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Rokinon Fisheye 8mm for Nikon DSLR etc
On 10/24/2012 10:58 AM, David J. Littleboy wrote:
"PeterN" wrote: I still use some of my old lenses on my D300. Particularly, the 200 Micro, and 50mm f1.4. Bpoth circa 1872, or thereabouts. You exaggerate: The standard 50/1.4 design only dates back to 1896 or so. (Really!) -- David J. Littleboy Tokyo, Japan OK ya found a typo. G -- Peter |
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Rokinon Fisheye 8mm for Nikon DSLR etc
Michael wrote:
I am looking into the Rokinon f/3.5 8mm fisheye for my D5000. The B&H reviews look good and it is much less expensive than Nikon's 10mm f/2.8. B&H sells it for $299 without the focus confirm chip and $329 with the focus confirm chip. Does anyone have any experience with this lens? My copy in Sony Alpha mount has become one of my frequent carries. I find it useful both as a fish-eye, and as a way of getting a very wide view with less fish-eye "distortion" when partially defished. It's sharper than I expected such a cheap fish eye to be, a bargain in terms of quality. Plus it uses an unusual projection which compresses the edges less. Despite all the claims that with such wide DoF you don't need to focus, I've found that if you want best detail (for larger than A4 prints or substantial perspective adjustment or defishing) then manual focus pays off. Note than many copies seem to have rather poorly adjusted focus scales, e.g. they focus well past infinity and the numbered distances are ridiculously out. But the focus range is set by two easily accessible screws if you want to set the infinity stop exact for your camera. I wouldn't trust focus confirm with such a wide lens unless you know that your camera's AF system can handle it reliably. For example my A550's AF system focuses wide angle lenses rather poorly. It seriously underestimates focus with all my lenses at 20mm and less. Yet it's spot on for longer focal lengths right up to the very exacting 500mm. Whereas my A77 focuses spot on down to at least 18mm (haven't tried the fisheye with it yet). -- Chris Malcolm |
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"Chris Malcolm" wrote in message
... : My copy in Sony Alpha mount has become one of my frequent carries. I : find it useful both as a fish-eye, and as a way of getting a very wide : view with less fish-eye "distortion" when partially defished. It's : sharper than I expected such a cheap fish eye to be, a bargain in : terms of quality. Plus it uses an unusual projection which compresses : the edges less. : : Despite all the claims that with such wide DoF you don't need to : focus, I've found that if you want best detail (for larger than A4 : prints or substantial perspective adjustment or defishing) then manual : focus pays off. Note than many copies seem to have rather poorly : adjusted focus scales, e.g. they focus well past infinity and the : numbered distances are ridiculously out. But the focus range is set by : two easily accessible screws if you want to set the infinity stop : exact for your camera. : : I wouldn't trust focus confirm with such a wide lens unless you know : that your camera's AF system can handle it reliably. For example my : A550's AF system focuses wide angle lenses rather poorly. It seriously : underestimates focus with all my lenses at 20mm and less. Yet it's : spot on for longer focal lengths right up to the very exacting : 500mm. Whereas my A77 focuses spot on down to at least 18mm (haven't : tried the fisheye with it yet). : : -- : Chris Malcolm Hello Chris and Michael. I agree with Chris. My 8mm is a standard, take anywhere lens and usually gets used every time I visit somewhere photogenic. I find that setting the correct focus is easier than setting the correct exposure. I tend to use spot metering and then may have to take one or two trial shots (that's okay, I can recycle the spoiled bytes). This is one time that I miss the additive spot metering of the Canon T90. I compared my Samyang 8mm with a Canon 10-22mm zoom and they were, with regard to colour fringing, very similar. Kindest regards, Ian. |
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Michael wrote:
Some of the reviews imply (and I don't know wny) that the autoexposure works better with the chip involved. I cannot understand why that should be, though. If the camera doesn't know the aperture of the lens, there's no way it can say "OK, I'm outside in sunshine, based on the brightness, so I know about how bright it really is, instead of just having relative brightesses in every metering field. -Wolfgang |
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Rokinon Fisheye 8mm for Nikon DSLR etc
On 3/11/2012 11:30 AM, Wolfgang Weisselberg wrote:
Michael wrote: Some of the reviews imply (and I don't know wny) that the autoexposure works better with the chip involved. I cannot understand why that should be, though. If the camera doesn't know the aperture of the lens, there's no way it can say "OK, I'm outside in sunshine, based on the brightness, so I know about how bright it really is, instead of just having relative brightesses in every metering field. -Wolfgang I use my fixed aperture lenses on either aperture, speed or manual settings, but I set the camera with "Non CPU lens data" |
