Sigma 8mm F3.5 EX DG Circular Fisheye
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19 years ago
Sigma 8mm f/3.5 EX DG Circular Fisheye
This circular fisheye lens from Sigma is the world's only 8mm lens with full autofocus capability. With some speciality uses as well as the novelty images it can produce, we take a look at it's capabilities.
Pros:
- High optical resolution
- Good control of aberrations
- Compact size and weight
Cons:
- Restricted uses (but it is a specialised lens
- Expensive if only being used for the fun element
19 years ago
REVIEW: Sigma 8mm f/3.5 EX DG Circular Fisheye
This circular fisheye lens from Sigma is the world's only 8mm lens with full autofocus capability. With some speciality uses as well as the novelty images it can produce, we take a look at it's capabilities.
Pros:
- High optical resolution
- Good control of aberrations
- Compact size and weight
Cons:
- Restricted uses (but it is a specialised lens
- Expensive if only being used for the fun element
17 years ago
Lens Test: Sigma 8mm f/3.5 EX DG AF
An updated version of Sigma's 8mm f/4 spherical fisheye, this is the field's widest circular fisheye with autofocus. It's also among the last Sigma film-era lenses to be upgraded with coatings that suppress reflections from digital sensors ("DG").
14 years ago
Sigma 8mm f/3.5 EX DG Circular Fisheye review by lensreporter
Real Fun-lens - funky-punky.... optically very strong, sharp, complete circle (not that bullshitcercle from Peleng 8) nearly without flare (forget the cheepo-Pelengo....!). Very good construction, but take care of the frontlens.
Pros:
- Fantastic perspective - 360 = FUN - sharp
- nice buildings
- very few CA´s
- NO FLARE
Cons:
- take care on the frontlens
8 years ago
Sigma's super multi-layer coating and Special Low Dispersion (SLD) glass provide excellent image quality for digital and film SLR cameras. The special fisheye design allows maximum creative expression.
16 years ago
Looking for a fisheye -- this is it!
Fisheye is always tough to handle: the dynamic range of 180 degrees FOV is simply too wide; either the sun or your feet tend to get into the frame, one must take care finding a good spot -- and this lens is no exception.But for those who are familiar with the specifics of fisheye photography, will...
Pros:
- Consistent Output
- Durable
- Easily Interchangeable
- Lightweight
- Quick Focus
- Rugged
- Sharp Focus
- Strong Construction
Cons:
- Chromatic aberration
11 years ago
great quality fisheye lens
bought as part of the google business views program. nice little lens for panoramas and lovely and sharp. This panorama was taken using it: https://www.google.com/maps/views/view/110595744246840784567/gphoto/6062789120376232706
9 years ago
Excellent lens
This lens is great, a good addition to my photography toys box, at least for the purpose I bought for, panoramas for Real Estate properties. It has a big flaw though, the auto focus is really sloooooow
13 years ago
The Sigma 8mm f/3.5 is a very well constructed lens. accidentally, it drop 2 times out of my camera bag from 50cm on a wooden floor and continues to work great.Being a circular fisheye, it shows vignetting on a cropped sensor camera and a full circular image on full frame sensors.
Pros:
- Very wide angle
19 years ago
This lens is the one to pull out when things are slow and wouldn't normally attract interest. With this lens, almost every photo taken is in a perspective never seen by anybody, and thus looks very unique.
Pros:
- Sharp all around! It is crisp and very sharp up until its far far edges
- F/5.6 and higher get you sharper shots up until F/16
- After F/16, you're just compensating for an intense light source, Versatility: The many uses it has can seem almost endless.
Cons:
- Sharpness below F/5.6: Tends to be a bit soft on distant objects, but thats not what the lens is for
- The F/3.5 aperture is perfect for objects with no depth, such as astro-photography, but thats not a common photo
- Eyes tend to not focus too well at F/3.5, Exposed lens: The lens is quite out there.
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