Nikon 10.5mm f2.8 Fish eye DSLR lens Review (dombower)

[eyelikehurdles]

what was kim doing on the internet?

[dailyhacker1]

does it work with the Nikon n2020

[dandylionphotography]

@dailyhacker1 nope, get a nikon 16mm. with the 10.5mm you will get really bad lens hood vignetting on the n2020

[italianbroker1]

will this fit on a Nikon D60?

[TheNacho289]

is this a good lens for my d7000, im looking for a wide angle lens

[Miridoni1973]

When u was taking them close up shoots i smiled hahahahahahahahahahaha omg

[armanimpressions]

ughh, it would be a dream come true if I had this lens :(

[foSteezy]

hey are any attatchments good for a dslr?

[slapNtickle88]

your shots at the end are amazing I love the effect where you make the little worlds. Didnt you make a video tutorial on how to do this at one point? I cant seem to find it anymore

[4Alpha7Kilo]

Through a m0th@-%#$@(* fisheye lens!

[pimpjuice8921573]

Fujifilm dslr?!

[suavic]

thanx

cool

OK

regards 

[fatalised]

is this mm size wat fits on to the camera or is it the f2.8 bechause my camera says 7.23mm f2.8

[dombower]

@fatalised em no, are you talking about a point and shoot? not actually an slr camera?

[fatalised]

@dombower im not sure really i dont know to much about cameras im trying to find out some information bechause i have a vivitar dvr 810hd and it has digital lens that is 7,23mm f2.8 and i didnt know if any fisheye would fit or not

[dombower]

@fatalised you do realise that is a video camera, not a dslr.

[fatalised]

@fatalised idk wat dslr is but thats still not referring to my question im just asking if the mm size is wat fit onto the lens or the f

[dombower]

@fatalised neither of them have anything to do with the part that fits onto the camera the mm is the focal length the f is the aperture, done a number of videos on them already

[mattandhisnikon]

@dombower Lol.

[dombower]

@4mickie you must love wide angle if you are getting this as well as already having a 10-24!

[FinlandApollo]

@4mickie Yeah he is because FujiFilm has a Nikon F- mount

[6Death6Crypt6]

How did you do the images that look like a small world ??

becuase i got the fisheye and i really want to do photos like that

[Kmendoza7]

Im new to photography only started getting into it 2months ago i orginally bought the Nikon D90 with the kit lens and got myself a Nikon 10.5mm f2.8 Fisheye lens to film my skate videos... but now i want to go in depth and start taking pictures need advice for a good Landscape Lens and a good Portrait Lens if you could recommend any that would be great help... keep up the videos and happy snapping

p.s great review i love this lens

[dombower]

@Kmendoza7 cool. head over to the blog and you will see a bunch of good videos there

dombowerphoto.blogspot

[Prevaricator1987]

...I can see my knee, flute (???) and everything up to here... LOL Spot of left hand surfing?

Good review! What's the image quality like at f2.8?

[tomblok2209]

yes wat was kim surfing for?? :P

[D3athW1ng]

lol @ interruption .. classic .. great review

[dombower]

@grgmrc nope you can only get focus conformation not acutal auto focus.

christ! learn to manually focus! its not that hard

[dombower]

@grgmrc you will loose autofocus and also apperture control unless you get the expensive lens addapter which costs around 300pounds!

[Azeckwazion]

many people told me that I could do that with photoshop, if you were me what would you tell them?

[dombower]

@Azeckwazion you cant

[jarenwhitehouse]

So, why didn't you edit out your mom yelling at you?

[dombower]

@jarenwhitehouse my mum? lol

[briggs9187]

I got one of these Nikon Fisheye lenses, my last one, I sold everything else, if anyone is looking for one hit me up, it looks like new with both front and rear caps as well as a carry pouch. $500 takes it home.

[shakaama]

recommend the best camera under $400 for excellent pics and video with minidv?

[ngeeseng]

you can use a nikon lens on fujifilm body?

[dombower]

@ngeeseng and on a canon body if you get the addapter. also it is a nikon body

[jarenwhitehouse]

@ngeeseng : the fujifilm body's are basically nikon bodies... but made cheaper

[LearnToFly1000]

A fisheye lens is made for more then just an effect. like you said, they give a 180 degree wide angle view. they only have distortion because there would be no other way to fit a 180 degree shot on a digital or even 35 mm sensor. yeah, some people like the effect and it can be cool when you're taking shots of buildings from below and such but its not uncommon for people to just take that photo and "de-fish" it so that way you just get a panoramic-type ultra wide angle shot.

