DanielRutter
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Just wondering if there's much of a option for cheap (under $200) Fisheye lenses for the GH series/Micro 4/3 mount?
Fisheye lenses for the GH2? (on the cheap)
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ErikTande
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The Samyang 7.5mm is about $350, that's your best bet for cheap. The Lumix 8mm or 7-14mm are great but pretty pricey.
*edit* This blog has a lot of lens reviews:
http://m43photo.blogspot.com/
*edit* This blog has a lot of lens reviews:
http://m43photo.blogspot.com/
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Perhaps the Rokinon 8mm Cinema Lens: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/868914-REG/Rokinon_RK8MV_C_8mm_f_3_8_Fisheye_Cine.html
Blue Bomber
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http://www.amazon.com/Rokinon-FE8M-...F8&qid=1345847433&sr=1-9&keywords=8mm+fisheye
Very sharp and nice color/contrast. Dunno why they made a cinema version of it. With a fisheye that wide, set the focus to a few feet ahead of you, and pretty much everything else is in focus (especially on the GH2). Neat trick, put it into ETC mode, and it loses almost all the fisheye distortion, and gets close to a normal lens' FOV (equals about 40mm). Great for a 2-in-1 lens!
Very sharp and nice color/contrast. Dunno why they made a cinema version of it. With a fisheye that wide, set the focus to a few feet ahead of you, and pretty much everything else is in focus (especially on the GH2). Neat trick, put it into ETC mode, and it loses almost all the fisheye distortion, and gets close to a normal lens' FOV (equals about 40mm). Great for a 2-in-1 lens!
Geoff Gilson
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There's the Peleng / Belomo 8mm f/3.5 fisheye as well. All-metal, stepless aperture. It also has a multi-mount system and screw-in filters. I have an M42 version that I use with an adapter.
It's a full-frame circular fisheye, so on M/43 its circle will cover the whole sensor edge-to-edge. Still extremely fishy, though!
Search Flickr for "Peleng GH1" or something similar to get some examples.
It's a full-frame circular fisheye, so on M/43 its circle will cover the whole sensor edge-to-edge. Still extremely fishy, though!
Search Flickr for "Peleng GH1" or something similar to get some examples.
DanielRutter
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Thanks for the suggestions. It appears there is no such thing as a "cheap fisheye"... not in my budget anyway. I live out in the sticks in rural Australia, so renting a fisheye is also out of the question unfortunately.
I'll keep these suggestions in mind should money become a little easier to get and spend. Appreciate all the suggestions!
I'll keep these suggestions in mind should money become a little easier to get and spend. Appreciate all the suggestions!
I've seen the video on that one, and I like that it's pretty wide, not quite "fisheye"... but definitely very wide. Thanks for the suggestion, I'll look into this one. They aren't easy to find though, I understand.