Monday, April 9, 2012
Best Buy:Lomography Diana + 20mm Fisheye Lens (Black)
Product Description
The super-wide interchangeable Fisheye lens for the Lomography Diana+ cameras. Each shot yields a 180° circular image on a square print – bursting with the Diana+’s saturated colours and dreamy atmosphere.This enormous field of view takes in half of the world around you and compacts it into a tight circular image. Barrel distortions twist and bend your subjects around the edges, stretch them towards and away from your lens, and converge their lines towards the center. Get right up to your subject's face, and watch their nose get sucked into your lens while their ears and forehead s-l-i-d-e backwards. Each fisheye image shows massive depth of field, so your subject and background will be nice and crispy clear. A Fisheye Viewfinder and plastic mount is included to preview your shots. Compatible with all Lomography Diana+ and Diana F+ cameras.
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Designed exclusively for Lomography Diana+ cameras, this 20mm fisheye lens yields a 180-degree circular image on a square print, creating in image that bursts with the Diana+'s saturated colors and dreamy atmosphere. The lens offers an enormous field of view that takes in half the world around you and compacts it into a tight circular image. As a result, you can twist and bend your subject around the edges, stretch them toward and away from your lens, and converge their lines toward the center. Or you can get right up to your subject's face and watch her nose get sucked into your lens while her ears and forehead slide backwards. Each fisheye image shows massive depth of field, so your subject and background will be nice and crispy clear. The lens also comes with a fisheye viewfinder and plastic mount for previewing your shots. Compatible with all Lomography Diana+ and Diana F+ cameras, the lens carries a 12-month warranty.
- Enormous 180° field of view takes in half of the world around you and compacts it into a tight circular image.
- Barrel distortions twist and bend your subjects around the edges.
- Each fisheye image shows massive depth of field, so your subject and background will be nice and crispy clear.
- Fisheye Viewfinder and plastic mount is included to preview your shots.
Lomography Diana + 20mm Fisheye Lens (Black) Reviews
Lomography Diana + 20mm Fisheye Lens (Black) Reviews
| 10 of 10 people found the following review helpful  A fun lens for the Diana f+., Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: Lomography Diana + 20mm Fisheye Lens (Black) (Electronics) I have read the reviews here and after ordering the lens, here is mine. This is a fisheye lens for the Diana f+ medium format camera. I have read about people having the canon adapter and wanting to use this lens for their canon cameras. Then post a bad review about the experience. This lens works perfectly on the Diana f+ camera. Using the 12 frame format will yield true fisheye pics. Using the 16 frame format will result in a slightly cropped fisheye view. The lens does it job beautifully. Now, as far as it being used for canon mounts, its obviously not going to be the same, or nearly the same effect as having a real fisheye lens made for a canon camera. Those are ridiculously expensive. Either put out for a canon fisheye lens, or make work with what you got. The Diana lens is a fine product. Its a lomo lens for use with a lomo camera. A definite must have for your Diana f+ lens collection. 1 of 1 people found the following review helpful Exactly what I expected!, Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: Lomography Diana + 20mm Fisheye Lens (Black) (Electronics) I bought this along with an EOS adapter to use for a photography project. I used it on both 35mm (full frame) and 1.6x crop digital. I love the results! On the 35mm, the distortion is great and really emphasized my subject matter (artistic nudes). The 1.6x is like a wide angle with some fisheye distortion. Depending on the subject it really can work well. I'm quite happy with this lens and can't wait to toss it on the Diana F+ to see the true fisheye. 1 of 1 people found the following review helpful AWESOME, By Yonit (CA USA) - See all my reviews Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: Lomography Diana + 20mm Fisheye Lens (Black) (Electronics) Really great attachment for the Diana F+! I took some awesome funky photos with this. Really easy to attach on and off of camera. Neat pouch included for storage. Makes your Diana two cameras in one! |
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Best Buy:Rokinon FE8M-N 8mm F3.5 Fisheye Lens for Nikon (Black)
Product Description
