dsiner Loc: Kent, WA

Have a request to produce some pictures with a fisheye. Anyone shooting a fisheye and if so which are the sharpest? Budget around 500.

rgrenaderphoto Loc: Hollywood, CA

You can get a manual focus 8 mm Rokinin for $300. I had to leave on infinity focus at max aperture or I got an error message on my D7100.

Nikon's AF DX NIKKOR 10.5mm f/2.8G which is Dx for about $772.

My current is the Sigma 15mm F2.8 EX DG Diagonal Fisheye for Full Frame bodies. Sharp lens, offers autofocus and full functionality.

Then there's the Nikon 8-15 f/3.5 for $1300

Leicaflex Loc: Cymru

Most fisheye lenses may be regarded as fun lenses. Of course, they have their limitations, but can generate some interesting photographs.
The cost of a good fisheye lens needs to be balanced against the investment and the use the photographer will get out of it to justify the cost.

Gene51 Loc: Yonkers, NY, now in LSD (LowerSlowerDelaware)

The Nikon 10.5mm F2.8 - you can get a used one for as low as $200 on eBay. Most are under $500.

WayneT Loc: Paris, TN

I have the Rokinon 8mm with the chip and use it on my 7200 without a problem. It's a fun lens.

https://www.amazon.com/Rokinon-Fisheye-Aperture-Exposure-AE8M-N/dp/B006O7158O/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1522323704&sr=8-3&keywords=rokinon+8mm+nikon

henryp Loc: New York, NY

Eleven fish-eye lenses for Nikon APS-C cameras: https://bhpho.to/2pPAlOh

dsiner Loc: Kent, WA

Ok 11 great but which ones are shsrpest? I don't want a circular, this isn't art photography it's real estate.
I have an 11-16 tokina but they want wider. Not complaining about the responses, just clarifying.

Math78 Loc: Scottsdale, AZ

The don't think you want to use a fisheye lens for real estate. The point of a fisheye is to have fun with the distortion. The "fun house mirror effect" is not what people are looking for in a real estate photo. I think you are looking for an ultrawide lens wider than 11mm on a DX camera. You probably need to go to a full frame camera in that case. Or take 2 or 3 photos with your DX camera and stitch them together into a panorama

I have the 8mm Rokinon with chip which works fine with my D7100. You get a rectilinear image (not circular), but it has tons of distortion. Here's an example photo of my back patio. Note: All lines on the patio are straight, not curved as in this fisheye view.

Robert Bailey Loc: Canada

I bought a Vivitar 8 mm lens for my Nikon D7100.
I paid $159 on Amazon.
It is quite sharp and a lot of fun to use.
I do, however, get a bit of "colour fringing".

chippy65 Loc: Cambridge

I use the SamYang version, F3.5, 8mm chipped with my D90 and D5300, very pleased with the results.

rayr

I have the 8mm F-3.5 Rokinon that I use on my D750 and two of my friends bought them also on my recommendation and we all agree that it is one of the sharpest lenses that we have ever shot. I shoot mine on infinity and never have to focus it. It's a great lens for the money.

JPL

Cheapest way is to use photoshop or other photo editing programs to transfer your photos into fisheye like photos.

JPL

Ok, you want a lens for real estate. Why a fisheye? Fisheye lenses distort the images a lot. The Samyang/Rokinon/Bower/Vivitar/somethingelse is probably the sharpest one with the least distortion but your pics will still be very distorted.

If you want a rectiliniar ultra wide lens that is sharp and good for real estate the Sigma 8-16 is the best choice.
It is available for $500 used at BH. http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/689635-REG/Sigma_203101_8_16mm_F4_5_5_6_DC_HSM.html

olsonsview

You said you had a request to use a fisheye lens, then said you shoot real estate in a later comment. Sounds like you do not want a fisheye lens? So if you are taking shots for real estate, I take it you want to use a lens that is rectilinear in order to keep the vertical lines true? Then the best solutions were posted by math78. First you will need a full frame body. That allows you to take advantage of several good wide lenses. But, you also can try your current DX wide zoom lens with a full frame body, and then crop before distortion or vignetting is apparent. I have done that successfully in the past. Many very wide zooms can be pushed a little further than advertised when they are mounted on a full frame. You do have to trick the full frame body into taking a full frame shot with a Dx lens, easy enough in the camera menu. Can you borrow a full frame body from a friend and try it? And the second suggestion was to take several exposures while panning the scene. Then stitch them together. But be aware the camera will need to be held level and rotated as level as possible in order to make the stitching easy. Most might use a tripod and level the camera base first before shooting. And there are special panoramic tripod heads that make the chore simple. Good luck!

Country Boy Loc: Beckley, WV

I could be wrong, but I think if you show them some fisheye shots they will say what they want is the widest wide angle you can get. I doubt they want distortion or circular impacts.