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Specification

Source of data

• Manufacturer's technical data.

Typical characteristics of fisheye lenses

• Extreme angle of view (at least 180° diagonally);
• Circular types (the image circle of the lens is inscribed in the image frame) or diagonal types (cover the entire image frame);
• Usually of equidistant projection type, with the distance from the picture center to any given point always proportional to the angle from the optical axis to that point;
• Huge barrel distortion;
• Short closest focusing distance (0.20 - 0.30m with 35mm full-frame prime lenses);
• Very large depth of field, eliminating the need for autofocus or precise manual focusing;
• Due to the extreme angle of view and convex front element, front filters cannot be used;
• Often equipped with a filter turret with swivel-mounted filters;
• Often come with a small, built-in petal-shaped lens hood (*).

(*) Some APS-C models have a detachable lens hood, which allows such lenses to be used on 35mm full-frame cameras as circular fisheyes.

From the editor

On its website, the manufacturer states that the closest focusing distance is 0.2m, but in reality the minimum mark on the focusing distance scale is 0.1m. As with the Meike 10/2 Multi Coated, the focusing distance scale is marked in such a way that most of it is taken up by distances from the closest to 1m, which automatically implies that the lens is optimized for close-up shooting.

Due to the convex front element and very wide field of view, neither front filters nor a lens hood are available for this lens.

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