have the 18-70mm but would like to play around with this lens .
if you have it do you use it that often?
thanks
:cheers:

 

[fmw]

It is a full frame fisheye lens with 180 degree angle of view measured across the diagonal of the frame. It is comparable to the 16mm fisheye Nikon makes for 35mm cameras. No, I don't use it often. No there is no Sigma equivalent. I think Tokina has a fisheye zoom, however. Here are a couple of images.

 

[Devananda]

man really looks like a fun little lens ~

 

[lextalionis]

You can find several samples taken with a D200 here: http://www.motleypixel.com/reviews/index.htm?openfolder=Nikon%20Primes/NIKKOR%2010.5mm%20f2.8%20DX%20Fisheye/

-Roy

 

[johnmh]

My son loves this lens.... but then he's very much into what are almost abstract images...... lots of clouds and close-ups.

It can be a fun lens for what it does - and it's good at what it does - question is "Are you going to use it enough to get your money's worth?"

 

[Trenton Romulox]

I would categorize a fisheye lens as a specialty lens, but that's not to say you can't shoot as you normally would, just with a fisheye lens on your camera. I don't personally own one, but I'm sure it's a damn fun lens to use. I've heard good things about Nikon's 10.5, and also the 16mm Nikon one, but I'd say only get the 16mm one if you shoot full-frame (film or D3).