Samyang/Rokinon 8 mm f/3.5 Aspherical IF MC Fish-eye

Christmas Club $$$$ became available and a local store (franchise I think) offers DHB employees a little discount - so I went and bought mine today. Certainly fun to use, but some shots seemed a bit soft.

First ever shot in the store - Christmas overkill and it's only November:

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/pbWM​L1 IMG_5588 Noel Leeming test shot by roseyposey2009, on Flickr

Then a little wander around Napier: Oops can't post any more as Flickr is playing up.

Olympus M1 MkII, Olympus M5 MkIII: Lenses covering 8 - 300mm
Canon M5: A variety of Canon, Sigma, Tamron, Tokina, prime and zoom lenses, Samyang fisheye, 2 lovely Minolta MD, just for fun a Helios 44-2 58m - and adapters.
Rose
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"Dance among the moonbeams, feel the magic in the air."

Righto Flickr is back up, so a few more of my first photos. Please let me know anything I can do better, especially with regard to composition etc.

Shooting into the sun, bad I know, but the subject seemed right:

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/pbWN​xw IMG_5591 Napier rotunda by roseyposey2009, on Flickr

Quite liked the fact I had some of the shop front that I was standing in front of, in the top of the image, as well as across the road. Next time might go for more of shop front, but dynamic range would be an issue I think.

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/pbWQ​uY IMG_5607 Napier deco buildings by roseyposey2009, on Flickr

Also it was a very bright sunny day, and some images quite a bit over exposed - will need to look at histogram next time I think, and use manual settings.

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/pbWR​hE IMG_5611 Napier MTG by roseyposey2009, on Flickr

Olympus M1 MkII, Olympus M5 MkIII: Lenses covering 8 - 300mm
Canon M5: A variety of Canon, Sigma, Tamron, Tokina, prime and zoom lenses, Samyang fisheye, 2 lovely Minolta MD, just for fun a Helios 44-2 58m - and adapters.
Rose
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"Dance among the moonbeams, feel the magic in the air."

A local church interior shot with Rokinon 8mm on 1D4, ISO 200, f/11, blend of 6 images, 0.5 seconds through 8 seconds (another shooter "intruded" on the image on the left side)

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Olympus M1 MkII, Olympus M5 MkIII: Lenses covering 8 - 300mm
Canon M5: A variety of Canon, Sigma, Tamron, Tokina, prime and zoom lenses, Samyang fisheye, 2 lovely Minolta MD, just for fun a Helios 44-2 58m - and adapters.
Rose
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"Dance among the moonbeams, feel the magic in the air."

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7D/10-22/70-200L f/2.8/ 50 f/1.8 / Rokinon 8mm fisheye /  / 6D Mark II / 16-35L f/2.8 II

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/q2d7​pj _MG_6381-30 by k.a. gilbert, on Flickr

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/pn1a​6Z _MG_6812-363 by k.a. gilbert, on Flickr

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/pLft​1V _MG_3088-146 by k.a. gilbert, on Flickr

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/pLeZ​T8 _MG_7171-5 by k.a. gilbert, on Flickr

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/pv4t​xw _MG_9320-485 by k.a. gilbert, on Flickr

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5dc w/ee-s, rokinon 85mm f/1.4, rokinon 35mm f/1.4, rokinon 8mm f/3.5, sigma 24 f/1.8, canon 35-135 f/3.5-4.5, canon 50mm f/1.8, nikkor s-auto 50mm f/1.4, tokina 11-16 f/2.8, 430ex2, pcb e640, oc-3, st-e2, pixel knight tr332, DiCAPac WPS10, b+w 10 stop nd, hoya hd cpl, kenko ext. tubes, brolly, diy softbox, etc.

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/q3b2​vv IMG_7170 by NH_Photo, on Flickr

with a 7D

A7RIII | EF15/2.8 FE | 16-35/4.0LIS | 24/1.4L II | ZA55/1.8 | 24-105G OSS

Here are a few samples from Las Vegas a few weeks ago. I took the first one in the atrium in the Palazzo, and the second one in front of the Caesar's Palace shopping arcade.

