Just an FYI, the Zenitar 16mm Fisheye only has a strong fisheye effect on a full frame camera, you will not get to appreciate the same thing a crop body. I have one for my 5D2. It's an incredibly sharp lens once you stop it down 2-3 f-stops, there is some soft-filter type effect wide open at f2.8.
you still get the fish eye effect on a crop camera, most noticable when your shooting vertical lines. E.g door frame for example. Actually that one doesn't appear to be the canon mount. That thing with the number on it on the mounting side is actually an adapter.
tohara wrote:
That thing with the number on it on the mounting side is actually an adapter.
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Actually, that's the filter. Agree, this is a great lens on FF.
Full resolution samples below. First is f/2.8, second is f/4, 3rd is f/8. One inside the car is F/4 (I think).
These were taken with my 1D Mark II. There is still a fisheye effect however I would agree the effect is greater on full frame cameras. I bought this lens with an intention to go full frame but have since gotten so attached to my 1D II I'm sticking with it :-)
It is also easy to focus manually due to the large depth of field.
Note: the shots below are full resolution! Sorry for long download times.
Also - notes on the above - the focus point was on the Ford SUV in the middle of the frame. In the first shot at 2.8 you see softness in the edges which is partially due to the depth of field, not lens softness.
Likewise with the exposure, I was really shooting to demonstrate sharpness. The shots each have a different exposure, that has nothing to do with the lens, that's the photography :-)
...and the blue colors in the steering wheel are not chromatic aberration, that's me wearing a blue shirt!
This lens is actually very sharp, and extremely light and compact.
