Samyang 7.5mm f/3.5 UMC Fisheye MFT Lens - Silver

This 7.5mm fisheye lens provides a diagonal field of view of 180 degrees on a Micro Four Thirds camera and is available for around £240.

Being priced so low at around £240, this diagonal fisheye from Samyang for Micro Four Thirds system cameras represents excellent value for money. It produces sharp images and has excellent build quality.

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  Excellent sharpness in the centre from maximum aperture, Very good build quality, Extremely compact, Low CA for a fisheye, Inexpensive, Stereographic projection

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  Compact size may result in fingers creeping into the edges of the frame, Manual focusing ring is a little stiff.

The Samyang 7.5mm f/3.5 UMC Fisheye is certainly a more than welcome addition to the Micro-Four-Thirds system. The near-stereographic projection doesn't look quite as extreme as in conventional fisheye lenses despite the similar field-of-view so its applications are in fact broader and even pretty...

Does a small, solidly build, stylish lens really exist? One that provides an excellent image quality already up from the maximum relative aperture, in the frame centre and on the frame edge alike? A lens devoid of basic optical aberrations and with a very affordable price tag?

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  small, well-build and very handy casing,, sensational image quality in the frame centre,, excellent image quality on the edge of the frame, including the maximum relative aperture,, low chromatic aberration,, negligible astigmatism,, very well corrected coma,, well corrected vignetting,, proper work...

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  lack of depth of field scale.

I bought this fisheye for fun, had a great time taking photos with a new perspective. The price is very reasonable. It is not the sharpest lens but very respectable. F stop of 3.5 is slow for inside a building or with movement.Size wise, it is perfect for micro 43, does not add much weight at all.