OK, bit of a specialist item this, and although fully expecting a chill from the vote cold through personal incredulity brigade, thought I'd post it since it's over £500 everywhere else. Hopefully useful for someone.
12 comments
davedelaney1978
16 Nov 15#1
always fancied a fisheye, pity its not canon :smiley: heat for the deal though
furq
16 Nov 15#2
Good price, but been this level for a few weeks. Samyang is a cheaper, manual option.
c787ocn
16 Nov 15#3
Good deal, but still twice the price of the budget Samyang alternative. Fisheye adaptor for the 14 or 14-45mm lenses are cheaper still and retain the autfocus option.
Might be an attractive option for the casual user if it dips below £200?
yorxman
16 Nov 152#4
I bet its the first time anyone has mentioned the 'personal incredulity brigade' on this site! Bloody PIBs :stuck_out_tongue:
Waldolf
16 Nov 151#5
A pinhole camera is cheaper. Begrudging heat though. :man:
vclaw
16 Nov 15#6
For a much cheaper fisheye, there's the Olympus 9mm bodycap lens. You can buy it for about £60. Though that is fixed aperture (F8), and no real focussing, and not great image quality.
But still good fun if you want a wide angle view and fisheye distortion, and its very compact.
elliotsamuda to vclaw
17 Nov 15#11
I have the samyang and the olympus body cap and the olympus one is a toy in a comparison.. I wouldn't advise anyone to spend more than £50 on one (maybe buy it used)..
this is a bargain for the Panasonic since it has autofocus (although not entirely necessary on something this wide) and the camera controls the aperture.. also the samyang can vignette quite a bit, this is supposed to be much better in comparison
u0421793
16 Nov 15#7
By the way, I’ve got the Samyang 8mm for Nikon. I didn’t really think it was all that, until one day I pulled back the rubber sheath, gently undid the screws and slid the focus ring around so that I could calibrate the distance scale with what was actually in focus. Now it’s a far far better lens than I was using all that time.
saucymonk to u0421793
17 Nov 151#10
Sounds like quite an erotic experience :smiley:
DennisG
17 Nov 15#8
A third of the price of canon but still too much for a niche lens.
Heat though because it's a deal!
jasee
17 Nov 151#9
Sorry, but I'm in the personal incredulity brigade, and that's even though I've actually got a panasonic camera this would fit with a standard original zoom (which to my mind is really not that hot)... but a fixed 8mm... though it looks beautifully multi-coated...enough said...and unfortunately I'm having to vote it hot... :sunglasses:
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Might be an attractive option for the casual user if it dips below £200?
But still good fun if you want a wide angle view and fisheye distortion, and its very compact.
this is a bargain for the Panasonic since it has autofocus (although not entirely necessary on something this wide) and the camera controls the aperture.. also the samyang can vignette quite a bit, this is supposed to be much better in comparison
Heat though because it's a deal!