Rokinon 8mm f/2.8 Series 2 Fisheye Lens for Sony E, Black

After extensive research and development, the Rokinon 8mm f/2.8 UMC Series II Fish-Eye Black Lens for Sony E-mount emerges as a superior ultra-wide-angle lens, meticulously crafted for compact system cameras. This lens offers an expansive 180-degree field of view, equivalent to a 12mm field of view in 35mm format, transforming your photography experience with its immersive perspective.

Designed as a diagonal fisheye lens for APS-C format, the Rokinon 8mm lens delivers images that fill the frame on APS-C cameras, creating striking and dynamic compositions. This manual focus lens is compact and lightweight, making it an ideal companion for your compact system cameras.

The lens boasts an intricate optical construction of 10 lens elements arranged in 8 groups, including 1 ASP and 2 ED elements. This design ensures optimal optical performance, delivering sharp, high-quality images. The lens features an aperture range from f/2.8 to f/22, facilitated by six diaphragm blades, offering flexibility in various lighting conditions.

The Rokinon 8mm fisheye lens incorporates an Internal Focusing (IF) system, ensuring the lens maintains its compact size even when adjusting focus. The lens also features the latest generation multilayer anti-reflection ultra multi-coating (UMC) to minimize lens flare and ghosting, enhancing image clarity and contrast. The integrated lens hood further reduces flare, ensuring your images are always at their best.

With its large depth of field, achieving focus with this lens is a breeze. Simply set the approximate distance on the lens scale, and you're ready to shoot sharp images from close objects to infinity. For critical or close focus situations, you can use Live-View to fine-tune the focus manually.

The Rokinon 8mm f/2.8 fisheye lens is not just a lens; it's a creative tool capable of producing stunning panoramas and 360 virtual tours. With the use of various third-party software, you can create full 360-degree images, adding a unique dimension to your photography.

When used with an APS-C camera, this lens provides a dramatic, exaggerated wide-angle perspective. Alternatively, when paired with a full-frame digital camera or 35mm film camera, it produces a powerful circular image floating in the frame. Please note that a rounded image will be produced when used with full-frame sensors.

Experience the world through a different lens with the Rokinon 8mm f/2.8 UMC Series II Fish-Eye Black Lens for Sony E-mount, and let your creativity soar.