Used Rokinon 12mm F2.8 Full Frame Fisheye, Manual Focus Lens for Nikon F Mount with AE Chip

2022-03-23T08:43:27

Using this with an Ursa Mini 4k and a BMPCC 6k Pro. Although not a cine lens, it works well. Comes out to about 18mm 35mm equivalent with an acceptable fisheye distortion for most work. Focus can almost always stay at infinity for my work so no camera jitter from adjusting focus. Great on a gimbal. Has that Rokinon slightly soft beautiful video look.

WALTER E.

2021-07-26T08:56:00

Happy with the edge to edge sharpness.

RAYMOND G.

2020-12-31T07:56:29

It really takes great shots. No need to spend the money on a Canon. All manual but easy to get used to. Quite sharp.

MICHAEL B.

2020-08-11T09:51:39

Great lens, performed as intended. No complaints

BRYAN G.

2020-07-28T13:54:38

It’s a fun lens, and fair quality for the price. Would recommend this to anyone with a similar budget for a fisheye lens!

JUSTENE B.

2019-07-04T15:06:46

Trying to get used to the perspective of fisheye. First one ever owned. I've been playing with it for only a short period of time and so far I am impressed. This is a very sharp lens and I can't wait to try long exposure night shots with it

Mark F.

2019-01-04T16:53:48

Bought this to use in the waterhousing for surf photography. I am surprised that it works pretty darn good good for a manual lens for sports/action.

John L.

2018-10-21T09:34:58

This is a great 12mm FX lens at a great price. Acuity, contrast, color all first rate. Low distortion for a 12. Nothing to hold you back from saving money and getting a no compromise 12mm. Note: It is manual focus. For this working pro, that is no big deal as DoF is so big (as with all superwides).Just buy it if you need 12mm.

LARRY I.

2018-04-15T16:45:17

I bought this to go with my A7RII. Of course, it is a manual lense but I was pleasantly surprised that it works with the focus assist in my camera. Appears to be sharp, maybe a little soft on the edges, but is a good lens at a nice price. Adorama was very quick to fill the order and send it out for quick delivery.

Joann W.

2018-02-28T12:14:40

to be honest, my expectations were low going into this purchase based on previous Rokinon experiences, This particular lens has really impressed me. it’s build quality is solid and i’ve come to love the manual nature of this lens. if you are worried about the lack of autofocus, for me, it isn’t missed. C’mon, if you cant tell when something is in focus or not maybe photography isn’t your thing (haha), because of the super wide nature of this lens it’s really easy to focus IMO. my copy is sharp throughout the frame, even at the corners. it’s super fun getting creative with this lens.

Rob R.

2017-09-15T09:13:45

I could not manipulate it on my camera.

GEORGE M.

2017-08-29T11:47:39

Love it! Great lens, easy to manual focus. Use focus peaking or zoom in. I am a university photography professor. Quality is very good and it is very sharp.

Ana B.

2017-07-12T23:15:16

Definitely would recommend buying this lens. I use it on my Nikon D610 and I am very happy with the results. At F22 you basically cant take an out of focus picture and the star bursts from this lens are simply amazing. The only way you could possibly make this better is if you put in autofocus or in camera aperture control but neither of those are big factors for how I shoot at night. See examples of my fisheye photos with this lens at www.ZariaGPhotography.com

ZARIA G.

2016-12-26T17:28:50

Optics are great. If you like fisheye distortion this one is somewhat mild compared to some others and holds sharpness to the edges stopped down a notch or two. Stopped down to f8 and hyperfocal focused it becomes point and shoot. The grease used for the focus ring is perfect... one finger focus is possible. I use a sony A7RII and mostly legacy Nikon glass so I ordered this in nikon mount to get the smallest size for the camera bag. If you don't want curved lines go with the 14mm Rokinon. I like it equally well but more caution is needed when focusing and selecting aperture combinations for good edge sharpness.

David M.

2016-12-25T07:57:51

I have the Rokinon 24mm f 1.4 lens for night photos using my full frame Canon 5d Mark III so am used to the manual lens. I wanted a wider lens also for night photography so this fit the bill. It is fisheye so I defish the photo in Photoshop for landscapes in the horizontal orientation. For vertical orientation, the defish is mostly unnecessary because the distortion is minimal. The photos are very sharp with some distortion on the vignette edges. The focus is accurate at infinity, unlike my 24mms lens so I don't have to tape it in place. It is a great lens, especially for the price.

Carol F.

2016-12-19T13:04:09

Great price and solid build. Available under 3 different company names. I tested it indoors and outdoors. The manual focus was fine because anything over 3 feet is set to infinity. The manual F-stop was no big deal. I returned it because it was not very sharp when zoomed in to 100%. Adorama made the exchange simple. I purchased the Canon 8-15mm Fisheye. After extensive testing, the Canon has a zoom, has auto-focus, F-stop is controlled by the camera, and it is sharper (although 3x the price).

AL G.

2016-11-29T04:32:51

Great little lens.. I purchased one for my Sony A7r 2 and one for my Canon 5Ds..

WILLARD G.