BOWERCamera SLY288NXB Ultra-Wide 8mm f/2.8 Fisheye Lens for Samsung NX Digital

I have a passion for finding the utimate Fisheye lens for both Photo & Video recording and up until now have experimented with add on lenses with usually the same results of having to zoom in for proper compensation.This lens when used with my Panasonic Micro Four Thirds camera is the ultimate Fisheye lens.It's only $299.00 which is less then half price of the automatic Panasonic lens and does the job at 180 degrees.Although the focus and aperture settings are not automatic it was still easy to use the lens.Most of the time the focus is set at infinidty and everything from about 5 feet remains in focus.I used the lens outside or with a light inside and it's just amazing.You don't see that much distortion unless your close up on a subject. Otherwise you are able to fit so much more in your photos and Videos.I like the fact that everything appears sharp and clear and the distortion of the Fisheye is available when I want it in my Videos.I will probably keep this lens on my camera permantely until I find the need to use a zoom lens.Since there are at least 2 of these lenses available on Amazon be sure to search for other 7.5mm lenses as the price varies even thought they're manfactured by the same company.

This is an inexpensive and fun little lens to carry around. below are some of the pros and cons with the product which I've used with my olympus omd em5Pros:- neat little lens and lots of fun to play around with doing fisheye effects and what not- extremely light and not a burden to carry around for those occasions where you wanna try a ultra wide angle- many people complained about the manual focus and aperture adjustment but really most of the time you just need to leave it at infinity as you won't really use this for macro shots anywaysCons- lens not exactly the sharpest and quite fuzzy around the edges

Lens cap broke and I had an impossible time getting it replaced through the manufacturer. Otherwise this lens is great. I use it primarily for vertically angled shots, and plan on using it for 360° panoramas. It's as sharp as my 7-14mm, even defished (although I stopped using it because of the resolution loss due to defishing and cropping). The trick I found was to zoom in on the viewfinder to ensure that the subject was tack sharp. Before I did this, I'd have images that looked sharp on the camera screen until I uploaded them to a computer or zoomed in.

A friend is someome you can have lots of fun with and since receiving ths lens we have been having fun together. The first day out we shot some great sunsets at a local fish market. I must admit my friend and I did have an adjustment period where we were not sure what to expect from each other but after send a little time together everything worked out well. My friend surprised me with clarity and a new perspective on my photographic life. If you want some fun and a new twist on life I recommend my new best friend.

This is a specialty lens that produces an ultra-wide look that nothing else can quite accomplish--and with remarkable sharpness and clarity, especially for the price. Of course there is considerable barrel distortion, only some of which can be "corrected." But if you like that unique look occasionally for certain subjects, this is the lens to get! It seems to be identical to the Rokinon or Samyang ultra-wide lenses, just a different name on the barrel.

Very good quality speciality lens. I am always carrying this lens in my camera bag because it is light and small. I find out this lens to be very useful in situation where wide angle lens is not able to cover the area I am interested. It makes picture with huge barrel distortion but it is the price for the extra wide coverage. In some situation barrel distortion could make very attractive addition to your pictures so it is a lens for creative photographers. The barrel distortion could be partially eliminated in photo editing software such as Photoshop Lightroom .

I have four other lenses, but this one is my favorite. It is funny and it also gives me a 180 degree lens that I did not have. It will be great for outdoor photos especially as you can fit everything in one shot.Plus for a beginner like me, it is manual so I can really understand better how aperture and shutter speed all work together.Pretty cool. I would highly recommend this lens as your second purchase after the 20 mm pancake lens as that one is pretty much all purpose.

This fisheye lens is terrific and works great on my Olympus EP-1. I would have given it 5 stars but the lens doesn't work on my other micro 4/3 camera, the Panasonic GF-1. I was going to send it back, but I just couldn't part with it.