8mm F2.8 UMC Fisheye II (Black) Lens for Sony E-Mount (NEX) Cameras (SY8MBK28-E)

easy to use. No need to fiddle with manual focusing, almost everything is sharp at 3.5 and good enough at 2.8, lovely pictures for a fun fisheye effect at a low cost.

Pictures below, note that1 - Outdoor pics at f8, focus infinity minus a hair, and the camera set the exposure2 - The detail in the car pic is from the original size 8.4 mpx image with no post-processing3 - The coffee kiosk pic, I am about 8 feet from the nearest corner of the building.-Decent lens, seems well built, focus mechanism is damped well enough to stay where you put it, f ring has positive detents. As other reviewers have noted, the one-foot minimum focus kind of works against the concept. Any fisheye gives it's most dramatic effect close-up, if that's what you're going for.I read a review of these elsewhere that said the glass is very good, but the construction involves a lot of plastic, so don't expect it to last years and years. For the amount of use this will get in my life, I'm sure it's more than adequate. Sharpness at my camera's medium size setting was kind of a pleasant surprise. Frankly, I hated to pay what this cost, but with decent specialty name-brand lenses -starting- at twice the price, the solid feel and image quality are plenty good for my needs.

Build quality is great, and the image production is pretty good. Set focusing to anywhere from 6" to 2' with an f/stop around 5.6-8 and you can't really miss.

It's a good lens for the money but it is really hard to manual focus this thing

Does not fit E-mount on sony Camera as advertised. This lens is for a A-mount. They sent the wrong lens and it's been a nightmare trying to get it exchanged or a refund.

This lens does not have autofocus so it needs to be done manually. If you don't know how to do that, you need to change the focus setting on your camera to "manual" and use one scroll is for the aperture and the other for the distance of your subject(s). I am a beginner photographer, so pardon me if I could've worded it better. I used this lens on a sony apsc camera, which means my camera's frame is "zoomed in" compared to a full frame. On my apsc camera, there isn't that circular border like in popular fisheye photos/videos, but I did not want that and I bought it because it didn't have it. This lens was what I was looking for so I am a satisfied customer. btw I found that the photos in previous reviews are pretty accurate, so thank you to those people for uploading sample images.

Manual lens but really easy to use. Great pics, small, light and solid build. 180degree perspective.I use it with Sony a6000.

Awesome lens, excellent quality and great image quality. Used on a Sony a6500.

All main photo dealers in the UK had no stock of this lens. I was a little hesitant ordering from Amazon as there were very few recent reviews of this lens. However this was stocked and fulfilled by Amazon, so I took the plunge. Delivered same day and the lens is as expected. Good image and build quality, and made in South Korea.A great fun lens. The picture was taken from the inside of my fridge!

Pone que es compatible con la Sony ZV, sin embargo no consigo que mi cámara lo reconozca

amazing lens

An incredible lens for capturing dramatic, ultra wide perspectives that standard mirrorless lenses simply cannot achieve, making it a valuable creative tool in my kit. The build quality is surprisingly robust for the price point and on my Sony APS-C body, it provides a true diagonal fisheye effect that yields some of the craziest and most unique compositions I have ever produced.However, you must be aware of significant color inaccuracy that require mandatory slight editing during post production. While this seems simple, standard color correction becomes challenging due to the extreme fisheye distortion; applying simple masks or vignettes to fix color casts can cause weird artifacts towards the edge of the circular frame. This lens offers unbeatable value for experimenting with extreme angles, but it demands patience and a solid workflow for raw processing to ensure the final output is usable.

This is a sharp lens and I have tried it with Sony Alpha 5100. It is generally easycto focus.