[jonnyweston]

Yo Dom.... Got my D700 buddy as I mentioned before.

Now I am scuppered cause I had wanted to get one of these lenses, and now I can't really without having to use the DX crop mode on the D700, but I'd still like a fisheye.

Any ideas buddy? have you an opinion on other fisheyes at all for the FX format?

Cheers Mate,

Jonny Weston

[dombower]

@jonnyweston whats wrong with the crop mode on the d700?

[jonnyweston]

@dombower

Well, I just reckoned it was a waste type of thing if you know what I mean. Like if there was an option to have a fisheye that would allow me to use all of the frame of the d700 retaining my 12mp or whatever image instead of dropping it to like 6 or whatever it is.

A lot of my stuff is all like... really low light at concerts and stuff. I am looking at the tokina 17mm f3.5 lens as an alternative for now (2nd hand but who cares at the money). Ever had any experience? Cheers Dom!

[Bader88]

@jonnyweston Try to find your self a 16mm Fisheye from Nikon its made for a 35mm full frame formate camera's i'm having the same issue as you :D D700 too Cheers

[edelosada]

@jonnyweston have you considered the Nikon 16mm F/2.8D? it'll work on a FX camera

[davemarksbro]

hey whats your main job and what is a way to save what is your motivation ?

[OqchukYTV]

i have a sony hx1 i can put this lens on my sony ?

plz reply me at my channel

[phycopath90]

Awesome video man. Very helpful. I have one question, hopefully you can help me out. I really want that fisheye lens but it's kinda expensive and someone at the store suggested a BOWER 8mm f35 fisheye. Is it any good? or is the Nikon 10.5mm worth it?

[Lumixster]

Ur Videos are the best on the net...its feels like I am holding the lens or the cameras,very clear n fun explanations and also, where most of the pros dont have vidoes out for certain lens or cameras, u do... wtg bro

[dombower]

@Lumixster thanks man!

[elpaparaxy]

Hi Dom, I have a Nikon D90 and i would love to buy a fisheye lense; however, I haven't decide. What would you recommend me a nikon fisheye 10.5mm f/2.8 or Sigma 10mm f/2.8.

[dombower]

@elpaparaxy they sound exactly the same. go for what yoru budget can take,

[enigmadancekru2006]

nice

[elliscassanova]

i want to get a fish eye lense for my canon eos 500d.

what one should i get? i dont know much about lenses :)

[DylanDropdeadYO]

i got the 500d and i got the Canon 15mm F2.8. it is amazing! i highly suggest getting it. im in love with it!

[carlosisapimp]

@elliscassanova

you are lookng in too 600 dollars or more

[seanmcg99]

hey would this lens work on my D3000? I reaed somewhere that the autofocus will not work. Is it still worth it? Looks amaxing

[haker93]

Dom, what happened to your d80? why dont u put this lens to nikon ?

btw nice rev.

im gonna get this fish!

[joeygillen]

hey dom,

just picked up this lens and i absolutely love it! great review!

[seph00001]

Hi Dom, this is probably a really stupid question but would this lense work on a cannon 1000d? Thanks

[dombower]

@seph00001 your right that is a really stupid question.

[joeperrrr]

no it won't, nikon lenses dont work on canon cameras, indeed a stupid question

[humberto0984646]

is nikon the only type of camera that has the fisheye lens?

[Azeckwazion]

does it attach to Nikon D90?

[dombower]

why would it not?

[Azeckwazion]

just wondering... cause you're making me getting one soon :p thanks for the video by the way

[RedHotTomToms]

would you reccomend this lens over the sigma 15mm fisheye ? I'm torn between the two =\

[dombower]

no idea not used the 15mm, but the nikon gives more fov. better for panoramics

[RedHotTomToms]

Okay mate thanks anyway. Sorry if that was a bit of a vague question as well btw.

[broady998]

Great just what i was looking for!

[tbet14]

d40?!?!

[broady998]

its a fujifilm..

[SkiFantic]

NEED

[bo178]

What do you think about this lens compared to Tokina 11-16mm. Thanks

[RgTrace]

Its a totally different lens. It depends what you want to use it for.

