I was debating with myself for about a year before I finally decided to buy this lens. It is a very specialized lens and can't be used that often. At least that's what I initially thought about this lens.

Very sharp in the center; rivals the best primes !! (well it is a prime too; It is very close focusing - 14cm- and with the extreme depth of field you can shot pictures from literally inside flowers; Max aperture of 2.8 comes handy shooting in the twilight zone

CA - but can be easily corrected in PS-ACR; Other than that : NONE; Well; you have to be carefull not to get your hands/feet in the picture but that is not a weakness of the lens; but comes with 180° diagonal coverage

This is the first fisheye lens developed exclusively for use with Nikon DX Format, it is equivalent to 16mm focal length on 35mm.

It can set mood by changes in light over a wide area. I've got a shot of a domed enclosure taken by laying the camera on the floor and shooting straight up, it gets lots of comments in my portfolio.

Great lens; Getting really close to the subject works.

None other than the exposed glass

I already had a superwide for my D300, but when a friend had to sell this lens in a hurry so his wife would let him buy some other lens, I purchased it for only $250. This lens is really sharp and might be one of the best fisheyes built with respect to optics.

Great DX Fisheye that can be shaved and work well on FX; This is pro-level glass in my opinion and a lot of fun

The only con might be that people sometimes overuse a fisheye for it's distortion

Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

Consistent Output; Durable; Easily Interchangeable; Lightweight; Quick Focus; Sharp Focus

Difficult to Clean

What a great lens. Don't listen to people that tag this lens as a lens that is exclusive to skateboarder/snowboarder photography. This is a great lens that allows you to take some pretty unbelievable shots.

f/2.8 maximum aperature; sharp..even wide open; ultra-wide

Build quality left wanting; don't lose your lens cap

While I hope to create a full Nikon 10.5mm f/2.8G AF DX Fisheye Lens, my first priority is to include results from this lens in the lens comparison tools available on the site. This page currently exists because it is required by the database and content management systems for me to post information...

This diagonal fisheye lens for DX format SLRs offers a 180 degree angle of view from corner to corner, a bright f/2.8 maximum aperture, a minimum focus distance of 14cm and costs around ￡525.

This lens, like all fish-eye lens, is all about understanding where it will be at its best. I love to use it in big spaces. The bigger the space, the less noticeable the lens will be without editing.

Small; sharp; predictable; well built

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On Nikon DX D-SLRs, the crop factor puts this lens at around a 16mm full-frame equivalent, but it boasts a 180º angle of view making it much ‘˜wider' than a normal wide-angle.The lens performed well on test with fast, accurate AF that very rarely suffered from hunting.