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On 2012-11-03 00:30:52 +0000, Wolfgang Weisselberg said:
Michael wrote: Some of the reviews imply (and I don't know wny) that the autoexposure works better with the chip involved. I cannot understand why that should be, though. If the camera doesn't know the aperture of the lens, there's no way it can say "OK, I'm outside in sunshine, based on the brightness, so I know about how bright it really is, instead of just having relative brightesses in every metering field. -Wolfgang The chip is advertised as being for autofocus, not autoexposure, so I don't understand how it relates to exposure. -- Michael |
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Michael wrote:
On 2012-11-03 00:30:52 +0000, Wolfgang Weisselberg said: Michael wrote: Some of the reviews imply (and I don't know wny) that the autoexposure works better with the chip involved. I cannot understand why that should be, though. If the camera doesn't know the aperture of the lens, there's no way it can say "OK, I'm outside in sunshine, based on the brightness, so I know about how bright it really is, instead of just having relative brightesses in every metering field. The chip is advertised as being for autofocus, not autoexposure, so I don't understand how it relates to exposure. Tell me: How does the camera get the information of the aperture of the lens? -Wolfgang |
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On 2012-11-06 00:18:23 +0000, Wolfgang Weisselberg said:
Michael wrote: On 2012-11-03 00:30:52 +0000, Wolfgang Weisselberg said: Michael wrote: Some of the reviews imply (and I don't know wny) that the autoexposure works better with the chip involved. I cannot understand why that should be, though. If the camera doesn't know the aperture of the lens, there's no way it can say "OK, I'm outside in sunshine, based on the brightness, so I know about how bright it really is, instead of just having relative brightesses in every metering field. The chip is advertised as being for autofocus, not autoexposure, so I don't understand how it relates to exposure. Tell me: How does the camera get the information of the aperture of the lens? -Wolfgang Are we at cross-purposes here? Again: the chip is advertised as being for autofocus. What does that have to do with autoexposure? I understand the camera needs to know the maximum aperture through which it is metering. But this is not what they are advertising. They are advertising autofocus. How is that related to keying in the maximum aperture re autoexposure? -- Michael |
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Michael wrote:
On 2012-11-06 00:18:23 +0000, Wolfgang Weisselberg said: Michael wrote: On 2012-11-03 00:30:52 +0000, Wolfgang Weisselberg said: Michael wrote: Some of the reviews imply (and I don't know wny) that the autoexposure works better with the chip involved. I cannot understand why that should be, though. If the camera doesn't know the aperture of the lens, there's no way it can say "OK, I'm outside in sunshine, based on the brightness, so I know about how bright it really is, instead of just having relative brightesses in every metering field. The chip is advertised as being for autofocus, not autoexposure, so I don't understand how it relates to exposure. Tell me: How does the camera get the information of the aperture of the lens? Are we at cross-purposes here? Probably. Again: the chip is advertised as being for autofocus. What does that have to do with autoexposure? I understand the camera needs to know the maximum aperture through which it is metering. Is there even a way to make a chip that tells the camera "Yep, I'm the lenses' chip. AF is fine, here are the lens specific parameters and here are the parameters specific to *this* copy of the lens for good AF performance. (And that's assuming screw drive, not a lens motor. For which you probably can get by without any chip, at reduced performance and quality.) I have no idea about the lenses' maximal aperture, tho'!" and have the camera accept that? Or is said max aperture coded in how far a part of the bayonet is protruding (like in Canon's former fully mechanical mount)? But this is not what they are advertising. They are advertising autofocus. How is that related to keying in the maximum aperture re autoexposure? Same data source. -Wolfgang |
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On Tue, 23 Oct 2012 14:55:20 -0400, Michael
wrote: I am looking into the Rokinon f/3.5 8mm fisheye for my D5000. The B&H reviews look good and it is much less expensive than Nikon's 10mm f/2.8. B&H sells it for $299 without the focus confirm chip and $329 with the focus confirm chip. FYI, it's on sale to 229 unchipped and 249 chipped. http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produc...ide_Angle.html Note the chip is for autoexposure/WB and focus CONFIRMATION. However, this still is a manually focused lens. |
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