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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful.
Beautiful Fisheye Lens
By Kaustubh Thapa
This lens is small and well built, on part with all other extremely well built Rokinon lenses. Rokinon 14mm wide angle lens had sample variation, mostly problem with focusing labels, I did not encounter such problems with my copy of this fisheye lens. At the time of this review, I have 60mm Fuji and 35mm Fuji lenses, and this is the widest lens, and I have been using it exclusively for landscape photography (I know it is not a landscape lens for most part), since there is no other wide angle lens with Fuji X mount.
From what I know, fisheye can be very controversial lens. Many photographers use fisheye without even looking through their viewfinder, and manage to nail the composition. That means, composing with this lens is a piece of cake. This is the reason why many photographers discount this lens as less artistic lens (everyone can get good pictures with this). For the very reason, photographers on the other camp consider it a mush have in the arsenal. I
personally find a middle ground between the two. I have seen beautiful landscapes and even portrait with fisheye lens, when used carefully and also have seen plethora of interesting photographs without any photographic merit but interesting just because of the distortion.
On my trip to Zion National Park and Bruce National Park, I used this lens 90% of the time, the 35 being the rest. I shot at f/8 or greater almost all the time with focus close to infinity, and the pictures came out sharp, even at 100% zoom level. I personally found it sharper than the 14mm Rokinon that I used with my 5d Mark II, and the images are usable. However, with 1500 fisheye landscape shots, I now am sick with the fisheye effect. I do not use any lens dedicated lens correction application to de-fish the picture, but have used lightroom lens correction to correct some, without much success. My intention was not to de-fish the images at the time of the purchase.
Although fun and
interesting lens, the lens has severe limitation. I have heard people using it everyday for the first two weeks or month and then storing it and never getting back to it. If your work requires a fisheye (skateboard, selective landscape shots etc.), this is worth every penny. If you, like me, think it can be a wide angle substitute for the time being, then I discourage to go that route or wait for 14mm Fuji. I have since acquired a Voigtlander 15mm lens (have not got a chance to use it till now), and although it is nowhere wide to the fisheye, I am planning to unburden myself with the lens.
I have uploaded a few sample pictures, and in the Salt Lake Marina picture, you can see how the distortion of the fisheye adds to the landscape, but this trick cannot be applied to all landscapes. It was a mix of naiveté and confidence that I used this 90% of the time when I visited those beautiful places on earth. I read a few articles about 'how to shoot landscape with
fisheye' and thought I would get many stunning images and took this lens with me, my shots are not terrible, but would be better with a non-fish wide angle for sure.
Since, I have used it in all occasions, where 35mm is not wide enough, this being my only alternative. I feel it is time for me to graduate to less distorted wide angles. I also cannot comment of using the lens at 2.8 or similar apertures, because I never used it that way, although it can focus pretty close.
Overall I really like this lens. Here is a summary why?
+f2.8 means you can handhold it is poor lightning conditions.
+you don't have to see through the viewfinder/lcd to take a picture
+some landscapes can benefit from the distortion
+small, well-built, reasonably price (I got mine for $280 new in box - sheer luck), goes well with Fuji X pro 1. I like the red line as well (do not confuse this with L lens)
+great depth of field, f/8 and above focused to infinity
produces sharp pictures.
+the most mundane things will look interesting (also a drawback).
What I dislike about this lens
-Nothing really. It is a wonderful fisheys. It doesn't have autofocus, but it doesn't advertise as a AF lens either, so not a lens disadvantage. You cannot use any filters with this lens.
-the must mundane things will look interesting (also a benefit)
Happy shooting.
Qualification: Amateur photographer [...]
21 of 22 people found the following review helpful.
Yes, it's a "fisheye" - but with the right software, it becomes a superwide
By Medical Marketing Maven
I really agonized about buying this lens. 40+ year ago, I rented a Nikon circular fisheye lens for a PR shoot on behalf of my electrical connector client Amphenol, and the image made the business page of hundreds of newspapers around the world. But the fisheye look was so overdone since then that I never looked twice at any optic labeled "fisheye.
Then on the DPREVIEW "Sony Talk" forum, I read about the "Hemi" software that turns this lens into a superwide, if you are careful about keeping it level when you shoot scenes - and the images were amazing.
