7artisans 7.5mm F2.8 II V2.0 APS-C Format Fisheye Lens with 190° Angle of View Compatible with Sony Emount Cameras with Protective Lens Cap, Lens Hood and Carrying Bag

I was tempted to rate the lens at four stares as the lens bag was missing and as a still photographer, I would much prefer click stops on the aperture. However, I was aware of the lack of click stops. I am delighted with the fit and finish of the lens and one would not think this is a $140 unit. It is likely to be compared to the Rokinon 8mm/2.8 which is $124 more expensive. The 7artisans 7,5mm/2.8 is at a price that it can be used occasionally. I would like to give credit to the box and graphic designers, for an inexpensive lens, this borders on being a presentation box. Please keep the "Made In China" sticker neatly on a side panel. Gives the lens a touch of class, thank you. When it comes to performance, I would buy this lens again and would recommend it to someone in my camera club with the following information. I did some basic user testing. The lens was mounted on a Sony a6000, shot in raw, on and off a tripod, and downloaded to Lightroom 5.7. I made my judgment calls at the 1 to 1 magnification ratio. From my perspective, f/8 was the sweet spot for the way I will use the lens. In landscape orientation, it is soft on the vertical edges, especially the corners with cromatic aberration. The cromatic aberration can be corrected in LR. I am pleasantly surprised at how sharp the lens is and the fact that it can be focused very close indeed. I was pleased with how little flair was apparent when the sun was peaking through fir tree branches 1/3 of the way into the frame One last thing, while the lens shade can be removed, I have had no lens vignetting with my lens. I did take my lens shade off, even when I know better, and my 81yr. old hands had difficulty getting it fully on in proper orientation. I solved this by using a matchstick with a minute dab of Helimax-xp Optical Helicoid Grease at 1/2 in. intervals to the threads of the lens body. The shade went back on with no problem. Another precision grease should work fine if you have this problem. Be careful. Thanks again.

For the price it deserves 5 stars, and some of its capabilities also. Concerned about lens cap. The MACRO capability of this fish eye lens is astounding. Also the sharpness and resolution in the relevant center of the frame on an extreme close up/macro shot can be startlingly good, especially when my first number of shots in a low light interior (non macro) gave me semi-mediocre results. Yesterday i did some interior photos in the day in some artists' studios and got some amazingly good results also. I shoot with a Sigma rectilinear ultra-wide angle zoom, Sigma 8-16mm f/4.5-5.6 DC HSM FLD AF APS-C, which i use with a LA-EA2 sony alpha to e mount converter, on my early Sony Nex 7. (related to the Sony A6000 series e mounts) That was/is a $700 plus or minus retail priced lens and a VERY good lens for what it is. This 7artisan 7.5mm f2.8 at its current pricing on Amazon is a tiny fraction of even the very-fairly-priced Sigma. The Sigma seems to have (at this early comparison point with the 7artisan 7.5mm) significantly better overall capability which is understandable as it's 5x the price. the 7artisan, however, shines in MACRO use, and you can get twice as close to the subject photographed, than with the otherwise superior Sigma. Also, the 7artisan is E-Mount and small, and my Sigma is huge and add the adapter and you have VERY HUGE, which is fine for me, but if you want something pocketable, the 7artisan works. I do NOT have a Samyang/Rokinon 8mm f/2.8 e mount fisheye which is the most relevant comparison. i think the 7artisan will also get closer on Macro work, but i assume from reviews the Samyang/Rokinon would be hard, otherwise, for the 7artisan to beat.... but i do not know this as a fact. So, bottomline, one cannot go wrong at this price for the 7artisans 7.5mm f2.8 with the ONE BIGGEST PROBLEM, and here the low price doesn't offset the problem (in my experience yet) is the durn' LENS CAP!!! the one on my Unit, grabs so tightly onto the lens, and it's a friction hold deal, not threaded, that it takes so much torque to remove and replace it that it yanks the lens and the camera mount way too hard in the process. So, maybe my unit is a bad unit, and i need to try a replacement, or maybe there is a trick or method i do not know for taking off and putting back on the lens cap, so i will post a QUESTION on this in the question section also. Perhaps a repair person, or skilled fabricator diy person, could carefully sand out the inner diameter of the lens cap, and thus eliminate the pressure problem, or perhaps there is another way to alter it and, again, maybe my one unit, or my own clumsy hands, are the problem. so, 5 stars on macro performance, 4 stars on most everything else, and 1 star on the, to me, dangerous, lens cap. Really a FUN lens and, as others mention, beautifully packaged. REGARDING ATTACHED IMAGES: (i really regret Amazon's choice to only allow sample images to be very tiny.... in the medium distant past they allowed large samples, wherewith someone could actually make an intelligent purchase decision... and it seems iffy, so maybe these will be big enough to see.... in person they show startlingly good detail.... The first image is a crop of the cantaloupe's skin, but with ZERO sharpening or levels/contrast changes or any changes. from the jpeg as shot. Second image, is the same image from RAW, and with sharpening and levels/contrast. The next three images are full or crops from ONE SINGLE IMAGE of flower cluster. The tightest crops should show some of the detail of the hair like texture of parts of the flower stem). Good luck and have fun and somebody explain how to make the lens cap go on and off easier or have the mfg FIX THAT... (again, i'm going to have to send the lens back because of that, and with tears of regret).....

