Samyang 8mm f/3.5 fish eye lens

[ukmayhem]

I found this Bower 8mm F/3.5 Fish Eye seems to be getting great reviews from users in USA. A company called SAMYANG make them the proposed under many other brand labels such as Bower, Polar, Rokinon,Walimex and Falcon

cheapest i found is £225 posted to UK - http://uk.ebid.net/perl/auction.cgi?auction=21646112&mo=auction

some info

http://forums.photographyreview.com/showthread.php?t=56714

http://michel.thoby.free.fr/SAMYANG/Early%20test%20report.html

Flickr group

http://www.flickr.com/groups/fish-eye/pool/


Dont look a bad deal really.

Matt

[goan]

theres no autofocus though ;)

Edit: though looks like it wont be needed as you will be focused to infinity all the time, I sure demps posted a cheaper fish eye the other day?

[ukmayhem]

True but with an 8mm its really hard to screw up a focus with INFINITE Depth of Field :thumb

[turkey]

I bought mine on Ebay for £208.

Here it is on AMAZON (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Fish-Lens-Nikon-D3000-D5000/dp/B002S31XM6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1263571536&sr=8-1)

Few sample shots to make your mind up...I love mine.

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l224/trukey3/clipmint.jpg

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l224/trukey3/brumroof1.jpg

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l224/trukey3/ham1a.jpg

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l224/trukey3/court20.jpg

[ukmayhem]

Oooo cheers mate defo getting it now

[Alias]

how sharp is it though? edge to edge

[Bigjobs]

After looking for a fisheye for my 350D, this is the one i'm getting I think.

with the 1.6 crop, it's the only one htat makes sense.

If anyone knows better, I'd be more than wiling to listen.

[Alias]

Tokina 10-17mm is more versitile

[clebby]

Tokina 10-17mm is more versitile

But at least £100 more?

[Bigjobs]

TBH, money isn't the problem.

The problem is the crop as far as I can see.

Was looking at teh canon glass, but they're designed for full frame, and if I were to upgrade to full frame, I think I'd be going for nikon.

[likez2fly]

For something maybe not quite as wide, I can recommend this (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Canon-EOS-built-in-Zenitar-Fisheye-Lens_W0QQitemZ290353363867QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Ca merasPhoto_CameraAccessories_CameraLensesFilters_J N?hash=item439a68bb9b)

Yes, it is manual focus, but from f/11 up it is pretty damm sharp and in focus from about 3-4 ft to infinity. I think I may be getting a Samyang aswell though (been look at them for a while, just need to get the cash together now I think!).