Reddit mentions of Rokinon FE8M-C 8mm F3.5 Fisheye Fixed Lens for Canon - Black

Just a heads up - this isn't actually a lens. It's an attachment for the front of one of your current lenses. And that lens needs to have a filter size between 25mm and 37mm. It will (essentially) multiply the focal length by 0.3.

I'm going to assume you have the 18mm-55mm kit lens. It has a 58mm filter size, so this fisheye adapter would never actually work with your camera.

Also, keep in mind that every bit of glass (ESPECIALLY the glass that isn't part of your finely tuned orchestra of glass that makes up a modern lens) you put between the sensor and the scene will lower image quality. If you want the best, you should look at getting a true fisheye lens like skrshawk posted. Your camera has the EF-S mount.

Edit: It looks like that 8mm Rokinon is the ubiquitous low budget fisheye. One thing to keep in mind: it's manual focus only. It looks like people on Amazon like it though. And here's a DPReview forum thread. Sounds like it's soft at f/3.5, so plan on using it in lighting conditions where you can use f/5.6.

Check out the Rokinon fisheye!

That seems like a pretty good choice. If you don't need Cine style lenses, I can talk about a couple of ultra wides that have served me well.

I have the [8mm Rokinon] (https://www.amazon.com/Rokinon-FE8M-C-Fisheye-Fixed-Canon/dp/B002LTXQUE) and love it. It's much cheaper, wider, but less low light capable, more distorted. Might be too wide for some uses but great for landscape and style shots.

The [14mm Samyang] (https://www.amazon.com/Samyang-SY14M-C-Ultra-Fixed-Angle/dp/B006MI1T4A/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1492303917&sr=8-1&keywords=samyang+14mm) might also be worth considering. On a full frame camera, it gives a wonderful wide look and goes down to f2.8. I'm not sure how wide it feels on a crop sensor, probably similar to the 10mm on apsc. Pretty sure there is a Rokinon version that is the same thing rebranded. But 14mm on a full frame is my favorite setup.

All 3 are a great value for what you get, especially if you can find them used like I did.
Good luck!

Rokinon makes a good, affordable, but all manual fisheye.

(pasting from other reply to orange-red you) Thank you for the reply and explanation. She doesn't consider the current lens @ 18mm wide at all, would it be safe to go for an 8mm and she can crop to narrower FOVs? I found this one that is within budget and has great reviews
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002LTXQUE/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=

Rokinon 8mm fisheye, $200

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHLNpX0lvJg

Thank you, I believe it was like at 50mm~


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Rokinon 8mm is $239. Might be able to find it used locally maybe? Many f2.8 lens that's slight wider end up in the $300+ range easily. You're only one stop down though so it may not be a huge issue.

http://www.amazon.com/Rokinon-FE8M-C-F3-5-Fisheye-Canon/dp/B002LTXQUE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1427327009&sr=8-1&keywords=rokinon+8mm

I have 2 lenses in my kit that I love. Getting both is a bit more than you wanted to spend but I highly recommend having both. My go to lens for landscape is The rokinon 8mm link. I absolutely love this lens. It does have a bit of fisheye distortion. Here are some shots with it. 1 2 3 4

The 2nd lens I would recommend is a 50mm 1.8 Its a very sharp and fast lens with shallow dof. 1 2 3 4 5

Holy Shit! That really puts the difference between 8 and 10 into perspective and the 8-16 is now on my list.

This is the prime. It's sold under like 5 names (and sometimes as 7mm) but it's all the same lens as far as I know.

For cheap / quality I love the Rokinon 8mm Fisheye

For the price it is an awesome lens. It's not the sharpest, it's pretty cheap especially when compared to my nicer lenses but it has worked great for me when filming skate stuff. You can't beat the price, and you can probably find it cheaper in ebay.

I hate to plug my own channel and shitty videos, but here is a link for a video that I use it in It's also in a bunch of my other short skate videos on my channel. Hope this helps!

I was given mine as a gift.

For that price, I would rather buy then rent. I shoot a lot of video, so it works out great when on a jib or steadicam.

Peleng 8mm f/3.5 circular fisheye.

Here's a gallery of Peleng images

here's what Peleng looks like uncropped on a Canon 20D

EDIT: Peleng is US$359. Rokinon is only $289, well worth a look.

I bought a $50 lens filter fisheye as a toy and ended up using it quite a bit. Yeah, it's not exactly pro quality, but it made me realize how much I like the effect.

I recently upgraded to a $300 Rokinon fisheye and couldn't be happier.

Play around with cheap stuff, sometimes you find something that's really worth spending more on.

While I'm no expert in the matter, it's been my experience that these 3rd party, generic-type accessories are really hit or miss. For a decent number of them, they're mass produced in one factory, after which they could receive any number of labels (see also: this lens) and are sold. You could get one that is really great, or you could get one that is a cheap piece of garbage. With that price point, it's probably a risk most people are willing to take. By paying for the Canon name, you're also paying for everything that Canon stands for and believes in. The reviews seem to speak pretty highly of those speedlites, and I guess for the price it's tough to say no.

I'm looking to buy a fisheye lens for my canon t3i to take panoramic photos and came across two lenses that I like. They seem to be the same except one says it has HD optics which I don't know what that actually means. The two lenses are

http://www.amazon.com/Rokinon-FE8M-C-F3-5-Fisheye-Canon/dp/B002LTXQUE/ref=cm_cmu_pg__header

http://www.amazon.com/Rokinon-HD8M-C-Fisheye-Removeable-Fixed-Non-Zoom/dp/B008X1C4IY/ref=cm_cmu_pg__header

I'm wondering which one would be the better one to buy or if there is another lens I should consider. I don't have more than like 250 to send right now.