Samyang just announced on facebook (Click here) that they will release the new 7.5mm f/3.5 Fisheye lens for m43 in September. And there is now also an official statement on their website (Click here). The lens provides a 180 degree field vision and is manual focusing only. You can also see the four very first image samples (again on facebook). Those images do look very good! We have no word yet about the price but it will be certainly much cheaper than the current [shoplink 14820]Panasonic 8mm f/3.5 Fisheye[/shoplink] lens. Click here to check the price of that lens: [shopcountry 14820].
One more editors note. Samyang makes chreap lenses with very high quality! The recent [shoplink 20647 ebay]35mm f/1.4 lens for Olympus[/shoplink] is simply amazing. See the test results on a Canon APSC- done by Photozone (Click here). I do hope Samyang will make more of those lenses for m43!
Message to Samyang. Make some decent compact and fast primes and I bet you will sell tons of them!
P.S.: All Samyang lenses for Olympus can be found on eBay only and under seven different brand names (Click on it to see all Four Thirds lenses from the specific brand!):
[shoplink 20647 ebay]Samyang [/shoplink]
[shoplink 20684 ebay]Walimex [/shoplink]
[shoplink 20649 ebay]Rokinon [/shoplink]
[shoplink 20650 ebay]Opteka [/shoplink]
[shoplink 20651 ebay]Falcon [/shoplink]
[shoplink 20653 ebay]Vivitar [/shoplink]
[shoplink 20652 ebay]Bower [/shoplink]
33 Responses
is it that hard to add a DOF scale on the lens? for a MF only lens it is a great help. DOF is almost infinite with a fisheye, but wide open can still be needed.
What’s the point? A 7.5mm lens with max f3.5, *everything* is going to be in focus…
They are generous enough to include focus ring.
how come everything would be in focus? what about close-ups?
what a good looking lens! Curious about the price…
NB: the samples are not only in facebook but also on their Polish website
Guess this will be the first fish eye ill ever buy 😀
Looks very nice, and the samples are pretty promising.
If its at the price point of the other Samyangs, say 200-250 Euro, this will be a pretty good deal. Who cares about AF on a fisheye?
+1
My thoughts as well. That red ring looks bad though :(.
just buy some 1/8″ pink, pin-striping tape to put over it.
Very tempted, the Panasonic FishEye is far too expensive for me to consider, but if much cheaper (I assume it will be) then this is a real option…
Great alternative to the really expensive Panasonic fish eye! I thought about buying this lens in Nikon mount and using an adapter but it’s made for APS-C sensor and would only show 140 degrees instead of 180.
well its good enough for facebook thats for sure 🙂
Stoked 😀 I like playing with fisheyes but not enough to pay for the Lumix. This will fill a lovely little hole in my bag!
Golly, there are FOUR M4/3 fisheye lenses? Better stock up, people, since EVERY M4/3 user simply MUST have one, maybe TWO!
What does that add to the platform? How much does it detract?
How about some usable lenses that aren’t duplicates of existing lenses?
Thank all the Gods for M4/3 lens adaptors!
To be honest I have never liked the performance of any of the other samyung lenses, so them making a small and cheap fisheye (which is probably the one thing they can get right) is worthwhile…
P.S. What are the other 3?
– Overpriced Panasonic – adds little to the platform as most people even if interested won’t warrant that much money for a fisheye
– Olympus screw on adapter – not a lens, same as the millions of other adapters out there, probably 1 hour of R&D 😉
– Peleng?? Just their normal fisheye with an adapter included in the box, not small or light weight (I think zenitar does one of these too)..
Fisheye lenses — good fisheye lenses — are invaluable for 360 panoramas. Every good panoramic photographer needs one.
Ultimately, it is a matter of desired effect, but when shooting in the wilderness, where there are hardly any straight lines, fish eyes will produce the more natural looking image compared rectilinear UW .
I get the feeling that people dissing fish eyes are confusing their own need and/or knowledge with the actual value of the tool.
Not always true. Different effects from different lenses. Tall timber in non-rectilinear? No thanks.
thank god i have a black ep3, it looks silly on the silver one
The canon version is $289, would the m4/3 that is much smaller and requires less glass be even more affordable?!
Probably not as they will be producing less of them. I’d expect the same price.
i can’t wait getting on the day i can order it
these lenses are crucial for all types of sports photography and videography, especially extreme sports, its a large market. its a special lens and if you dont have a use for it shut up and deal with it! cry babies..
Yes. Basically! 🙂
If I don’t need it, than you don’t!
😀
+1
That’s not the point, which is that M4/3 as a platform is in it’s infancy. The best way to expand the user base is to have a wide availability of native lenses available. Duplicating lens focal lengths isn’t a great trend at this point.
It is a good thing to see new companies producing lenses for M4/3! Absolutely!
So there are four 14-42s, how many zooms in the 14-150mm range and three or four fisheye lenses. There’s no dispute about the usability of fisheyes, or any of the others, it’s more the point that they’re really specialty lenses. There are two excellent ultra-wide zooms, no more are needed at this point.
Does M4/3 need so many lenses that replicate what other lenses do, when a wider array of lenses that would contribute to wider-scale adoption of the platform would at this point serve the user base and platform much more? I don’t think so.
Lenses like bright general purpose native zooms (12-60mm, 35-100mm), more bright stanard primes of the quality level of the 12mm, Voigtländer and Leica 25mms.
This is significant. Samyang do make good MF lenses and this is their first native MFT.
Exactly.
Fisheye lens experience:
1. Buy one
2. Do tests
3. Put on the shelf
4. Sell to another curious photographer
This is a lens that most people rarely uses, I will not waste money on this – there are many other, really useful lenses coming now!
I’ll buy it. Somehow fisheye lenses seem to be perfect for skiing holidays and camping trips.
…and for shooting HDRIs for CG lighting and integration:)
The quality of the sample pics is good enough to feel I’m not buying a toy – will definitely consider this lens if the price is reasonable.