Awesome lens! Small, robust, and optically fantastic. I've had fun taking milky way photographs with this lens. I also just got an NEX converted into infrared, and just happens to turn out that this is one of the best wide angle lenses I have now for infrared (the other wide angle lenses have a lot of light scatter problems, especially stopped down; this one you can stop down a little for that great FOV and still get no hotspots).
The only thing I don't like is that the close focus is not very good--this only affects a very small portions of the shots I would ever take, so it's not a major issue to me, but please take note. It's close focus is about 1' away, which is not close enough if you want a small flower or feature to fill up the frame (or even if you want the gimmick shot of the person or dog with a "big nose"). I believe the older, f3.5 fisheye has a closer focus, at least my friend's alpha mount version does. Extension tubes are too thick to allow macro focus on such a small-focal lens, but I found I was able to remove the lens and pull it out about a milimeter to enable close focus, but this required the lens to be rotated 45 degrees to half fit in the bayonet mount, and then the petal hood, no longer aligned, cut off the edges of the image. Since you can't remove the hood on this lens, its not easily corrected.
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HIGH SPEED FISHEYE
8mm F2.8 II
The Rokinon 8mm f/2.8 UMC Fish-Eye II Lens is a prime fisheye lens specifically designed for mirrorless cameras with APS-C sized image sensors. Providing a 35mm-equivalent focal length of 12mm and full 180° angle of view.
HIGH SPEED FISHEYE
8mm F2.8 II
This lens is well-suited for creative applications as well as interior and architectural subjects. Its fast f/2.8 maximum aperture is further beneficial to working in low-light conditions.
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| lens type | Fisheye | Wide Angle | Fisheye, Telephoto, Wide Angle | Wide Angle, Fisheye, Pancake Lens | Fisheye | Fisheye |
| compatible mountings | Fujifilm X | Fujifilm X | Fujifilm X | Fujifilm X | Fujifilm X | Sony E |
| lens design | Prime | Prime | Prime | 10mm F5.6 Full-Frame Ultra-Wide-Angle Fisheye Mirrorless Camera Pancake Lens | Prime | Prime |
| focus type | Auto Focus | Manual Focus | Manual Focus | Manual Focus | Manual Focus | Manual Focus |
| minimum focal length | — | 50 millimeters | 17 millimeters | 10 millimeters | 6.5 millimeters | 7.5 millimeters |
| max focal length | — | 50 millimeters | 7.5 millimeters | 10 millimeters | 6.5 millimeters | 35 millimeters |
| fixed focal length | 8 millimeters | 25 millimeters | 7.5 millimeters | 10 millimeters | 6.5 millimeters | 7.5 millimeters |
| real angle of view | 180 degrees | — | 180 degrees | — | 190 degrees | — |
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Nice solid ultra-wise fisheye option
Comes with a bag to keep dust out. This lens won't save EXIF data to your camera, but if you are handy with a manual focus lens and like the ultra-wide focal length, this is a good choice. And, to be honest, if you're going ultrawide anyway, you don't really need autofocus since you'll likely be focusing to infinity to get the details of everything around you.Straight from the camera, as you can see in the first two shots (made with the Rokinon 8mm f/2.8), there is quite a bit of distortion with it being a fisheye. If you're using this for real estate photography, you're probably going to want to use something like a Lightroom profile or some other software to straighten the photos from this lens out a bit.Overall, I'm pretty satisfied with this purchase!
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Reviewed in the United States on September 22, 2015
The only thing I don't like is that the close focus is not very good--this only affects a very small portions of the shots I would ever take, so it's not a major issue to me, but please take note. It's close focus is about 1' away, which is not close enough if you want a small flower or feature to fill up the frame (or even if you want the gimmick shot of the person or dog with a "big nose"). I believe the older, f3.5 fisheye has a closer focus, at least my friend's alpha mount version does. Extension tubes are too thick to allow macro focus on such a small-focal lens, but I found I was able to remove the lens and pull it out about a milimeter to enable close focus, but this required the lens to be rotated 45 degrees to half fit in the bayonet mount, and then the petal hood, no longer aligned, cut off the edges of the image. Since you can't remove the hood on this lens, its not easily corrected.
Style: Sony EVerified Purchase
Great lens! Long exposures, infrared, and fisheye fun, but not good for macro.
Reviewed in the United States on September 22, 2015
Awesome lens! Small, robust, and optically fantastic. I've had fun taking milky way photographs with this lens. I also just got an NEX converted into infrared, and just happens to turn out that this is one of the best wide angle lenses I have now for infrared (the other wide angle lenses have a lot of light scatter problems, especially stopped down; this one you can stop down a little for that great FOV and still get no hotspots).Reviewed in the United States on September 22, 2015
The only thing I don't like is that the close focus is not very good--this only affects a very small portions of the shots I would ever take, so it's not a major issue to me, but please take note. It's close focus is about 1' away, which is not close enough if you want a small flower or feature to fill up the frame (or even if you want the gimmick shot of the person or dog with a "big nose"). I believe the older, f3.5 fisheye has a closer focus, at least my friend's alpha mount version does. Extension tubes are too thick to allow macro focus on such a small-focal lens, but I found I was able to remove the lens and pull it out about a milimeter to enable close focus, but this required the lens to be rotated 45 degrees to half fit in the bayonet mount, and then the petal hood, no longer aligned, cut off the edges of the image. Since you can't remove the hood on this lens, its not easily corrected.
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Reviewed in the United States on November 22, 2023
Straight from the camera, as you can see in the first two shots (made with the Rokinon 8mm f/2.8), there is quite a bit of distortion with it being a fisheye. If you're using this for real estate photography, you're probably going to want to use something like a Lightroom profile or some other software to straighten the photos from this lens out a bit.
Overall, I'm pretty satisfied with this purchase!
Style: Fuji XVerified Purchase
Nice solid ultra-wise fisheye option
Reviewed in the United States on November 22, 2023
Comes with a bag to keep dust out. This lens won't save EXIF data to your camera, but if you are handy with a manual focus lens and like the ultra-wide focal length, this is a good choice. And, to be honest, if you're going ultrawide anyway, you don't really need autofocus since you'll likely be focusing to infinity to get the details of everything around you.Reviewed in the United States on November 22, 2023
Straight from the camera, as you can see in the first two shots (made with the Rokinon 8mm f/2.8), there is quite a bit of distortion with it being a fisheye. If you're using this for real estate photography, you're probably going to want to use something like a Lightroom profile or some other software to straighten the photos from this lens out a bit.
Overall, I'm pretty satisfied with this purchase!
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Reviewed in the United States on March 23, 2015
Style: Canon MVerified Purchase
This is a fantastic lens for the EOS-M. I leave it on the camera permanently now since switching to full frame so when I want a crazy fisheye FOV I just pick up the M and go nuts. Nice, compact size and beautiful, sharp images. Nothing to complain about here. Build quality is very nice, and the focus ring is smooth. Even wide open everything past a couple of meters is in focus, so it's a very easy lens to use.
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Reviewed in the United States on March 5, 2019
Style: Canon MVerified Purchase
Got this for my Canon M5. I couldn't get it to work at first and had to call Canon Support. Turns out there is a "secret" setting on the M5 which allows the shutter to activate without a lens attached. This is required before this lens will work on this camera. I do not know if other EOS-M cameras are like this. Once I got through this with Canon's great customer support I am very pleased with this lens.
Focusing this lens isn't critical. A close guess is completely adequate. Depth of field does become a concern at very close distances however.
Focusing this lens isn't critical. A close guess is completely adequate. Depth of field does become a concern at very close distances however.
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alejandro j.
Excelente la relación calidad-precio
Reviewed in Mexico on August 22, 2021Regular
Very Good lens. Unfortunately got a bad copy.
Reviewed in Australia on September 24, 2023Style: Fuji XVerified Purchase
Martin Lamprecht
Great specialty lens that is sharp and fills a small ...
Reviewed in Canada on July 2, 2016Style: Fuji XVerified Purchase
Client d'Amazon
Perfect for my canon m50
Reviewed in Canada on October 12, 2021Style: Canon MVerified Purchase
Fher Balderas
Muy buen fisheye para Sony E-Mount
Reviewed in Mexico on January 20, 2019Style: Sony EVerified Purchase
Fher Balderas
Reviewed in Mexico on January 20, 2019
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