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reccommend me a cheap good fisheye for nikon

  • 24-11-2009 6:15pm
    #1
    t00116131
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    Hi i've a Nikon D60 and I'm looking for a fisheye lens preferably cheap enough and good quality. Can you recommend me what I should get


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  • #2
    Fenster
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    Do you want good, or do you want cheap?


  • #3
    CabanSail
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    The Nikon 10.5mm is quite a good lens. Think they can be picked up for around €500 last time I looked.


  • #4
    kumate_champ07
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    Samyang 8mm f3.5
    I ordered 1 a few days ago and researched everything I could about it online.
    some say its better than the nikon 10mm

    Its manual focus only but almost everything will be in focus at f3.5

    the samyang is much better than the zenit 16mm f2.8 which is another cheap option

    I sold my canon ef 85mm f1.8 which is a brilliant lens and used the money to buy clothes(!) and the samyang 8mm so I'm fairly confident about it


  • #5
    pete4130
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    There are no cheap fisheye's really. You get what you pay for in regards to lenses especially on the really wide or really long ends.
    I've been down the Sigma route years ago and had the Sigma 15mm fisheye on 35mm format and on my D3 and it was a great lens and I'm sorry I sold it to upgrade to the Nikon 16mm fisheye.

    I had the Nikon 10.5mm on a D200 a few years ago and it was really good too. My opinion is that if you want a good lens, spend the money and don't be disappointed.

    There is the Sigma 10mm fisheye too.


  • #6
    kumate_champ07
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,150 ✭✭✭kumate_champ07


    pete4130 wrote: »
    There are no cheap fisheye's really. You get what you pay for in regards to lenses especially on the really wide or really long ends.
    I've been down the Sigma route years ago and had the Sigma 15mm fisheye on 35mm format and on my D3 and it was a great lens and I'm sorry I sold it to upgrade to the Nikon 16mm fisheye.

    I had the Nikon 10.5mm on a D200 a few years ago and it was really good too. My opinion is that if you want a good lens, spend the money and don't be disappointed.

    There is the Sigma 10mm fisheye too.

    I disagree in this case, samyang have a very nice 85mm f1.4 that costs around 200euro and beats the nikon version in performance as well as price.


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