Presenting an impressively unique 180° angle of view, the Canon EF-mount Sigma 8mm f/3.5 EX DG Circular Fisheye is a creative tool for producing dramatically distorted, circular imagery. Benefitting the unique look of the lens is an advanced optical design that utilizes one SLD glass element to reduce color fringing and chromatic aberrations for improved clarity. A Super Multi Coating has also been applied to suppress lens flare and ghosting for greater contrast and color accuracy. Additionally, the lens also features a close 5.3" minimum focusing distance of 5.3", along with a 1:4.6 maximum magnification ratio, to suit working with close-up subjects.
- EF-Mount Lens/Full-Frame Format
- Aperture Range: f/3.5 to f/22
- One SLD Element
- Super Multi-Layer Coating
Sigma 8mm f/3.5 EX DG Circular Fisheye Overview
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Sigma 8mm f/3.5 EX DG Circular Fisheye Reviews
Great lens for handheld panoramas
My health has gotten bad enough that carrying a heavy Nikon, tripod, and a very heavy panorama head has gotten to be restrictive. I would take anywhere from 19 to 130 images and stitch them together. This lens lets me shoot much easier and I have gotten some good panos by only shooting and stitching four shots. I am including one here.
Highly recommended for shooting 360 with EOS 6D
I use the EF version of this lens with an EOS 6D. I've used it for both 180-degree IMAX style night time lapses and stitched 360 degree VR photography. Works great, very little chromatic aberration at the edges compared to other 8MM fisheye lenses that I've worked with. While it's an autofocus capable lens, I would highly recommend setting the camera to single-point metering if you use that feature. In short, very nice glass!
Excellent lens
This lens is great, a good addition to my photography toys box, at least for the purpose I bought for, panoramas for Real Estate properties. It has a big flaw though, the auto focus is really sloooooow
Great addition
used for panoramic view and tours. Best to shoot at least 3 photos instead of the two that the product can do - at least for a virtual tour
Excellent product
I use the product for 360 degree photography, and it is a great sturdy piece of equipment. I'm super happy about the delivery time, I think I had the lens 2-3 days after ordering it.
awesome lens
I use it for panorama, my life is much easier
not a full-frame lense
amazing lens. but unless I'm missing something and you can modify it is a crop sensor lens, not a full-frame. still an amazing lens for crop sensor
Very Good Limited-Purpose Lens
The 8mm f/3.5 EX DG produces a full circular image on a FF Nikon DSLR sensor, with black borders on all four sides. This is cool once in a while. The lens would provide greater utility if you were doing 360 degree stitched panos. For most applications, Sigma's 15mm f/2.8 fisheye would be a more practical choice. ... The 8mm lens is fairly sharp and has good contrast. It's a bit of a disappointment that Sigma hasn't updated and upgraded the 8mm into it's Art lens line.