Rokinon 8mm F/3.5 Fisheye Lens for Nikon; Lens creates images with an expanded perspective and allows user to capture a very unique perspective; Lens Conforms to APS-C (1:1.5x) size digital imaging format; Lens Actualizes 8mm focal length and a diagonal angle of view of 180 degrees for APS-C size; Lens Corrects aberrations using a complex aspherical lens; Manual Focus; Aperture range of F/3.5 ~ 22; Built-in Petal type hood and multi-coating help control flaring and ghosting; Minimum focusing distance of 12 inches (0.3m); Includes Lens Pouch, Instruction Manual, and One Year Rokinon Warranty
- 180 degrees angle of view
- Built-in petal type hood
- 10 Elements in 7 groups
- Aperture range of F/3.5 ~ 22
Rokinon FE8M-N 8mm F3.5 Fisheye Lens for Nikon (Black) Reviews
Rokinon FE8M-N 8mm F3.5 Fisheye Lens for Nikon (Black) Reviews
| 149 of 153 people found the following review helpful  Best of the "affordable" Fisheyes I've found, By Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: Rokinon FE8M-C 8mm F3.5 Fisheye Lens for Canon - Black (Camera) Fisheye lenses are very fun - they give a totally different perspective compared to just about any lens out there. The most common type seem to be the "circle" type, which product a big circle in the center of your image (with the fisheye image inside of that). On digital cameras with a crop-factor (like the Canon Rebel series, XXD series and even 7D), this can sometimes result in what looks like a circle with the top and bottom cut off.. not the most enjoyable image.That's where this one comes in - the Rokinon produced a rectangular fisheye image - there is no "circle" as with other types of fisheye lenses, but you still get that great fisheye look (distortions and all). You might see other similar looking (and priced) Fisheye lenses available out there.. Bower, Pro-Optic, Samyang, Rokinon, Vivitar, Falcon. These are ALL THE SAME LENS - Samyang, the manufacturer, simply re-brands it and changes the colors a bit (For example, look at:... Read more 32 of 32 people found the following review helpful An underrated great lens from Samyang, By Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: Rokinon FE8M-C 8mm F3.5 Fisheye Lens for Canon - Black (Camera) If you are reading the review for this lens, you are looking at a highly underrated lens. The performance of this lens has surprised a lot of critics including Ken Rockwell and photozone. If you are out there shooting with fisheye, you definitely should not mind about manual focus and manual aperture. Otherwise, go ahead and spend 3 times as much of your hard earned money on Sigma or at least 4 times as much on the new Canon 8-16mm L which hasn't been shipped yet. BTW the price of this Samyang fisheye has dropped to $263. Hello? How much does the plasticy Canon kit lens cost? For the quality of its optics and build (metal), the Samyang is a real bargain. The first thing I did with this lens was to shoot toward the sun and confirmed that flares were very well controlled. You get a nice single streak of flares and they are not all over the place. Just be realistic with laws of physics, you cannot expect no flare at all with such wide angle even with nano or whatever coating. This... Read more 41 of 43 people found the following review helpful Waaay better than the peleng, By Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: Rokinon FE8M-C 8mm F3.5 Fisheye Lens for Canon - Black (Camera) Well what can I tell you, this lens is awesome, I've testes it and let me tell you some of the results I noticed:- The amount of flare (even pointing the lens towards the sun) is minimal, it really surprised me in a very positive way. - It doesn't darkens the corners or produce vignetting effect AT ALL! - The quality in the final pictures is superb, the pictures are crisp sharp even in the edges! - Unlinke the peleng lens, the rokinon does fill the entire frame of the picture with no empty corners. - It does not have the annoying lock ring of the peleng. - When you handle the lens it feels great, the build quality is great and the rubber grip in the focus ring is awesome, its heaviness makes it feel like a solid rock and well built pice of glass; and, unlike the peleng, it does look modern! - The colors look nice and saturated in the final pictures. I loved this one, and I can truely say that this lens will exceed your expectations,... Read more |
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Best Buy:Canon EF 15mm f/2.8 Fisheye Lens for Canon SLR Cameras
Product Description
Fisheye lens with a 180 degree angle of view for unique and intriguing effects. The wide depth of field makes it even more interesting. The short minimum focusing distance of 8 in. (20 cm) gives new meaning to close-up shots. The lens has a fixed petal-type hood and a gelatin filter holder at the rear.It offers an ultra-wide 180-degree angle of view for capturing scenes well beyond your natural field of vision. As with all fisheye lenses, the 15mm provides a ton of unique and interesting effects, with a minimum focusing distance of 8 inches giving new meaning to close-up shots. Best of all, the lens is tack-sharp throughout its entire focus range.
