I need a fisheye.

[mikeb380]

I'll have to go along with Brent and Michael. I bought a zenitar 16mm for my Canon 300D almost 3 years ago and I think it is great. At that time I paid $130 for it in a Canon mount. You can also get them in NIkon, Pentax (K), Pentax M42, and some other mounts.I got the Canon mount and wish now I had got the M42 mount as there are adaptors for a multitude of cameras. I would love to use it on my Canon F1 (film ) and now will have to buy a new one in the M42 mount. I know it has increased by now, but it is less than half the cost of Canon, Nikon, Sigma, et al and is a great lens. If you want fish eye effect, all you have to do is tilt the camera a bit, or be close to verticals, and it does a great job. I use it a lot for parties when I want to get the whole room in the photo and it really does a good job.

I think at current rate of exchange, you can get one for the Nikon for less than £150. As others said, check on ebay. you can do a search or do a search on google.

Hope this helps
Michael

[mjs1973]

I'll have to go along with Brent and Michael. I bought a zenitar 16mm for my Canon 300D almost 3 years ago and I think it is great. At that time I paid $130 for it in a Canon mount. You can also get them in NIkon, Pentax (K), Pentax M42, and some other mounts.I got the Canon mount and wish now I had got the M42 mount as there are adaptors for a multitude of cameras. I would love to use it on my Canon F1 (film ) and now will have to buy a new one in the M42 mount. I know it has increased by now, but it is less than half the cost of Canon, Nikon, Sigma, et al and is a great lens. If you want fish eye effect, all you have to do is tilt the camera a bit, or be close to verticals, and it does a great job. I use it a lot for parties when I want to get the whole room in the photo and it really does a good job.

I think at current rate of exchange, you can get one for the Nikon for less than £150. As others said, check on ebay. you can do a search or do a search on google.

Hope this helps
Michael

Does your lens have the actual Canon mount built right into the lens? Mine doesn't. Mine has a metal adapter that screws onto the lens, and then has the EOS mount on the other side to attach to my camera. If yours is the same, I would thing you could just screw it off, and replace it with a different mount to fit your other camera bodies.

Here is a link to a thread with some pics of my lens, with and without the Canon mount.

Fisheye lenses

[mikeb380]

Does your lens have the actual Canon mount built right into the lens? Mine doesn't. Mine has a metal adapter that screws onto the lens, and then has the EOS mount on the other side to attach to my camera. If yours is the same, I would thing you could just screw it off, and replace it with a different mount to fit your other camera bodies.

Here is a link to a thread with some pics of my lens, with and without the Canon mount.

Fisheye lenses

Michael, Mine has the mount attached, not screwed on. There are 3 screws used around the mount to make it permanent. You can get them with M42 mounts and EOS or Nikon or some other adapters. I wish I had gotten that ( like yours ) instead of the permanent. I might be able to unscrew the screws and remove the adapter but not sure I want to go to those lengths I'll probably just bite the bullet and buy another one in a few months. I was going to ask Michael Fourman, from whom I bought it, but he seems to have sold his web site to Hartblei and I don't know anyone there. Any tips?
Michael :mad2: