Any experience with Sigma 8mm fisheye?

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If anyone has experience with an 8mm fisheye, I'd appreciate some pictures or comments about shooting with it. I'm seeking something wider than 14mm on full-frame, but it seems to get harder very fast as one goes to shorter FLs. 8mm seems like it might be a bridge too far. Thank you.
 
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nhzen said:
If anyone has experience with an 8mm fisheye, I'd appreciate some pictures or comments about shooting with it. I'm seeking something wider than 14mm on full-frame, but it seems to get harder very fast as one goes to shorter FLs. 8mm seems like it might be a bridge too far. Thank you.
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Just curious, what would you photograph with an 8mm fisheye? I've never used one.
 
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Calson said:
I bought the 7Artisans 10mm f/2.8 fisheye for the Z cameras and it has been an excellent lens and a very good value for $256 from BH Photo.
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Thanks @Calson! I hadn't been aware of this lens. Most of the other Chinese brands I've seen were for DX format but this one seems like it's true 10mm in FX format. I will look at it some more - certainly can't beat the price. I took a look at your gallery and couldn't see images there, if you can share one or two from this lens that would be fantastic.
 
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JAJohnson said:
Just curious, what would you photograph with an 8mm fisheye? I've never used one.
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Just thinking about it @JAJohnson . I've been shooting the sky, but at 14mm because that's what I have, and I felt that I should go wider. The guess at 8mm was just a shot in the dark because that's an available lens. I haven't shot with anything lower than 14mm so I don't have a relative mental comparison. But basically for landscapes and night photos.
 
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nhzen said:
@MrFotoFool Do you know which one he has? Prime or one of the zooms? If you happen to have a pointer to an image, that would be awesome. Thank you!
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I am virtually certain it is the Sigma 8mm (which I just noticed on B&H is half price through tomorrow). The only photo I had was from one of his books, so I took a photo of the page it's on. (Note - right half is blurry because it was near the crease and not parallel to my camera; it is NOT because the lens is soft on right side).

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Another lens option to think about is the Laowa 10mm f2.8 Zero-D full focus rectilinear lens. More expensive at $800 but it does have auto focus and is reasonably light weight at 15 oz. It has gotten some nice reviews. I'm thinking of buying it.
 
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Ivan Rothman said:
Another lens option to think about is the Laowa 10mm f2.8 Zero-D full focus rectilinear lens. More expensive at $800 but it does have auto focus and is reasonably light weight at 15 oz. It has gotten some nice reviews. I'm thinking of buying it.
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Thanks @Ivan Rothman. This does look like a good option. Unlike many others like it, this is 10mm in FX (many of the other Korean / Chinese lenses are DX).
 
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