Fish eye lens?

[anatusa]

Hey everyone!

i wonder if some of you use fish eye lens? what is the good option? is there any fast fish eye lenses? any advices on choosing the right one?

regards

 

[amosrafaeli]

Hey everyone!

i wonder if some of you use fish eye lens? what is the good option? is there any fast fish eye lenses? any advices on choosing the right one?

regards

I have the Samyang(Rokinon) 7.5 M4/3 mount. it's f3.5 and i love the images. here is one from my GH1

 

[mcbob]

The Samyang is a good option; also possibly consider something like an Opteka or Century 0.3-4 screw-on fisheye adapter as originally intended for video camera applications... fit in on however fast a wide-ish lens you want, then (ie, Voigt 25/0.95 x 0.3 = ~8/0.95 fisheye)

 

[Tim Joy]

For the money, the opteka is great. I got it in Nikon mount. Pretty wide at 6.5mm.

 

[David W. Jones]

Have you tried the Lumix 7-14?

 

[mcbob]

7-14 is a fantastic lens, but more rectilinear than fisheye. Very little barrel distortion.

 

[anatusa]

Have you tried the Lumix 7-14?

no i did not , but i dont think its a fish eye, as i understand its just a very wide lens.....

 

[anatusa]

The Samyang is a good option; also possibly consider something like an Opteka or Century 0.3-4 screw-on fisheye adapter as originally intended for video camera applications... fit in on however fast a wide-ish lens you want, then (ie, Voigt 25/0.95 x 0.3 = ~8/0.95 fisheye)

thats interesting, thank for the idea! but i wonder - if i will loose any F stops with that kind of "adapter"

regards

 

[David W. Jones]

http://www.lensrentals.com/rent/four-thirds/lenses/micro-4-3-wide/panasonic-8mm-fisheye

 

[mcbob]

No, you won't... at least not to any appreciable degree.

Even the best ones do mildly degrade image quality, but only noticeably so for stills. For video, they're fine.