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Canon 80D, 60D, Canon 10-22EFs, 15-85EFS IS, Sigma 100-400, Sigma 135/1.8ART, Sigma 30mm f/1.4DC, Canon 60mm EFs Macro, Rokinon 8mm fisheye, 550EX flash, Olympus TG6 underwater P&S
Postprocessing: DxOLabs 5, DxO Viewpoint 3, Paint Shop Pro 2021
Speak softly and carry a big zoom.

i luv this lens,its so fun,dino in the snow with the fisheye

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OLYMPUS EM1 M2. 12-100 F4 PRO.75mm f1.8,fisheye f1.8 pro. SONY A7 various manual lenses. FUJI X100
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IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/r7b9​GG Znj by n.ivovic, on Flickr

CANON 6D | Fuji X-T200
Canon 17-40 f4 | Sigma 35mm f1.4 Art | EF 70-200 f4 IS | Fujinon XC 15-45 f3.5-5.6 OIS | Fujinon XF 27 f2.8 R WR | Helios 44m-4 | Pentacon 135 f2.8 | Pentax-M 50 f1.4 | Zeiss Tessar 50 f2.8
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New pergola over the deck - love the effect the distortion gives. Truth be known would have liked the pergola to be curved but $$$$$:

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/rWGg​Kt IMG_7200 New pergola and backyard by roseyposey2009, on Flickr

Olympus M1 MkII, Olympus M5 MkIII: Lenses covering 8 - 300mm
Canon M5: A variety of Canon, Sigma, Tamron, Tokina, prime and zoom lenses, Samyang fisheye, 2 lovely Minolta MD, just for fun a Helios 44-2 58m - and adapters.
Rose
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"Dance among the moonbeams, feel the magic in the air."

Haumoana. The Tukituki river flows into this lagoon and usually then flows directly on out to sea, about two thirds up on the right. Today it was closed and the water has backed up to the degree that I couldn't walk the dog around to the left, as I usually do. There's usually a wide gap of sand and gravel across the lower third of the image.

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/rUpT​GW IMG_7216x7 Tukituki mouth closed water backed up in lagoon by roseyposey2009, on Flickr

Olympus M1 MkII, Olympus M5 MkIII: Lenses covering 8 - 300mm
Canon M5: A variety of Canon, Sigma, Tamron, Tokina, prime and zoom lenses, Samyang fisheye, 2 lovely Minolta MD, just for fun a Helios 44-2 58m - and adapters.
Rose
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"Dance among the moonbeams, feel the magic in the air."

Another from today over at Haumoana: sky shot through the fennel which is drying off.

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/rUpT​TY IMG_7239 Sky through fennel by roseyposey2009, on Flickr

Olympus M1 MkII, Olympus M5 MkIII: Lenses covering 8 - 300mm
Canon M5: A variety of Canon, Sigma, Tamron, Tokina, prime and zoom lenses, Samyang fisheye, 2 lovely Minolta MD, just for fun a Helios 44-2 58m - and adapters.
Rose
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"Dance among the moonbeams, feel the magic in the air."

Still at Haumoana, but this has been shot with horizon in the middle, and then cropped, so looks more like a pano: haven't used this lens for a while, but just love it's sharpness, and so easy to use!!

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/rUpT​Uu IMG_7245 Houses over the creek by roseyposey2009, on Flickr

Olympus M1 MkII, Olympus M5 MkIII: Lenses covering 8 - 300mm
Canon M5: A variety of Canon, Sigma, Tamron, Tokina, prime and zoom lenses, Samyang fisheye, 2 lovely Minolta MD, just for fun a Helios 44-2 58m - and adapters.
Rose
http://www.flickr.com/​photos/rose_mcgillicud​dy/
"Dance among the moonbeams, feel the magic in the air."

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/r7b9​GG Rollin' by n.ivovic, on Flickr

CANON 6D | Fuji X-T200
Canon 17-40 f4 | Sigma 35mm f1.4 Art | EF 70-200 f4 IS | Fujinon XC 15-45 f3.5-5.6 OIS | Fujinon XF 27 f2.8 R WR | Helios 44m-4 | Pentacon 135 f2.8 | Pentax-M 50 f1.4 | Zeiss Tessar 50 f2.8
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