Yep, It's mine now. That lens is very, very uncommon in an OM mount. I've
looked for about 5 years for one and most sell for $3-400, or at least they
USED TO. When I saw it, it just HAD to come live with me. It's still an
unusual lens and makes a nice full-frame fisheye for my E-1. It's not super
sharp, but OK at f/8 or f/11.
I've used it before and it's a nice lens. Not up to the 8mm f/2.8 Zuiko
standards, but it's also not $1,000+. I had the 8/2.8 for a while and it's
quite a beast of a lens. The biggest PITA for me was that the Zuiko wasn't a
full 180 degree lens, cutting off about 1-2 degrees, which made me have to take
another shot for full-screen panoramics.
I have the 16mm Sigma with the filters, so I can interchange them, if nothing
else. I think that they're 40.5mm filters, which can be found pretty easily.
Otherwise, I'll make do.
----- Original Message ---------------
Subject: [OM] Re: 8mm Sigma Fisheye
From: Mark Marr-Lyon <mark.marrlyon@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 19:04:37 -0600
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
>
>It's a fun lens if you like fisheyes, though I use the 16mm far more
>than the 8mm. I see Skip already bought it now, but $200 seems a good
>price. The last one I remember seeing on the bay went for over $300,
>I think. They don't come up in OM mount very often. It doesn't look
>like it comes with the filter set but hopefully the normal filter is
>still in the lens, and maybe the set is still at the bottom of the
>case. As we've talked about before on the list, this lens suffers
>from a blue outer edge of the picture, which I assume the Zuiko 8mm
>doesn't. It is, however, much smaller and cheaper than the Zuiko.
>
>Have fun with it Skip!
>
>Mark
>
>On 5/31/05, Ali <oly-zooko@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Hi everyone! Hope you had a good weekend.
>>
>> There is an 8mm Sigma Fisheye on Eb*y. The seller describes the lens as
>> near perfect with an "almost invisible" cleaning mark on the huge front
>> element. He is asking a "buy it now" price of $200.00.
>>
>> Your thoughts on this lens and this deal?
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> - Ali
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