The Samyang 8mm f/3.5 Asph IF MC Fisheye CSII DH is fitted with a removable lens hood (DH), but is otherwise identical (optically and mechanically) to the fixed lens hood version.

This is a high-quality ultra wide-angle fisheye lens designed for digital SLRs equipped with an APS-C (CS) sensor.

It is a "full-frame" diagonal fisheye lens for APS-C DSLRs, meaning the image produced fills the frame on APS-C cameras. It produces an immense field of view — 180 degrees on 1.5x sensors, or on 1.6x sensors such as Canon EOS APS-C, it produces 167 degrees.

On full-frame cameras, it produces a vignetted, almost circular image when the lens hood is removed. This effect is sought by users wishing to obtain the widest possible image/field of view for panoramic software on full-frame cameras, and this is one of the reasons Samyang produced this version with a removable lens hood. The Samyang 8mm fisheye lens is ideal for creating panoramas and 360° virtual tours, including full 360-degree images with appropriate equipment and various third-party panoramic software supplied by other manufacturers.

The optical construction of the lens includes 10 elements arranged in 7 optical groups. The Samyang 8mm fisheye incorporates a hybrid aspherical lens and advanced multi-layer anti-reflection coating (MC) to minimise stray reflections and ghosting.

Like all current Samyang lenses, it features manual focus. The 8mm fisheye lens body does not change in size thanks to the internal focus (IF) design.

Fisheye lenses are also popular for special effects where distortion and field curvature, exaggerated perspective or extreme depth of field are desired. Groups such as skateboarders embrace Samyang fisheyes for their skateboarding videos and photos, due to their very high quality while remaining an extremely affordable option; alternatives are very expensive, or are poor-quality lens adapters offering inferior quality.

The Samyang 8mm fisheye lens offers some of the best optics in its class and exceptional value for money. A specialist lens, accessible to all photographers.

The Samyang 8mm 1:3.5 Aspherical IF MC Fish-eye CSII DH is available in Canon EF, M, Sony A, E, Pentax, Fujifilm X, Samsung NX, Four Thirds, MFT mounts.


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