Rokinon 8MM with Chip and Removable Lens Cap: This is a great price on this newer version of the Rokinon 8mm lens. $189 including shipping from a reputable dealer. It has the chip and...

wdfbpf Loc: Huntsville, AL

This is a great price on this newer version of the Rokinon 8mm lens. $189 including shipping from a reputable dealer. It has the chip and removable lens cap.

https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?shva=1#inbox/15479ba98849072f

DWU2 Loc: Phoenix Arizona area

What camera mount?

ptcanon3ti Loc: NJ

DWU2 wrote:

What camera mount?

Nikon and Canon from Adorama.

Jim Bob

wdfbpf wrote:

This is a great price on this newer version of the Rokinon 8mm lens. $189 including shipping from a reputable dealer. It has the chip and removable lens cap.

https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?shva=1#inbox/15479ba98849072f

I received notification of this special. Is this lens any good?

Peterff Loc: O'er The Hills and Far Away, in Themyscira.

Jim Bob wrote:

I received notification of this special. Is this lens any good?

Yes. It is an excellent fisheye for APS-C cameras made by Samyang. Excellent value.

wdfbpf Loc: Huntsville, AL

It is for the Canon EF or Nikon. Adorama's normal price for this lens is $399.

Dngallagher Loc: Wilmington De.

wdfbpf wrote:

This is a great price on this newer version of the Rokinon 8mm lens. $189 including shipping from a reputable dealer. It has the chip and removable lens cap.

https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?shva=1#inbox/15479ba98849072f

FYI - you cannot post a link to your mailbox, it will only take people who click it to THEIR mailbox assuming they have Gmail ....

Peterff Loc: O'er The Hills and Far Away, in Themyscira.

If this is the lens: http://www.adorama.com/rkhd8mc.html

It is an excellent lens, and also an extremely good price. I have the earlier version, with no chip, but you don't really need it, and mine has a removable lens cap (always a useful thing!), but not a removable lens hood.

This redesign made the lens hood removable, which isn't really an issue for APS-C cameras, but makes it useful on a full frame camera, in which case it will produce the classic circular fisheye lens projection.

Bear in mind, that although on an APS-C camera the lens will fill the frame, it is a fisheye (renders straight lines as curves - barrel distortion) not a rectilinear projection (straight lines as straight lines).

I have a Viviitar branded version of this lens that I found new on ebay for around $180 and am very pleased with it.

wdfbpf Loc: Huntsville, AL

Thnks for the tip Donald. I didn't notice what I had done. This is the link I should have posted. It is the HD8M-N lens. The HD stands for Hood Detachable.

http://www.adorama.com/RKHD8MN.html?EmailPrice=T#source=productOptions|RKHD8MC

Dngallagher Loc: Wilmington De.

wdfbpf wrote:

Thnks for the tip Donald. I didn't notice what I had done. This is the link I should have posted. It is the HD8M-N lens. The HD stands for Hood Detachable.

http://www.adorama.com/RKHD8MN.html?EmailPrice=T#source=productOptions|RKHD8MC

Definitely looks like a good deal - even better with Paypal credit ;)

rgrenaderphoto Loc: Hollywood, CA

I just sold one on E-Bay for $175, so $189 seems fair for a retail mail order price.

Peterff Loc: O'er The Hills and Far Away, in Themyscira.

Dngallagher wrote:

Definitely looks like a good deal - even better with Paypal credit ;)

If anyone wants a good fisheye lens I doubt there will be a better deal than this to be found. If you want one, buy now while this deal lasts.

I have found it to be a much more useful lens than I initially expected, and the curvature can be minimally intrusive when keeping the horizon in the center of the frame.

Here's a snaphot...

Samyang (Rokinon) 8mm fisheye

(Download)

Jim Bob

Peterff wrote:

Yes. It is an excellent fisheye for APS-C cameras made by Samyang. Excellent value.

Thank you so much.

wdfbpf Loc: Huntsville, AL

Really nice shot!