Good lens with weakness

Good lens with weakness

Walimex Pro 8mm 1: 2.8 Fisheye Lens II CSC (angle 180 degrees, MC lenses, large depth of field, fixed lens hood) for Sony E-Mount lens mount black (Accessories)

Customer Review

The greatest weakness of this objective is the extremely long minimum focusing distance of 30cm throughout. By comparison, the limit is different fisheye and wide-angle lenses in the range around the 15cm and shorter. Closeups as are possible with other Fish Eyes, you can not do with this lens.

Other little things:
- Lateral CAs in completely acceptable limits
- Coma at f2.8
- Pronounced curvature of field at f2.8
- Leichhardt flareanfälliger as competition

And finally, the positives:
- Extremely sharp even at full aperture
- Compact
- Very good price-performance ratio
- Good housing quality (almost entirely made of metal)

Edit: devaluation was there decentered the first copy. It's stupid when photographing the night sky at f2.8 and distinct blurring and increased coma may occur on the right hand side.
The second copy is better in this regard. It's probably just my imagination but the second seems even less to produce CAs ... definitely I recommend the lens instantly to undergo to acquire a rigorous field test (as it should be done with all lenses).

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