Legacy Fisheyes

The legacy fisheyes tend to not go cheap. I'd give the Zenitar a miss but suggest you look at the Samyang or Peleng 8mm. I think the Zenitar is 16mm anyway.

Unlike the new Panny these are all manual focus and aperture but FEs are very forgiving with lots of dof.

 

Hi,

I would like to ask for your attention when comparing such things as legacy fisheye lenses !

The vintage ones are probably designed for 35mm format, and show a cropfactor of 2 on :43:. This means that the fisheye effect is probably (completely ?) gone.

Also, the Samyang and the Peleng are designed for APS-C sensors, that are a bit bigger than :43:
The crop factor here would be around 1.5 (APS-C sensors have different dimensions amongst manufacturers)

So, the only real fisheye lens for :43: remains the Panasonic 8mm f3.5, a lens that was readily developped for the :43: sensors !

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But, I agree, it's not a cheap lens.
Owning the 7-14, I'm not sure yet if I will buy the 8mm, given the very rare special occasions where I would need fisheye effects.

C U,
Rafael

 

You're absolutely right, Bill, the Zenitar is 16mm which will give a superwide rather than fisheye field of view on :43: but still with uncorrected distortions. The Peleng is a little more money but it does give a true full frame fisheye image on :43: and I know someone who gets superb results from his.

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