Excellent Lens !!
Excellent Lens !!
Handling and Features Performance Verdict Specification This diagonal fisheye lens provides a 180 degree angle of view from corner to corner when used with a Micro Four Thirds camera body.
Excellent sharpness from maximum aperture; Good build quality; Fast focusing; Compact size
Flare with sun in the frame
Small & neat. Takes little room in the camera bag. Good for panoramas.
Consistent Output; Durable; Lightweight
Sporting a very minimalist look, the lens is designed for the Micro Four Thirds mount of Panasonic's Lumix G range and while at 8mm it may appear to have a wide coverage, it's worth remembering that the Micro Four Thirds format has a crop factor of 2x, making this a 16mm full-frame equivalent (with
Given the limited applications for a fish-eye lens and the expensive list price, we can't help but wonder how many of these units Panasonic will sell. If you want to shoot real fish-eye and Micro Four Thirds is your system of choice, the 8mm is the best (but most expensive) option.
Dramatic 180-degree fish-eye effect; Full automatic and manual control
Expensive considering its limited usage
This lens, designed for Panasonic and Olympus Micro Four Thirds cameras, is an extreme wide-angle optic with angle of view (180 degree diagonal) equivalent to a 16mm lens on a 35mm film camera. Maximum aperture is f3.5.
Images from this lens are outstanding; Sharpness, contrast and colour are good; The video effect is spectacular; The hard-to-define feel of the lens is luxurious
A very minor point – there is no image stabilisation; But used on an Olympus E Pen camera there is, because of the CCD-shift stabilisation in Olympus cameras
People are often intrigued by anything that changes the way they view subjects, which accounts for some of the popularity of fisheye lenses. Panasonic's Lumix G Fisheye 8mm f/3.5 lens, which was announced in June, is the first (and, so far, only) fisheye lens for Micro Four Thirds System cameras.
You really want the novel perspective a fisheye lens provides, You shoot plenty of close-to-the-action videos; Don't buy this lens if, You require high image quality across the aperture range of the lens.
The LUMIX G FISHEYE 8mm F3.5 is a very specialist lens that provides a unique view on the world. It delivers great image quality in a tiny package, but at £729 / $799.99 you've got to really love the fisheye effect.
as good as my Olympus 3,5/8 mm Fisheye and better then any othe Fisheye from Sigma, Canon, Sony and as good as Nikon Fisheye
small; light; seems solid; good performance
to expensive
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