A fisheye lens is a type of ultra-wide angle lenses with extreme 180 degree angle of view. Unlike conventional wide-angle lenses, fisheyes are not corrected for distortion - strong barrel distortion is a characteristic of all lenses of such class.
Fisheye lenses are normally used for specialized purposes and unusual special effects in advertising, commercial, scientific, surveillance, meteorologic and astronomic photography, but also popular for shooting extremely wide landscapes, interiors, action sports and even funny close-up portraits.
There are two types of fisheye lenses:
- a circular fisheye produces a 180 degree angle of view in all directions (horizontal, vertical and diagonal) and the image circle of the lens is inscribed in the image frame;
- a diagonal fisheye produces a 180 degree diagonal angle of view and covers the entire image frame. For this reason diagonal fisheyes are often called full frame fisheye lenses.
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Third party lenses (24) |
Samyang 8mm F/2.8 UMC Fisheye (Bower, Rokinon, Walimex Pro) • APS-C |
2012 ● |
Samyang 8mm F/3.5 AS IF Fisheye MC CS (Bower, Rokinon, Vivitar Series 1, Walimex Pro) • APS-C |
2009 ● |
Samyang 12mm F/2.8 ED AS NCS Fish-eye (Bower, Rokinon, Walimex Pro) |
2014 ● |
Samyang 8mm F/2.8 UMC Fisheye II (Bower, Rokinon, Walimex Pro) • APS-C |
2014 ● |
Samyang 8mm F/3.5 AS IF Fisheye UMC CS II DH (Bower, Rokinon, Vivitar Series 1, Walimex Pro) • APS-C |
2012 ● |
Sigma 4.5mm F/2.8 EX DC Circular Fisheye HSM • APS-C |
2007 ● |
Sigma 8mm F/3.5 EX DG Circular Fisheye | Pro |
2006 ● |
Sigma 10mm F/2.8 EX DC HSM Fisheye • APS-C |
2007 ● |
Sigma 15mm F/2.8 EX DG Diagonal Fisheye |
2005 ● |
Sigma 8mm F/4 EX DG Circular Fisheye | Pro |
2005 ● |
Sigma 8mm F/4 EX Circular Fisheye | Pro |
1999 ● |
Sigma 15mm F/2.8 EX Diagonal Fisheye |
1999 ● |
Sigma MF 15mm F/2.8 Fisheye ZEN |
1990 ● |
Sigma MF 8mm F/4 Circular Fisheye | Pro |
1988 ● |
Sigma MF 8mm F/4 Circular Fisheye ZEN | Pro |
1992 ● |
Sigma MF 16mm F/2.8 Filtermatic Fisheye (XR Rikenon) |
1980 ● |
Sigma MF 8mm F/4 Filtermatic Circular Fisheye | Pro |
1983 ● |
Sigma MF 12mm F/8 Fisheye Type 1 (Accura, Cosinon, Regnon, Universa, Upsilon, Vemar) [T] |
1968 ● |
Sigma MF 12mm F/8 Fisheye Type 2 (Accura, Beroflex, Berolina, Panomar, Spiratone) [T] |
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Sigma[-XQ] MF 16mm F/2.8 Filtermatic Fisheye [YS] |
1973 ● |
Sigma[-XQ] MF 16mm F/2.8 Filtermatic Fisheye |
1978 ● |
Tokina AT-X Fisheye AF 10-17mm F/3.5-4.5 [IF] DX • APS-C |
2006 ● |
Tokina AT-X Fisheye AF 10-17mm F/3.5-4.5 [IF] DX NH • APS-C |
2011 ● |
Tokina SZ 8mm F/2.8 Fisheye MF • APS-C |
2022 ● |