Fisheye lens

laulon · 4 Jul 2012

Hi,

I'm thinking of renting a fisheye lens for photographing a festival. Can anyone recommend one?

Cheers!

andyred · 4 Jul 2012

Hi

Lensesforhire are showing a Sigma and Nikon Fisheye lens available for hire

http://www.lensesforhire.co.uk/nikon-specialised-21-c.asp

Why not give Stuart a ring (he's a member and advertises on here) and have a chat with him ?

Sorry can't be more specific help, as I'm not a Nikon user...

HoppyUK · 4 Jul 2012

Samyang is good value, also available under different names. Amazon.

callumduff · 4 Jul 2012

nikon 14-24 f/2.8 is a beautiful lens.

V8burble · 4 Jul 2012

callumduff said:
nikon 14-24 f/2.8 is a beautiful lens.

But rectilinear

The Nikon 10.5mm is a great fisheye though

bl0at3r · 5 Jul 2012

+1 for the Nikon 10.5mm

Fishy Brixham by TheBloater, on Flickr

sssheikh · 5 Jul 2012

10.5mm is excellent. Surprisingly on fx it works pretty well too.
Im currently stunned by the samyang 8mm f/3.5
Has anyone here tried the tamron 10-17, heard its the only fisheye zoom!

V8burble · 5 Jul 2012

I've got the Tokina 10-17mm and it's great on DX. Sometimes a bit of fringing on high contrast scenes llike tree branches against white skies but sharp and very close focusing. Given the choice though and if you don't need the zoom then both the Nikon 16mm and 10.5mm are slightly sharper especially at the edges.

specialman · 5 Jul 2012

Nikon 10.5mm.... the only choice really IMO

V8burble · 5 Jul 2012

specialman said:
Nikon 10.5mm.... the only choice really IMO

Yes, given the OP's initial post it's still the lens I would recommend

callumduff · 5 Jul 2012

V8burble said:
But rectilinear

The Nikon 10.5mm is a great fisheye though

my vocabulary doesn't quite go that far but the 14-24 isn't far off complete fisheye, its a great lens though.

HoppyUK · 5 Jul 2012

callumduff said:
my vocabulary doesn't quite go that far but the 14-24 isn't far off complete fisheye, its a great lens though.

Rectilinear simply means straight lines at the edges are straight, ie corrected. Or at least they should be, though there's often a bit of barrel distortion left but it usually passes unnoticed.

Fisheyes are uncorrected, not rectilinear, everything is very strongly curved around the edges, and with 180 degrees field of view. No rectilinear lens gets near 180.

laulon · 28 Aug 2012

Just getting back to this...I'm looking at the 14-24mm 2.8 as I think I'll be needing a bit of a zoom. Thanks for the advice!

Ash. · 28 Aug 2012

sssheikh said:
10.5mm is excellent. Surprisingly on fx it works pretty well too.
Im currently stunned by the samyang 8mm f/3.5
Has anyone here tried the tamron 10-17, heard its the only fisheye zoom!

you mean the tokina 10-17?

Canon offer a 8-15mm L fisheye with both circular and diagonal capabilities. the samyang you mentioned is great value for money! a mate uses one and the results are great for such a small price.

to the OP: I use a sigma 10mm fisheye, it's a great lens IMO! there is a bit of CA on dark objects, but it's easily sorted in PP