[dombower]

pants question, that is like asking compare this bike with a boat. totally different

[HeavenOfTrance]

who is Kim?

[dombower]

my big manly boyfriend

[apexxy]

Thanks for the review. Enjoyed it.

[skuffxx]

what kamera do you use to record the movie

[Spectatorru]

Клоун

[scotttgross]

is this compatible with the d90?

[skuffxx]

Yes.

[jamesyangdu]

compatible for all DX cameras (including the D90), only good for FX cameras shooting in DX mode. for FX cameras, get the 16mm f/2.8 fisheye

[tysstyle]

yes it is! -tys

[SkiFantic]

yes, d90 is dx

[onecamino]

i like the review.. btw i have the sigma 10-20 which you called crappy lol

[Mexico445]

a fisheye is for 180 degrees of view NOT "just" for making distortion

[ItsLanceFoo]

how much was your fisheye lens, and how much was your camera

[dombower]

yes

[RedHotTomToms]

7:47 is absolutely amazing mate. I was wondering just out of interest if you are a professional photographer? or if it is just a hobby of yours. Im 17 and I've just gotten into photography. My camera is a nikon d90 and i can't wait to get one of these lenses, as i would like to take up a job in skateboard photography. If you are a professional/amateur photographer do you have any particular advice as to what to do to get photos into magazines etc. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks =]

[dombower]

have a look at my video (how to become a photographer) that should explain it to you.

regards

dom bower

[Recon9143]

"what are you doing on the internet?" your face was awsome 5 stared

[brt5470]

I'm just wondering how this is wider than the sigma if it's a 10.5, Maybe I just don't get it. Are you using it on a fullframe sensor?

[dombower]

no same sensor! its a crasy diffeerence in size of field, i have got some photos to compare. ill make a video....

[clevehts4]

whats up DOM...just wana say i have seen many of your reviews and I like. I specifically look for you on here when I am curious of a lens. Keep up the good work brother. Paul

[newtsfactor]

So what was Kim doing on the internet??? haha, thanks man, most appreciated...

[waostler]

Hi Dom

Thanks for the review. I've been considering buying a fish eye lens especially for the distortion for those big jumps folks do in extreme sports. I thought the versatility of the nikon 12 - 24mm would be a better investment, but you don't really get that awesome distortion do you?

[sanderj1989]

How did you make the photo which is shown at 7:02?

I use Photomerge to merge my photos into a panorama, but I've never been able to do something like that picture ^^

Can you perhaps send it to me?

Great video btw., I got my first dSLR about 6 months ago shortly before I turned 19 years old, a Nikon D60, and I'm planning to buy my 3rd lens, this 10.5 Nikon Fisheye lens.

Is that a good choice for a 'rookie' like me or do which lens do you advice me to start with?

[sanderj1989]

Just to add this info to my previous comment:

With the program Adobe Bridge you have this option called Tools > Photoshop > Photomerge which allows you to merge 2 or more photos on 5 different ways, it's an easy way to make panorama photos.

That way you can also get some of the effects that dombower showed in this video.

[dombower]

to get the little planet look you have to take a big 360 degree panoramic photo and also get as much of the sky and ground in, then using the free software GIMP, use the filter that says Polar coordinates and then a bit of cropping and lens distrotion and .... tada!

[sanderj1989]

thanks a lot, it worked for me ^^

although in the center of my 'little planet' everything is warped into the center, like there is a black hole in the middle of my planet :P

is there a way to fix that?

[dombower]

oh right hold on ill make a video to explain!

[sanderj1989]

thanks!

[yeatzee777]

Fujifilm? Do my eyes mistake me?

[dombower]

no its my second camera, the d300 is in the back

[ibrahim1x]

this one is for the full frame right ?

what about the 16 mm

[dombower]

no it is a dx lens so doesnt do full frame, you could stick it on a full frame but you would have a black ring round the outside.

16mm is full frame but not tried that

[baker1444]

Great review man! I'd love to get one of these lenses.

[dombower]

it was my sister shouting at me for downloading lots of music.

[inecekr]

Hey man, I'd love to have this lens too. But like you said...quite expensive so...gotta wait for while. Like the moment when your mother or sister asked something..LOL....Good light man. Bye