New Samyang 8mm Fisheye

[megalaser]

I understand that Samyang (Vivitar) are now releasing their fisheye lens for micro four thirds mount, has anyone tried it? how does it compare to Peleng or Zenitar?

 

[voyager]

Will this really give a fisheye effect on a Micro Four Thirds sensor sized camera though?

 

[Krang]

If I remember correctly the original Samyang fisheye was for APS-C. So I think it should be pretty close. I was actually thinking of getting one of the aps-c mount lenses and using it with an adapter until I heard about the plans for native micro 4/3. But then again before that I heard they were just planning a 4/3 version.

 

[hohoho]

I'd guess that it would be corner-to-corner fisheye.

A lot of fisheye photos make me think "Wow, amazing!" for a few hundred milliseconds. Very few, if any, interest me for more than five seconds.

 

[hodad66]

mine, on an EOS adapter, is not circular

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[Glenn S]

Have a look here:

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1041&message=34947933

 

[Bokeh Diem]

Excellent comparison. Pany7-14 hands down in the best of practical senses. Pretty well nigh impossible to judge either in terms of optical quality from the test, but I will assume that the Samy measures up on a comparative basis. I have yet to find much, if any, fault with any of the Pany natives.

 

[megalaser]

The Panasonic 7-14mm will obviously beat virtually anything else hands down, it's an awesome lens, but it is 3X the price of Samyang/Vivitar so it is only for very serious users with deep pockets.

My budget does not extend to $1100 for taking the occasional wide shots so I am very interested in the Samyang release (which it looks like has not happened in March as originally announced).

As an alternative, does anyone have any experience of a good quality wide angle conversion lens that can be used with the Lumix pancake 20mm? I am hoping there might be something out there that is good quality as an alternative to a dedicated wide lens?

 

[Krang]

I found a very cheap (less than 10€) used 0.42x converter. I will mainly use it for my extreme sports video assignments. I can also post some pictures after the easter holidays.

And that's also the reason why I'm interested in the samyang fisheye. In this field the distortion is quite accepted

 

[megalaser]

Actually I maybe have gotten ahead of myself, the new Samyang (rebranded under many names) is a four thirds lens, not micro four thirds, so you would still need an adaptor. The Canon adaptors are less expensive so i just ordered myself the Canon to M43 adaptor and the Canon mount lens which is available on Amazon at less than $300. I am looking forward to it's arrival! Shame the Lumix 7-14mm is so expensive, that would have been my first choice.

 

[hodad66]

ditto

 

[megalaser]

Hi, I have just got a Rokinon 8mm fisheye and Canon-M43 adaptor but I am having a few problems with it, I wonder if anyone could give me some advice on the best settings to use? My GF1 has the 'no lens' message pop up when I try to take photos using the intelligent auto setting so, the shutter priority setting gives me a very dark exposure and the only way I have found to get a brighter exposure is with the aperture priority setting and then the focus is soft. So I seem to have a choice between soft focus or a dark picture, any advice on the best general settings for this 8mm fishes lens would be most welcome - Many Thanks!

 

[cosinaphile]

megalazer

https://www.mu-43.com/showthread.php?t=2076

heres what i use , its hands down the best wa adapter ive ever used or seen

its useable on the panny kit zoom at 14mm to maybe 16mm, 17mm {no good at 45}

i believe its gives a fov like 22 to 23mm[ on 35mm equivalence ]????????

best of all its about 20 bucks[usa] used and a step ring to allow its 49 mm thread to mount on the 52 mm kit zoom thread is less than 15 dollars [us funds]

look in the gallery [cosinaphile s photos] for 2, 7 mb comparison images, with and without, and look at the corner sharpness and lack of vignetting and let me know what you think.....

i cannot afford to pay the extravagant price of the Panny 7-14 or the overpriced 9-18 m4\3 Oly for that matter.. when they stop trying to burn the early adopters ill take another look at native af wide zooms , for now this is what i use.... compare at 14mm without adapter vs 14mm with a-28 0.8X adapter and i would appreciate your thoughts about what the fov equivelancy becomes with the adapter mounted

i estimate 22-23mm but im just not sure ................

 

[cosinaphile]

do you have "shoot without lens" in the menu enabled?

 

[hodad66]

enable "shoot without lens" you can leave that on.....
and then use "A". Simply set the aperture on the
lens and a corresponding adjustment will be made by
the camera to the shutter speed.

 

[ddr]

a somewhat related question....

I have the 8mm in EF mount, and I have an EF-m43 adapter that works fine (I tested the adapter with my 17-55 and 30). Whenever I use the 8mm with the adapter, I can never get anything in focus through the entire focus range. The lens works perfectly fine on a Canon body.

I have adjusted the focus scale and know how to do it. Could it be that I need to adjust it to use with my OM-D? I guess I will have to not use it on the OM-D if it requires adjusting every time. Strange that the other EF-S work but not this one.