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Love the fisheye effect? Turn to the Canon EF 15mm fisheye lens, which offers an ultra-wide 180-degree angle of view for capturing scenes well beyond your natural field of vision. As with all fisheye lenses, the 15mm provides a ton of unique and interesting effects, with a minimum focusing distance of 8 inches giving new meaning to close-up shots. Best of all, the lens is tack-sharp throughout its entire focus range. The lens--which includes a fixed petal-type hood and a built-in rear filter holder that holds up to three gel filters at once--carries a one-year warranty.
- Focal length: 15mm fisheye
- Maximum aperture: f/2.8
- Lens construction: 8 elements in 7 groups
- Diagonal angle of view: 180 degrees
- Focus adjustment: Overall linear extension system with AFD
- Closest focusing distance: 0.7 feet
- Filter size: Rear gel holder (accepts up to 3 precut gel filters)
- Dimensions: 2.9 inches in diameter, 2.4 inches long
- Weight: 11.6 ounces
- 15mm fisheye lens with f/2.8 maximum aperture for Canon SLR cameras
- Ultra-wide 180-degree angle of view for capturing entire scene
- Minimum focusing distance of 8 inches for enhanced close-up shots
- Built-in filter holder accommodates up to 3 gel filters at once
- Measures 2.9 inches in diameter and 2.4 inches long; weighs 11.6 ounces
- Measures 2.9 inches in diameter and 2.4 inches long and weighs 11.6 ounces
Canon EF 15mm f/2.8 Fisheye Lens for Canon SLR Cameras Reviews
Canon EF 15mm f/2.8 Fisheye Lens for Canon SLR Cameras Reviews
| 118 of 130 people found the following review helpful My African Wide Angle, By Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: Canon EF 15mm f/2.8 Fisheye Lens for Canon SLR Cameras (Electronics) I bought this lens as I was walking out to Africa for a month and a half safari. I didn't own a true wide angle lens and I had just spent most of my budget on a 70-200mm USM "L" lens and a 1.4x extension.I wanted to get the widest lens I could get but I didn't have the big bucks to get the 16-35L or the 14mm L so I got this lens figuring I could correct in Photoshop CS2 later. This is what I found: 1) I have a 20D and it doesn't barrel distort anywhere near as bad as I had thought it would....I imagine it distorts quite a bit more on a 5D or other full frame sensor but on the 20D, 10D, 30D, or Rebel it is not that bad. 2) It does distort enough even on the 20D that its noticable on every single inside shot and on many panoramic shots....to the experienced professional, you'd notice it even in panoramas. 3) For the computer person: I find it very easy to correct the barrel distortion in Photoshop CS2 very easily....I use a plugin... Read more 26 of 26 people found the following review helpful A good diagonal fisheye, By Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: Canon EF 15mm f/2.8 Fisheye Lens for Canon SLR Cameras (Electronics) Fisheye lenses come in two varieties. Both types create a heavily barrel-distorted image that provides a roughly 180 degree field of view. Circular fisheyes create a circular image that falls entirely within the frame, leaving black around the edges. The circular image covers a full 180 degrees in all directions. Diagonal fisheyes, which fill the frame, give a 180 degree view only along the frame's diagonals. With both types, a crop-frame camera such as a Canon Rebel or 50D will reduce the field of view significantly unless the fisheye lens is specificially designed for a crop-frame sensor. This will have the effect of significantly reducing the fisheye effect, which is at its most dramatic around the edges of the image (precisely the area lost by crop-frame sensors).The EF 15mm f/2.8 is a diagonal fisheye designed originally for 35mm film cameras, and now usable on full-frame cameras such as the Canon 1Ds or 5D. It is one of the oldest SLR lenses that Canon still... Read more 38 of 42 people found the following review helpful Probably the best lens I own, By Jack Silver "silverjackphoto.com" (Springfield, MA United States) - See all my reviews This review is from: Canon EF 15mm f/2.8 Fisheye Lens for Canon SLR Cameras (Electronics) Let me first start off by saying - long time canon user. I own 6 or 7 lenses, including three L series lenses, and this is by far one of my favorites - if not my absolute favorite.I shoot mostly glamour and erotica type work on a 20D. So right there, this lens is not a true 15mm for me - but 1.6x15mm. It's sharp as a tack. It's light weight. It's very short (I call it the nub lens). And it's autofocus is amazing. Very little barrel distortion... and highly recommended. This lens is probably as sharp (if not sharper) than my 24-70 2.8L or my 17-40 4.0L lens. |
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