Opteka 6.5mm f/3.5 Manual Focus Aspherical Fisheye Lens for Canon EOS 60D, 50D, 40D, 5D, 1Ds, 1D, Digital Rebel T1i, T2i, T2, XSi, XS, XTi, XT, T3 and T3i Digital SLR Cameras (New Version)

by Opteka

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• ASIN: B002KLY9I6
• Item model number: OPT65CA
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: February 28, 2010

Product Description

The Opteka 6.5mm f/3.5 Fisheye Lens is an excellent addition to any photographer's collection, giving users the ability to expand their creativity and capture incredible scenes from a truly unique perspective. The special fisheye design allows maximum creative expression.

This lens, when used with cameras with an APS-C image sensor, creates images with an expanded perspective, including images with a creatively deformed outlook and a sharp pan focus that extends throughout the entire frame. By offering a 180-degree angle of view, this fisheye lens can be used to create amazing image expressions that cannot be seen by the human eye, such as exaggerated perspective and distortion. The minimum shooting distance (just 12 inches) and large depth of field also provide amazing close-up shots.

Opteka's super multi-layer lens coating reduces flare and ghosting, a common problem with digital cameras and also creates an optimum color balance.

The new version of the Opteka 6.5mm features a removable bayonet lens hood to allow use on full frame DSLR's.

Specifications
Lens Construction: 10 Elements in 7 Groups
Angle of View: 180 degrees diagonal
Aperture Range: F3.5 ~ 22
Minimum Focusing Distance: 1 ft / 0.3m
Length: 10cm / 4 in.
Weight: 14.6 oz (414g)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars wonderful lens!!! well worth the price., March 6, 2010

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Ronald Ashburn - See all my reviews
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Love this lens! It's build + image quality is pretty good, nice sharp & warped, well worth the price.
I've been using this with my new canon 7D, It gives off some lovely distortion and no vignetting.

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars User, October 9, 2009

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Binh Huy Le "BHL" (TX USA) - See all my reviews
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I use this lens for the 1D mk III after sawed the hood. The image circle is a little bit smaller than 1.3 cropped sensor. 4 corners are dark but it is okay. The fisheye effect is very strong on 1.3 cropped sensor, but not much on 1.6 cropped one.
The aperture ring is loose while the focus ring is too tight.
During focus, the lens does extend very little (less than a millimeter).

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars one of my best lens purchases, December 22, 2010

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Rubin Roche - See all my reviews

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This lens is amazing. The first photo I took with it and posted with it got "Explored" on flickr. That alone tells me something about its power and appeal (I pretty much never get any photos 'explored'). Even though its optical quality is not the best, with proper focusing, aperture, and sharpening in post-processing phase, this lens shines. Here are my photos taken with this lens: [...]