10.5mm fisheye.

I would like to know if there is a reasonable fisheye on the market that

equals the nikon one. Ive found the sigma 8mm but im afraid it will make my

pictures too fishy. What is the equivilent of 8mm on a film camera to 8mm on a

diig?

8mm on film should be about 12mm on a Nikon digital body that has a 1.5x digital factor.

 

 

 

The AF 10.5mm DX Nikkor is wide, but you really have to use a tripod to keep the lens as level as you can....<div></div>

I'm not sure there is an equivalent prime for digital. Why not use the Nikon?<div></div>

With the Nikon 10.5mm lens, when you process the images in Nikon Capture, all images taken only with the Nikon fisheye lens get "the proportions fixed" automatically with the touch of a button. Why give this up? Joe Smith

"With the Nikon 10.5mm lens, when you process the images in Nikon Capture, all images taken only with the Nikon fisheye lens get "the proportions fixed" automatically with the touch of a button."

 

 

 

You must shoot in NEF file format to get the 'corrections' available in Nikon Capture. The distortion is not 100 percent "fixed," but altered some. You have to play with Nikon Capture to see what it can and cannot do with your image.

Am I missing something?

 

Why would you buy a fisheye lens and then spend all day trying to correct the fisheye distortion? Why not buy a super wide angle lens like the Nikon 12-24mm, Tamron 11-18mm, Tokina 12-24mm, or the Sigma 10-20mm? Sure these have distortion, but its much easier to fix. And These serve a much better purpose.

"I used to think the 16mm would equate to a 24mm, but the consensus appears to be it looks more like a 20mm."

 

For angle of coverage and such real optical properties, you do not need any "consensus". What you get is what you see.

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Kevin

 

With the Nikon, you get the option of fisheye or rectilinear wide angle through the one-click Nikon Capture adjustment. That's the advantage.

Whatever,Peter, enjoy your 10.5!