Nikon Full Frame 16mm 2.8 Fisheye: Does anyone have any experience with this lens and if so, is it a lens that I should consider to purchase? Years ago, I purchased a 10.55 half frame...

Mickey Mantle Loc: New York City

Does anyone have any experience with this lens and if so, is it a lens that I should consider to purchase?
Years ago, I purchased a 10.55 half frame fisheye for my D300 and sold it. Did not use it enough and was not creative enough for the lens

Thanks
Mickey

amehta Loc: Boston

Mickey Mantle wrote:

Does anyone have any experience with this lens and if so, is it a lens that I should consider to purchase?
Years ago, I purchased a 10.55 half frame fisheye for my D300 and sold it. Did not use it enough and was not creative enough for the lens

Thanks
Mickey

The fisheye is a very specialized lens. If you did not use it enough before, has your photographic style changed enough that it would be more interesting to you now?

Mickey Mantle Loc: New York City

Hi

Got into wide frame shooting. Have a 24-70 2.8 and 16-35 for my D610. Love them both

amehta Loc: Boston

Mickey Mantle wrote:

Hi

Got into wide frame shooting. Have a 24-70 2.8 and 16-35 for my D610. Love them both

Cool, shooting styles definitely evolve.

It will be interesting to see if anyone has experience with both the 16mm fisheye and a 16mm rectilinear lens like your 16-35mm. If not, you'll have to get the fisheye so you can educate us. :-)

Mickey Mantle Loc: New York City

Also have an 11-16 Tokina 2.8 for my 7100. Cool lens. I love taking my wide frames for street photography

amehta Loc: Boston

Mickey Mantle wrote:

Also have an 11-16 Tokina 2.8 for my 7100. Cool lens. I love taking my wide frames for street photography

Nice! I got the 14mm rectilinear FX lens instead of the 16mm fisheye, but it's only been used for landscapes. The fisheye seems too "cute" for my tastes.

Mickey Mantle Loc: New York City

I am tempted in getting the full frame fisheye. Was told there is a big difference between the full and half frame fisheyes

GoofyNewfie Loc: Kansas City

Rent one. Seriously.
There are many rental businesses that ship both ways.
It's much less expensive than being stuck with a lens you don't use.
Rentglass, BorrowLens, Adorama, to name only a few.

Alois

16 is just about the same like 10.5 only for full frame. This is not lens that you would use every day, but you can create very interesting images in landscape. That is where I use it.

Mickey Mantle Loc: New York City

Do you use it enough to justify the cost?

William Loc: Mississippi

go for it ... I got a chance to pick my lens and the Nikkor 16mm f2.8 was one of them

f8lee Loc: New Mexico

You might want to consider renting one for a week to see how much you like it - places like borrow lens.com and others have it for just such occasions.

djenrette Loc: Philadelphia

Mickey Mantle wrote:

Does anyone have any experience with this lens and if so, is it a lens that I should consider to purchase?
Years ago, I purchased a 10.55 half frame fisheye for my D300 and sold it. Did not use it enough and was not creative enough for the lens

Thanks
Mickey

I think you have answered your own question...

BboH Loc: s of 2/21, Ellicott City, MD

I started out with Nikon's DX cameras. Bought the10.5 Fisheye. It does some neat stuff in addition to extremely up-close images - within an inch or so.

Added a full frame camera and then bought the 16mm. Use them, both - for general stuff to get what the Fisheye will do plus for 360/180 panoramas. Frequently, a Fisheye is the other lens in my bag.

Mark7829 Loc: Calfornia

Mickey Mantle wrote:

Does anyone have any experience with this lens and if so, is it a lens that I should consider to purchase?
Years ago, I purchased a 10.55 half frame fisheye for my D300 and sold it. Did not use it enough and was not creative enough for the lens

Thanks
Mickey

I have the 16 mm FX, 16-35 and the 14-24. I love them all. They all have there uses. They all have distortion effects that either you control or you take advantage. These lens can draw you into the frame like non other. If I am taking images of cars the 16 mm is exceptional and if you bring the image into post processing you can even do more. Here is the front end of Buick Eighty Eight that I brought into post for even more distortion. (taken with a D800E and CP). It works well in certain landscape situations and can work as a wide angle. You control the distortion in post.

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