A Rokinon 8mm wide angle lens came to me at Christmas this year. I haven’t had a chance to run it through its paces yet. However, I snapped a few shots just to see what the perspective of the WIDE lens is. The lens comes in as an Ultra wide-angle 8mm fisheye lens with exaggerated perspective. The angle of view is approximately 180°. It really is dramatic for effects. I haven’t been able to get outside yet and it is a manual focus lens, so I’m still getting the feel of that, but I’m posting a few shots for now.
Once I get a bit more experience with the huge angle of view and the manual focus, I think this Rokinon 8mm wide angle lens will be a niche lens that will come in handy sometimes. It’s not something that I’ll use everyday, but the fisheye has artistic and astro-photographic applications. We’ll see how it goes!
