Nikkor AF DX 10.5mm f/2.8 ED Fisheye Lense

AJ23 · 8th November 2003

For those interested, the new Nikkor AF DX 10.5mm f/2.8 ED Fisheye Lense is out. Price around S$1.1k thereabouts.

Initial impressions, extremely light and fast autofocus. It focus down to 14cm!

A very tempting piece of eye (fisheye).

sebastiansong · 8th November 2003

later go CP... thnx for the pointer AJ

espn · 8th November 2003

AJ23

BUY BUY BUY

VincentLin · 8th November 2003

Cool piece of equipment. Price-wise it's great!

chucks · 8th November 2003

1100-1200 sounds reasonable.

But must see for myself first. Thanks for the news.

AJ23 · 8th November 2003

Originally Posted by espn

AJ23

BUY BUY BUY

AJ23 · 11th November 2003

has anyone gotten this cute little lense?

ckiang · 11th November 2003

Originally Posted by AJ23

has anyone gotten this cute little lense?

Tested in the shop. Lens is pretty well-built, not plasticky. Rather small and cute. Being a fisheye, quite a large amount of barrel distortion for that "fisheye effect". Almost 180° field of view on a D100.

Regards
CK

VincentLin · 12th November 2003

Impratical to use on a film body like mine.

Faces were tearing back and with large big grins.

Horrible stuff.

iz_k · 12th November 2003

Originally Posted by VincentLin

Faces were tearing back and with large big grins.

like these?-->

VincentLin · 12th November 2003

Not exactly. But I guess in another way, you can put it that way.

It's the distortion, it's unnatural.

Watcher · 12th November 2003

Well, they did say that with the minimum focus distance of 0.14m (5.5"), it would produce "interesting" pictures

. Better not take an image of a woman smiling, later she accuse you of taking a picture that makes her "jia xi ang"

See some samples in DP Review. Very nice for parties, events, etc.

chucks · 12th November 2003

Originally Posted by VincentLin

Impratical to use on a film body like mine.

Nikon designed it for use on the DX format DSLRs.

The lens is fun, but that's about it for me. Dun think I need it.

hackie · 12th November 2003

tested the lens at nikon outing n CP..
actually the min focussing dist can go right down to a few cm.. as close as 2-3cm..
i was even afraid my fingers might touch the lens..

ckiang · 12th November 2003

Originally Posted by hackie

tested the lens at nikon outing n CP..
actually the min focussing dist can go right down to a few cm.. as close as 2-3cm..
i was even afraid my fingers might touch the lens..

Minimum focussing distance is actually measured from film plane to subject. So including lens and camera, yeah, possibly what you get.

Regards
CK

chaotic · 12th November 2003

I am a canon user but i can't resist this.

BUY BUY BUY!

Watcher · 12th November 2003

Originally Posted by ckiang

Minimum focussing distance is actually measured from film plane to subject. So including lens and camera, yeah, possibly what you get.

Regards
CK

You're right!

Originally Posted by Nikon fisheye lens page

Minimum focus distance is 14cm (5.5 in.) -- only 3cm (1.2 in.) from the lens front

Watcher · 12th November 2003

Originally Posted by chaotic

I am a canon user but i can't resist this.

BUY BUY BUY!

Yeah, you should switch to Nikon!

jo3pit · 15th November 2003

is this afull frame fish eye or circular one?

Andy Ho · 15th November 2003

Originally Posted by jo3pit

is this afull frame fish eye or circular one?

It is a full frame fish eye to replace the 16mm for use on Nikon DX digital cameras so that you get a full fish eye effect.

Andy Ho

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AJ23 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Town of Queens doing PORT-9YOU Posts: 6,711	Nikkor AF DX 10.5mm f/2.8 ED Fisheye Lense For those interested, the new Nikkor AF DX 10.5mm f/2.8 ED Fisheye Lense is out. Price around S$1.1k thereabouts. Initial impressions, extremely light and fast autofocus. It focus down to 14cm! A very tempting piece of eye (fisheye).

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sebastiansong Moderator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Singapore Posts: 979	later go CP... thnx for the pointer AJ __________________ www.pbase.com/sebastiansong

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Watcher Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: The heart of the Abyss Posts: 2,319	Well, they did say that with the minimum focus distance of 0.14m (5.5"), it would produce "interesting" pictures . Better not take an image of a woman smiling, later she accuse you of taking a picture that makes her "jia xi ang" See some samples in DP Review. Very nice for parties, events, etc. Last edited by Watcher; 12th November 2003 at 01:14 PM.

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jo3pit Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Singapore Posts: 406	re is this afull frame fish eye or circular one?

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espn Deregistered Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Planet Nikon Posts: 22,045	AJ23 BUY BUY BUY

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VincentLin Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 385	Cool piece of equipment. Price-wise it's great!

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chucks Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 173	1100-1200 sounds reasonable. But must see for myself first. Thanks for the news.

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AJ23 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Town of Queens doing PORT-9YOU Posts: 6,711	has anyone gotten this cute little lense?

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hackie Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 851	tested the lens at nikon outing n CP.. actually the min focussing dist can go right down to a few cm.. as close as 2-3cm.. i was even afraid my fingers might touch the lens..

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chaotic Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 738	I am a canon user but i can't resist this. BUY BUY BUY!