So I bought it. I was looking for something really wide for my NEX-6, which I shoot mostly with my Leica 35, 50 and 90mm M mount lenses. I own the Tokina 11-16 for my Nikon D7000, and I've been thrilled with it. At 11mm, however, objects near the edge of the frame - especially people - it distorts in ways you don't appreciate normally. For example, my 5 foot tall partner looks like she could dunk on LeBron
James. And the Tokina + D7000 is very, very heavy - at least 3 pounds.
The Rokinon on the Sony NEX-6 blew me away. It is way sharper than I expected. And it is very light - the combination of lens (8 ounces) and NEX-6 body (about 12 ounces) is featherweight by comparison.
Without the correcting software, vertical objects on the edges of the frame, buildings etc. are distorted. But the predictability of that curvature has enabled several software companies to write Photoshop and Aperture plug-ins that basically convert the Rokinon into a true superwide lens. That software, plus that built into Photoshop, enable one to shoot really fine 180 degree images.
The uncanny fact of the 8mm is that most people can't process the concept of a 180 degree lens. You can shoot at a 90 degree angle from them from a distance of 4 feet and they have no idea they are in the frame.
My Tokina 11-16 persuaded me that I am one of perhaps a few people who see the
world in wide angle. You know that feeling when you walk into a cathedral and are just stunned by the grandeur? Or when you look out on the Grand Canyon or the Empire State building, and are taken aback by the view?
The Rokinon will let you capture that sensation. And it will be sharp, flare-free and contrasty.
Like any wide angle lens, the Rokinon can be over-used. But it's small and light enough to pack with your NEX with other primes and zooms - and I promise you that when you look at your shots, you'll be as thrilled as I am. If you own the 16-50mm kit lens, this or the $900 Sony 10-18mm lens are your choices.
Buy the Rokinon for a third of that price, and get a sharper, more interesting lens.
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful.
Wonderful!
By robertsmx
I had been considering adding an ultra-wide zoom lens to my collection of lenses and had narrowed it down to a couple of them. I had also been watching images taken with, and read reviews of, Samyang 8mm f/3.5 Fisheye (and its many brands) for Sony A-mount. That got me interested in that lens. Since I own two interchangeable cameras (Sony SLT-A55 and Sony NEX-3), and often use all of my A-mount lenses on the NEX (E-mount), I was pretty much getting set on the Fisheye. And last month, before I choose to dive-in, I came across Samyang's announcement for a revised Fisheye lens designed exclusively for Sony E-mount: 8mm f/2.8. The compact design was key to my decision. I chose to gave up the flexibility of using the lens between the two cameras, for portability. Luckily, discovered a 2-hour "lightning sale" on Amazon and picked Rokinon branded version moments before the sale ended, saving at least $100 off on-going prices. The lens, at regular price is a great deal, saving off it,
makes it even better.
Build:
This lens is small. It appears to be well built. For a perspective this lens (with its permanent hood) is slightly shorter than the Sony NEX's kit zoom lens (without the hood). It is heavier than the kit lens. I had also read about every Samyang 8mm fisheye lenses requiring calibration for distance scale, but that turned out to be a non-issue when I evaluated my copy at 2 feet. I have not tested at for infinity but I don't foresee a problem with its distance scale working at 2 feet. I opted for black version over silver, being unsure about how the latter will age. The lens cap is well designed and goes over the hood. The included lens pouch is a good touch.
Image quality:
I have not had a chance to play with the lens extensively, and especially in daylight, but so far the results look good. I will post a few images eventually. I love the fact that a fisheye will make you think and be creative, more so than other lenses. I
love it even more than Samyang didn't settle for a basic fisheye design, and for a price that should be considered a steal. This fisheye design (also applies to the older f/3.5 version, used for other mounts), is technically a hybrid between a Fisheye and an ultra-wide lens. That works exceptionally well for someone like me who was having a tough time deciding between the two.
This fisheye's pseudo-stereographic projection enables lower distortion near the edges (which also seems to help with Sony's sweep panorama mode included in its cameras). In other words, it is possible to use this lens as a fisheye, or as an ultra-wide lens (based on composition). In fact, the lens has at least one software available that can convert the fisheye effect, if any at the edges, to deliver an image out of a rectilinear ultra-wide lens. Wonderful! I am currently trying one such software and leaning towards buying it.
- Manual focus only (and no EXIF) but non-issue at this focal
length. Set f/5.6 or f/8 and forget.
- Flare is very well controlled when the sun is in the frame.
This lens is highly recommended, considering the price, quality and versatility, in either version (f/3.5 for DSLR/SLT mounts, f/2.8 for this Sony E-mount).