Short break from rumors and regular news to tell our US readers that there is a Gold Box deal on the Rokinon 8mm NEX lens at Amazon (Click here).
More US deals: There is one discounted NEX-6 kit at [shoplink 16624 ebay]Cameraland (Click here)[/shoplink]. Thans four new RX100 cameras for less than $600 on eBay US (via Slidoo). And of course the already mentioned double Sigma lens deal at BHphoto (Click here).
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Thanks for the heads up! I used this as a great excuse to buy my first fisheye. Can’t wait to try it!
I got this when it was on the same gold box deal in November. Much better than the fisheye converter on the 16mm, but that seems to be the route most go with out of convenience.
16mm+Conversion now can be bought for less than $200.
How much better is this than the 16mm+converter?
MUCH better, really. It’s very good lens.
Can you please let me know where I can find the 16mm + fisheye converter for less than $200? I want it. thanks.
After read some reviews, this rokinon is soft until stepped down to f4-5.6
You will lose the AF and Exposure. So the 16mm+converter for $200 and below is the real deal.
@dealaddict: Ebay normally has the 16mm for $100ish, and the converter is $99ish new. If you are patience, you can get it below that.
16mm plus fisheye converter is soft throughout the aperture range. I initially had the 16mm + fisheye converter then bought the rokinon on a gold box deal and the rokinon was much better.
as to manual focus, just set it to f/8-11 + infinity focus and you won’t have to worry about it at all. even at f/2.8-4 it still gets most things in range in focus
The Rokinon 8mm is manual focus. Clicking on the technical details is the only place the information is shown.
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$600 for a point and shoot? Really? Great cam, easy to use manually, but the price is still too high.