AstrHori 10mm F8 II Ultra Wide Angle Fisheye

Got this for my sigma FP L and is a perfect match! Lens is sharp enough, super lightweight and super wide! This is a APS-C lens but a cool little feature with the FP-L you can do a image zoom crop (zero digital enhancement, image quality does not suffer) and you can go to about to a 1.17x crop and you get rid of any dark edges. So this makes it a 12mm lens with that 1.17x crop with 26 megapixels (on FP-L). Lens is all metal and the focus ring has the perfect amount of resistance (love using this manual focus ring). If you’re a FP-L user and want a wide angel (fish eye) that is super light . Just buy it!

It'a really cheap so I can't complain. However it is really just a toy, don't expect anything too nice from it.

I love these budget lenses for the Fuji X-mount. They’re actually descent lenses for an excellent price. Definitely better than a lens cap and still small with the filter on, take off the filter and it’s even smaller. Paired with my X-E4 or E5 and it’s a very compact setup! Focusing is probably my only complaint because I’ll have lots of out of focus shots even at such a wide aperature as compared to my other 10mm f3.5 which I would recommend over this. The quality is descent, at a fixed aperture and the sharpness is alright. Definitely a fun lens to use, but mainly for its lens cap size.

Returned it, poor quality

Item: AstrHori 10mm F8 II Ultra Wide Angle Fisheye Price: $ 79.00 at time of review on 02 12 23 I was pleasantly surprised, given what I felt were reasonable expectations, when I received the AstrHori ultra-wide lens. I say that because this lens, while not equipped with the high quality optics I have in my studio lens inventory, is most certainly very usable and with a very attractive price point. I was able to easily ‘line up the dots’ and mount the lens on my A6400, which is my prime video-recording camera in my studio area. The close-focus distance is (0.3-meters), about (11.8-inches). I tested the lens on my camera and recorded a test segment. The 150-degree view contrasted quite noticeably with my 18-mm to 135-mm Sony lens, which is usually set at 35-mm for a somewhat ‘flat-field’ recording. If I were to describe the sharpness and clarity of the lens, based on the results from my studio test video, I’d say it was ‘adequate’ but far from a quality lens. I’m definitely going to use the lens. But it will probably be for ‘short video segments’ and if for still work, in a very bright and well illuminated setup. This f8 lens definitely benefits from ‘competent lighting.’ I noticed that in my studio video test, I was well illuminated with two panel lights and my image was decent. But as the lights dropped off on each side, the image quality suffered. The AstrHori lens, in my opinion, is an excellent value. While not a high-end prosumer lens, it will allow you to create still or video imaging with that ‘intentional distortion’ that only a fisheye can provide. And it provides that at an extremely reasonable price. The downside to a lens like this is most certainly its f8 fixed aperture. If I were recording outdoor segments, I wouldn’t expect great results with marginal light levels. However, when I saw the results from mounting this lens on my A6400, I could see a future of creating video segments and still shots that could certainly augment my projects. Again, proper lighting can help make up for the f8 lens, and augment and improve the results. Overall, I was impressed and satisfied with the AstrHori’s performance. The utility of the lens certainly meets and exceeds my expectations for what I would call a typical budget fisheye.

Nice pancake lens for the price if you need to move from shot to shot quickly. Packaged nicely and its a heavy lens, so it seems to be made pretty solid and durable. Liked that it came with a UV filter. Image quality was just Ok as you would expect by the price. It just wasn't for me, didn't like the fisheye look as much as I thought I would.

This is such a cool little lens. The build quality is actually really sturdy. It’s made of metal and even comes with a UV filter. In terms of size, it’s a really small pancake lens. Paired with a Sony ZV-E10, it almost looks like a lens cap. As far as performance goes, it’s great. You’ll definitely notice a bit of barrel distortion on the sides with a little vignetting, which are both easily fixed in post. Also, the lens isn’t a variable aperture lens - It’s just F8 and your camera will actually register it as “F_._” the way it does when you use an adapted lens that doesn’t have electronic contacts for transferring information. Likewise, focusing is manual. I’ve noticed that you can pretty much set it to “infinity” for most situations, though I actually used a closer focusing setting for the vlogging footage in the sample video. And speaking of vlogging, the lens suffers from the same problems that most super wide angle lenses have with digital image stabilization and that’s lots of warping in the corners which can be distracting if you’re walking around too quickly. Having said that, the lens is such a great value for what you’re getting. Overall, I’m really happy with it and I would definitely recommend it.

Disappointed. I read the product description and saw the sample photos. I saw the fisheye images, the fisheye title, and figured my shots would be fisheye. But that's only for full frame cameras. It's just wide angle and crops the fisheye fish bowl edges off. I wish it was more clear in the listing.