fish eye lense

[cab]

Need/want a fish eye lense for a nikon d50. Any reccomendations??

Thanks CAB

[fergusd]

A full fish (circular image) or a full frame fish ?

Fd

[robdickinson]

Sigma have just released an 8mm fisheye for all cameras, gotta be worth a punt.

[beyond rational]

I bought a cheap raynox 185-degree Fisheye off ebay - obviously not as good as a true lense, but for the money i couldn't complain

[poah]

nikons own 10.5mm is very good

[Andy M]

Maybe look for the russian made Peleng lens?

www.muellerworld.com/peleng/

www.pbase.com/cameras/peleng/8_35_mc

[_dobbo_]

The sigma 8mm is supposed to be pretty good, but for a little more money you can have the Nikkor 10.5mm.

Both are the thick end of 500 notes, for what is basically a very specialist lens, so you might want to look at either something wide but more versatile (sigma 10-20mm for instance) or otherwise something that gets you the fisheye effect without breaking the bank, such as the peleng mentioned above.

[fergusd]

"Mirror occasionally catches lens at infinity" . . . sounds like a but of a disaster waiting to happen . . .

Anyways . . . I have the Nikon 10.5, I really like the full frame image and if used in certain ways it can look very non fisheye but ultra wide, or very fisheye . . . little bit of CA at the edges of the frame sometimes but this is something most fisheyes do I believe . . .

It's not cheap - but I bought mine in the US so saves a few quid . . .

Fd

[trackdemon]

Another vote for the Nikor 10.5 - I love mine!!

[cab]

Was thinking about the Nikon - off to hong kong this week (reckon you can pick one up for £350) so thought i could justify the investment....

Was thinking abt a circular image - you can create some great effects. The full frame seems more versatile though.

Anyone actually tried the sigma??

many thanks

[fergusd]

There are actualy 2 for sale on fleabay secondhand . . . very ususual . . .

Fd