Fisheye/ Wide angle lens,

[gsgary]

Home - Peleng 8mm f/3.5 Circular Fisheye Lens for Canon, Nikon, Olympus

 

[480sparky]

Home - Peleng 8mm f/3.5 Circular Fisheye Lens for Canon, Nikon, Olympus

Circular for full-frame only.

 

[Netskimmer]

I must admit that I never got the appeal of a fisheye lens. Have you ever used one before? I ask because I have read many times that people buy them and then quickly get bored with them. Unless you know for a fact that you want one you may consider renting one for a few days and seeing if you really want to spend $600+ on one. For about $50 you could rent one for a week and see how it goes.

 

[afghanimarine]

I just bought a lensbaby scout for under $200 and I love it!

 

[cbrown222]

The Bower 8mm fisheye is pretty good if you don't mind shooting in Manual mode 24/7. The optics are pretty good for $250

 

[delusions]

Well if u have any recommendations for more expensive glass, feel free to post

 

[480sparky]

Well if u have any recommendations for more expensive glass, feel free to post

Camera mount?

Full-frame or crop sensor?

Wide-angle, or fisheye?

If fisheye, 180° corner to corner, or circular fisheye?

 

[delusions]

Well if u have any recommendations for more expensive glass, feel free to post

Camera mount?

Full-frame or crop sensor?

Wide-angle, or fisheye?

If fisheye, 180° corner to corner, or circular fisheye?

fisheye, crop sensor (canont3i), Camera mount? what do you mean, and im not sure what difference between cicrcular and corner 2 corner is

 

[480sparky]

and im not sure what difference between cicrcular and corner 2 corner is

Two flavors of fisheye:

180° across the diagonal of the sensor:

180° across the small dimension of the sensor ("Circular fisheye"):

 

[delusions]

corner 2 corner the first one.

 

[480sparky]

Here's an interesting review.

 

[delusions]

thanks very good review, i was seeing that alot of people actualy went with this lens and were extremely pleased for the performance and price !

 

[480sparky]

thanks very good review, i was seeing that alot of people actualy went with this lens and were extremely pleased for the performance and price !

Truthfully, I seriously considered it as well. But I decided to spring for the Nikkor 10.5.... being slightly faster, will autofocus w/D7000, and is smaller & lighter. But the Rokinon/Vivitar/Samyang/Bower/Opteka/Bell & Howell/Falcon seems to be a great budget lens.

 

[jamesbjenkins]

strange cuz fisheye seem popular.

Most people don't like the distortion.

Haha, most people would include me. I'll never buy a fisheye. Guess I'm helping drive up their cost. Sorry, OP!

 

[480sparky]

Haha, most people would include me. I'll never buy a fisheye. Guess I'm helping drive up their cost. Sorry, OP!

Hint: Software can correct the distortion.

Original shot:

Correction for distortion, then auto-cropped to original image's aspect ratio:

Correction for distortion only:

Correction for distortion only, then manually cropped to exclude area outside image: