Handling and build quality is generally very good but I have down graded my rating because I had focus ring calibration problems, as mentioned by other reviews, (I have not got the adjustment perfect but its now usable). Flare resistance isn't as good as the DA 15 Limited, but it is better than the DA 18-135.įun shots, sharp enough, good flare resistanceįocus misalignment, MF (but who cares at this focal length)Ī good fun lens and certainly recommended. My variant is the Rokinon 8mm FE UMC, with a non-removable hood. Fisheye photos seem to need lots of contrast as well as light, but the distortion produced by this lens is surprisingly easy on the eyes. So it could be sharp wider than f7.1, but out of focus areas make the entire image look fuzzy. DOF is my friend with this lens, wide open at f3.5 the in focus area isn't deep enough to make the image look sharp.
#Canon objektiv fisheye manual#
Other than objects less than 2 feet from the camera, setting the lens to 3 feet on the distance dial seems to work for everything, which eliminates almost all of the hassle of a manual focus lens. My only complaint about its construction is it is stiff to either mount or dismount from my camera, not so stiff I have to struggle with it, but not as smooth as every other lens I have. No complaints about quality, either image or build, this is a solid lens that seems to be as good as it gets for fishy photos. This is my first fisheye lens, so I've been learning by experimenting. Sharpness: 7 Aberrations: 9 Bokeh: 4 Handling: 7 Value: 9 Camera Used: K-30 Hard to focus closeup, soft wide open, stiff to mount, it's a fisheye Inexpensive, good colours, flair resistance, it's a fisheye reasonably flare-resistant and will produce decent sunbursts if you work at them.Īrchitecture, horizons, leading/converging lines all benefit from this lens' effect, and if there are colors in the shot, this lens will bring them out in great detail.Ĭhristmas bears by Pepperberry Farm, on Flickrįading fall colors by Pepperberry Farm, on Flickr color saturation and rendering are warm and accurate. There is no bokeh to speak of - you didn't expect it from this lens, so there you go.
but I would still have loved the lens even more if the MFD weren't so awfully long.Īfter those two issues, I have no complaints - it's not difficult lens to work with the focusing ring is nicely damped, the aperture ring is nice and clicky (although I keep the lens in the 'A' configuration 99.9% of the time), and the lens has a comfortable heft to it. Granted, it is a fisheye and the idea is width, distortion, etc. that and the poor minimum focussing distance it's twice the DA10-17's MFD, so isolating anything is a difficult process. does not keep any dust from collecting on the front element (and it LOVES dust - is it statically charged from the factory or does B&H do it before they ship the lens to you?). The bad: who designed that lens cap? woefully poor, it is. My Rokinon 8mm f3.5 AS IF UMC was purchased new from B&H late last year and was viewed as that, a novelty, since I already had the DA10-17 fisheye. Sharpness: 9 Aberrations: 8 Bokeh: 4 Handling: 8 Value: 8 Camera Used: K-3, K-50 Poorly-designed lens cap, minimum focusing distance
It's a shame that there's no way to fit filters, such as a rear filter similar to those used on some mirror lenses, but I can live without.Īnother 50 shots here: Date: May 5, 2017īuild-quality, color rendition, flare resistance
I can't say I noticed any significant problems with it - it works, it's not unreasonably heavy or awkward, and it didn't give me any unpleasant surprises apart from the stupid lens cap design.
#Canon objektiv fisheye update#
I want to take it somewhere that really stretches its capabilities, and I may update this when I do. So far I've only been able to test it on a fairly dull day, the results were reasonable but not as good as some I've seen here. I just got one of these second-hand for my Nikon it's a variant model aimed primarily at video work and has T-stops and focus and aperture rings geared for mechanical operation, but works pretty well on a still camera. Sharpness: 9 Aberrations: 9 Bokeh: 7 Handling: 8 Value: 9 Sold under different brand names (Samyang, Vivitar, Bower, Falcon, Rokinon) The lens was sold under various brand names, hereunder Samyang, Vivitar, Bower, Falcon, Rokinon. Variants with and without removable hood is said to exist. The first version of Samyang's 8mm manual focus Fish-eye lens for the APS-C format.
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