At f/5.6, that HFD drops to 2.2 feet, meaning anything just over a foot through infinity is in focus. With the lens set to f/4 it has a hyperfocal distance of 3.1 feet, meaning if you manually focus on something 3.1 feet away from the camera, everything between about a foot and a half away, through infinity will be in focus. That to me doesn’t make one bit of difference in a fisheye and let me tell you why. Weighing in at well under half the price of a Lumix 8mm fisheye, it is a very, very compelling option for micro 4/3 shooters, unless you want auto focus. A nice solid heft in the hand makes it feel well built, but so small it doesn’t add much bulk at all. It is a solidly built, nice looking lens that performs too. Here is a shot showing the Olympus 75mm f/1.8 lens, the Rokinon 7.5mm f/3.5 fisheye lens and the Lumix 14mm f/2.5 pancake lens for a size comparison.Įnter the micro 4/3 Rokinon 7.5mm fisheye lens. It is good enough comparatively, as well as offers such a price point advantage versus the native Canon EF 14mm f/2.8 lens, that I could never suggest the Canon lens over it, but, enough about it. The only other Rokinon optic I own is a Canon EF mount 14mm f/2.8 rectilinear wide angle. With a new line of cine lenses and now a pro level 24mm tilt shift lens, Rokinon has been wearing it’s big boy pants and that has bled into the mirrorless system camera category. Rokinon, Samyang, Bower, ProOptic are all manufactured by the same folks, but what was once seen as a low end, entry level optical choice has grown to offer, serious optics. Rokinon is a Korean optics company that build quality, manual focus lenses and markets them under a variety of different brands. Since I’ve become re-enamored with photography, I have stopped asking about and wondering why my wife has as many purses as she does (and constantly wants more…sounds kinda familiar right?) Don’t worry, I’m not turning this into a fashion blog, c’mon in and I’ll show you some shots of and from the stellar Rokinon 7.5mm fisheye lens.
For the times that you need that one, zany purse, the only one that goes with that crazy belt, then the fisheye is the ticket. For the other times, you have a plethora of other purses to accessorize to your need.
You only use it on certain occasions and for certain purposes, with certain outfits if you will. In the world of photography, a fisheye lens to me is kind of like a purse is to my wife.
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