budget fisheye

<p>do i want to go with the zenitar 16mm fisheye and use it on the f4? or am i better off to get the samyang 8mm fisheye and use it on the d60 --- i apologize for not having upgraded my gear to the latest and greatest, but times are tight...</p>

<p>any thoughts on these or other fisheye lenses/???? am looking for quick answers as the buy it now button on amazon is calling me --- i want to have a fisheye in hand by my daughter's birthday </p>

<p>what would the 16 do on a dx lens? any 200-300 alternatives</p>

<p>My Sigma 15mm FE was hardly a fisheye on crop camera, but more an UWA with more than normal distortion. Most of the FE effect is at the border of the image. I think the Zenitar is a FX FE.</p>

<p>I recently did a bunch of fisheye research, and the best "budget" alternative I came up with was the <a href="http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/738065-REG/Lensbaby_LBSFEN_Scout_Mount_W_Fisheye_Lens.html">Lensbaby Scout with the Fisheye optic</a>.</p>

<p>I ended up going with a used manual focus Fisheye-Nikkor 16/2.8 Ai-S, but you probably want something wider for DX.</p>

<p>Hi Blake, I traded in a Nikkor 10.5mm f2,8 DX fisheye back in December that I literally used about 5 times. It is like new. It is listed on the website of Igor's Camera Exchange. I've dealt with him many times. He is a fair, honest, reputable dealer. I think he is asking 475.00. He might be willing to consider a fair offer of less than that.</p>

<p>see, I have the cv 15mm rectilinear for my leica- -- I lack a fisheye in my kit --- am on the fence of weather or not to get the zenitar 16mm fisheye in leica r or nikon f mount for the film cameras ---- or get an 8mm or 10mm dx fisheye</p>

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<p>Hello Blake,</p>

<p>I chose for the Samyang 8mm because i only own DX camera's, and because the Samyang has almost stereograpghic projection which helps if you want to do pano work.<br>

For fullframe the only stereographic fisheye i know about is the Peleng ( this one is a full circle on FX...).</p>

<p>Both mentioned FishEye's are in the catogory "Budget"in my opinion and still good quality products .. ( no AF though, but who needs that on a Fish-Eye ?)</p>

<p>So i'd first ask : Do you want a diagona -l , or full circle Fisheye.<br>

Secondly : Do you want a stereographic- or an orthographic projection ?</p>

<p>Here are some a texts on the latter subject :<br>

<a href="http://wiki.panotools.org/Fisheye_Projection">http://wiki.panotools.org/Fisheye_Projection</a><br>

<a href="http://www.bobatkins.com/photography/technical/field_of_view.html">http://www.bobatkins.com/photography/technical/field_of_view.html</a></p>

<p>not doing pano work --- I just want the fun of a few fisheye images and to have the option of perspective</p>

<p>older general discussion:<br>

http://www.photo.net/nikon-camera-forum/00CfE3 <br>

Specifics on the Spiratone/Samigon 0.15X fisheye auxiliary lens. Works pretty decently.<br>

http://www.photo.net/classic-cameras-forum/00WndY</p>

<p>i pushed the button.......</p>

<p>after much consideration the winner, for several reasons is.....</p>

<p>the nikkor 10mm f2.8 dx fisheye --- the reason being if i sell, i can get a good bit of my money back, nikkor glass, figure it will work a bit better.... </p>

<p>spent $450 --- rather than $230 - -- but we'll see</p>

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<p>Fisheye work is one of the things, like mirror lens donuts, that have come and gone as fads at intervals. Exercise restraint with your new hammer ("To a small child with a hammer, the entire world looks like a nail" Kaplan's Law) and you'll get lots of fun out of it.<br>

The Nikkor 10mm is a fine lens, and I think you won't be disappointed with it -</p><div></div>

<p>agreed ---- the 15mm rectilinear on the leica is a specialty --- the 10mm will probably be used for parts of a project --- i'm certain it will be an adventure ---- i have the 500mm tamron mirror as well -=- </p>

<p>will post photos soon enough</p>

<p>You will not regret spending a more to secure a 10.5mm Nikkor DX fisheye.</p>

<p>I have the 16mm f/3.5 Ai fisheye for a D700 - this combination is superb, however, the Nikkor 10.5mm on my D200 / D300 was the very best wide angle combo I have had the pleasure of shooting with. For pure high IQ with super sharp, beautiful saturation, uber clarity and massive DOF the 10.5mm is a Nikon masterpiece in the wide angle department and well underated because of it's specialty application more so than its magnificent IQ.</p>

<p>You can't go wrong with that Nikkor.</p>

<p>Experiment some with "defishing" your images. I do that on more than half of my shots with my Sigma 15mm f/2.8 EX DG. Straightening a shot to rectilinear give you perspective not otherwise available, but real ease in grabbing the shot. Here's about an 80-foot column shot from a few feet away and then defished:</p>

<p><a title="Big Tent Peg by dcstep, on Flickr" href=" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3671/9375677560_aeaa9423b5_c.jpg" alt="Big Tent Peg" width="534" height="800" /></a></p>

<p>oh goody, an excuse to post fisheye pics.</p><div></div>

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<p>lens arrived today ---- love it so far</p>

<p>I don't know anything about the Samyang lens but the Zenitar is junk Russian glass. I would avoid it.</p>

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<p> Zenitar is junk Russian glass</p>

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<p><img src="http://www.graphic-fusion.com/phbiospheresm.jpg" alt="" /><br>

... fairly sharp junk with very little chromatic aberration.</p>