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Originally Posted by Chen
On the fence on getting a 10.5mm fish eye. Thoughts?
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Would that be the DX Nikkor (16mm equivalent)?
I briefly had a fisheye (m43 mZuiko 8mm f1.8 Pro, so same equivalent FL). Thought the lens was really cool, but just honestly couldn't figure out how to really make best use of the effect. Granted, it's taken me a few years to come to terms with shooting ultra-wide (14mm equivalent fully rectilinear), and anything that is honestly wider than say 20mm gets challenging, but fisheye just wasn't something I was ready for. I ultimately returned it within the Amazon return window, but would consider trying it again some day.
If you've got fisheye experience, or love the look and are willing to put the time in the understand how it changes composition, it's a great lens. Reviews really well. At $800 new it's a bit steep for me being such a specialty lens, but it isn't too unaffordable. The Olympus lens I had was more expensive, but it did have a 1 stop advantage, and a crazy close focusing distance of I think 2 cm (which with a fisheye and that aperture made for some interesting right up close distorted shots with actual bokeh).
Will post some of my fisheye shots when I get home.