This is a wide lens. On my Sony a6300 I wanted to see how wide it can get. I put it on my counter top and put a tape measure in front of it at its minimal focus distance. It is able to view over 12 inches wide. The two photos are at f/2.8 and f/22. These photos came right out of the camera with no editing. The lens hood does not show up as vignetting unless the hood is rotated. The darkness at the bottom of the photos is from the camera body blocking the kitchen light. The lens hood can be removed, but be careful to not unscrew the front cover of the lens that is holding the outer lens in place. The other thing to look out for is your hands. The lens is so wide that you can find your hands getting in the shot if you don't keep your fingers tucked back. The photos I get are sharp enough to warrant the cheap $130 price tag. This is not a lens for everyone, but it is something that I wanted to try.

Said that it would fit my Canon 60D and sadly it did not, it was way too small.

Simply an amazing lens! I can't believe how great this lens is and what a price. If more lenses were priced like this I think we would have a lot more images. I took this lens out to take portraits and model images and wow. Super sharp in the middle and your regular distortion around the edges. But don't worry nothing a little Photoshop work wont fix. I used this lens on a Sony A7Rii and I had to shoot in crop mode. Make sure you change it to crop mode! I also shoot without the hood so I don't get vignetting. I highly recommend this lens if you are looking for a lens to have fun with and even experiment with. I am super impressed with this lens and you will be too.

Fish eye view lens which gives decent quality output

Me ha encantado lo bien acabado que está, me ha parecido muy nítido comparado con un samyang 8mm que tenía antes. He tenido la oportunidad de probar un sigma 8mm de1000€ y el de 7artistas no tiene nada que envidiarle. Muy contento con la compra. Lo único que no me gusta es que no se le puede quitar el para sol

Took me a while to get used to the manual focus, but I love the fisheye and mainly use for skate photography

Great product with great service.

Solid build, metal and glass... none of that cheap plastic chassis available. This 7.5mm 2.8 fisheye has the typical barrel distortion but is easily fixed in post. I haven't noticed much to be negative about with this on my sony a6300. Of course it's a fully manual lens, but with it being soo wide... you can easily dial in infinity focus and leave it alone. I bought this specifically for 360 VR panorama shoots and my first 2 shoots were past my expectations. I will most likely try it for night sky stuff too. It's an affordable lens to pick up and put in your tool kit of lenses for the rare occasions where wide angle is just not wide enough!