Vivtar 7mm f/3.5 Series 1 Manual Focus Fisheye Lens for Canon EOS Digital SLR Cameras
February 19th, 2010
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| Vivtar 7mm f/3.5 Series 1 Manual Focus Fisheye Lens for Canon EOS Digital SLR Cameras |
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| Manufacturer: Vivitar |
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| List Price: Varies based on product options |
| Sale Price: $340.94 |
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Product Description |
The Vivitar 7mm SERIES 1 Fisheye Lens is an excellent addition to any photographer's collection, giving users the ability to expand their creativity and capture incredible scenes from a truly unique perspective.
This lens, when used with cameras with an APS-C image sensor, creates images with an expanded perspective, including images with a creatively deformed outlook and a sharp pan focus that extends throughout the entire frame. By offering a 180-degree angle of view, this fisheye lens can be used to create amazing image expressions that cannot be seen by the human eye, such as exaggerated perspective and distortion. The minimum shooting distance (just 12 inches) and large depth of field also provide amazing close-up shots.
In addition, this lens incorporates the latest optical multi-coating techniques. The process of multi-coating assures virtually flare-free photographs even under adverse lighting conditions, resulting in crisp, high-contrast pictures. |
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Vivtar 7mm f/3.5 Series 1 Manual Focus Fisheye Lens for Canon EOS Digital SLR Cameras Details |
- Best suited for APS-C sized sensors
- 180° diagonal angle of view
- Multi-coated glass reduces flare and aberrations
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Customer Reviews For Vivtar 7mm f/3.5 Series 1 Manual Focus Fisheye Lens for Canon EOS Digital SLR Cameras |
 Great for Panoramas |
| Review Date: November 24, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Jeffrey Martin, |
First of all, let's clarify that this lens is not made by Vivitar - it is rebranded and originally made by Samyang (as Samyang 8mm). It seems that the cosmetic design of the lens might be unique to Vivitar. You can find this lens also branded as Bower, Polar, Falcon, Rokinon, Digital Innovations. And of course, Samyang. The Vivitar version is the sexist-looking though. here is rokinon:
Rokinon 8mm f/3.5 Aspherical Fisheye Manual Focus Lens for Canon EOS 50D, 40D, 30D, 20D, 10D, Digital Rebel (300D), Rebel XT (350D), Rebel XTi (400D), Rebel XS (100D), Rebel XSi (450D) & Rebel T1i (500D) Digital SLR Cameras
You'll also notice that the other brands call this lens a different focal length - Samyang calls it 8mm for example. Just to be clear, these are all the same lens. Why the difference? Well, you probably don't even want to call the lens 7 or 8mm. If you compare it to other lenses, it will be closer to 10 or 12mm. The main issue is that this lens doesn't use the normal (equisolid) fisheye projection, but rather, a "stereographic" projection. What does this mean? It means that the "fisheye distortion" is not quite as pronounced at the sides of the image.
If you have a full-frame sensor, you can cut off the lens hood of this lens and have a "circular" fisheye similar to an 8mm lens on a 1.5 or 1.6 crop sensor. (yes this will void your warranty ;-)
Overall, the image quality of this lens is on par with lenses that cost twice as much, or more.
For some incredibly in-depth analysis of this lens, check the intrepid Michel Thoby's page:
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Great lens for the price!
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| Review Date: November 15, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Juan C. Peinado, Santa Fe, NM |
| I was extremely pleased with the lens, though information is hard to come by on this product. First off, Vivitar makes a great product. Glass is great and the lens is hefty and feels very solid. I have a whole new creative way to look at the world with this lens and makes me feel like there are endless new possibilities to take great photos. There is no downside on this product but a couple of specs to think about. 1) The lens is 180-degree from corner to corner ( I was in the market for a 180-degree circular) so the image you get is still rectangular. 2) This is a manual lens, so if you are unfamiliar with photo basics, then this lens will possibly frustrate you. 3) I went ahead and bought the Vivitar .21x lens so I could get the 180-degree circular image and that lens rocks too! PS: I bought this lens to go with my Canon T1i and it fits perfectly with a very solid mount to the body. Good stuff from Vivitar! |
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| Review Date: April 15, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Myrrh R. Balasoto, MD, USA |
| It's a nice fisheye. The MF is kind of inconvenient. It's also a struggle when I'm trying to mount it on my camera. It doesn't "pop on" quite easily like other lenses. |
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