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Olympus 8mm f/3.5 fisheye

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1	618	Tue March 18, 2008

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100% of reviewers	$700.00	7.0

Description:	Diagonal Fisheye lens 180° angle of view Minimum working distance for wide macro shooting Splash-proof Pro lens The ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 8mm 1:3.5 Fisheye Lens (16mm Fisheye on a 35mm camera) offers a full 180° diagonal angle of view for extreme and attention-grabbing shooting perspectives. Designed for digital photography, this full frame 8mm fisheye lets you view and compose dramatic ultra wide-angle "fisheye" images for dramatic photos with edge-to-edge sharpness. These results are further enhanced due to ED lens elements that minimise chromatic aberrations, a circular aperture diaphragm for natural-looking background blur, and multi-coating to reduce flaring and ghosting. The dust- and splash-resistant design lets you shoot no matter what the weather is like.
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MrRed

Alpaca

Registered: March 2008
Location: Montreal, QC, Canada
Posts: 19

Review Date: Tue March 18, 2008

Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: $700.00 | Rating: 7

Pros:	full frame, 180 fov, good build quality
Cons:	fringing, no filters, heavy

I bought the lens to take shots of large buildings in older parts of my city. The fringing got in the way, after de-fishing. Really not recommended for this purpose.

As an 'ultra wide' coupled with the 1.4 and 2.0 multipliers, it is a great prime lens. IQ is quite high and can be quite fun to use.

It's focal range is quite broad. You must be careful not to touch the lens with the subject, while looking through the viewfinder.

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