Samyang 8mm T3.8 VDSLR Fish-Eye Lens MKII (Sony Alpha)
This Sony A Mount Samyang 8mm T3.8 UMC Fish-Eye CS II Lens is a fish-eye cine lens designed for video capture on cameras with APS-C sized sensors. It features an 8mm focal length and a 180° ultra wide angle of view..
Fish-eye lenses aren't for common, everyday shots, but can be excellent for capturing sports stadiums, large halls, highly-packed city sights, and similar scenery in a warped, unconventional fashion. They're also useful in making small rooms look bigger and straight lines or bars appear more oval, in both scenarios as a result of warping the image.
The aperture ranges from T3.8 to T22. T3.8 being its fastest aperture, this lens is best used in environments with sufficient light or with a light source incorporated. The aperture is manually adjustable without click stops with a continuous, smooth aperture ring. Both the aperture ring and focus ring feature a 0.8 gear pitch in case you want to use a follow focus with either. The focus ring is also well-damped and very smooth. The lens doesn't offer auto-focus, but in fish-eye lenses objects appear mostly in focus anyway. The minimum focusing distance is 11.8" (30 cm).
The lens has 10 lens elements arranged in 7 groups. It's coated with Samyang's multi-layered, anti-reflection Ultra Multi Coating (UMC), which suppresses flaring and ghosting. The lens body is made of aluminum and is very robust. A removable, petal type lens hood, and front and rear lens caps are included with the lens.
Lens Mount | Sony A |
Focal Length | 8mm |
Aperture | T3.8 to T22 |
Angle of View | 180° diagonal |
Minimum Focus Distance | 11.8" (30 cm) |
Optical Construction | 10 elements in 7 groups (1 aspherical element) |
Number of Aperture Blades | 6 |
Focus Adjustment | Manual |
Filter Size | None |
Front Diameter | 75 mm |
Gear Pitch | 0.8 (on both the focus and aperture rings) |
Length (Lens Mount to Front) | 2.93" (74.6 mm) |
Weight | .96 lb (436 g) |
Package Weight | 1.8 lb |
Box Dimensions (LxWxH) | 8.8 x 6.6 x 5.0" |
Samyang 8mm T3.8 VDSLR Fish-Eye Lens MKII (Sony Alpha)
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