Rokinon FE8M-N 8mm F3.5 Fisheye Lens for Nikon (Black) Review

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(More customer reviews)This lens is a neat little toy; it has a very wide FOV good for artistic shots or shots where you really want to capture the atmosphere. Of course has manual focus only. Don't bother using it at max aperture (f/3.5) - it has pretty bad contrast and not so good color detail, but the next stop (5.6) improves greatly. Your camera's buit-in flash will not properly illuminate what you're taking a picture of (obviously) so if you are inside you will definitely need an external flash with a diffuser, unless you are planning on using a tripod and taking a picture of something very still.
Sharpness could be better - i was a little disappointed by that. But there probably aren't many other options for this type of lens to choose from.
Careful using this lens, as the front glass element is huge and will rub against anything you happen to have near it - always put the lens cap on it when not in use.
I am giving it 3 stars mainly because the image quality was disappointing.
Pros
Great FOV
Feels well made for the most part
Focus is fairly accurately labeled
Cons
Contrast is decent at higher f numbers, but downright unusable wide open.
Really cheap plastic used for built-in front lens flare blocker (i forgot what that's called).

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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

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