Fisheye lens adapters
I’ve wanted a fisheye lens forever…and really like my Lomo Fisheye camera. Super wide angles and fisheyes are fun to play around with…just not $800 kinds of fun (the cost of a real fisheye lens).
So when I stumbled across this lens adapter for a measely $37 + shipping (from this eBay store – just troll through the lens section for your camera type), I figured I’d try it out.
So far, I’m in love! You can also detach the main part of the lens and it leaves you with an awesome macro lens…slightly better than the macro lenses I also have…so it’s really two lenses in one…or three if you zoom the fisheye in a little for a super wide-angle lens.
Here’s a few shots I took with it attached to my Nikon 18-55mm lens:
More can be found in my Flickr set for Lens Adapters….and more to come!
Monday, July 21st, 2008 : Creativity, Photography : 8 Comments
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8 Responses to “Fisheye lens adapters”
July 22nd, 2008 at 4:22 am
In fact, you can even use old Pentax “screw mount” lenses and medium format film lenses with adapters.
July 22nd, 2008 at 7:03 am
cool.. I’ve been wondering about getting one of these as a cheap-o alternative to buying a real fisheye lens :) Good to see some samples. I figure its not like I’m needing L-series quality when I’m just firing off fisheye photos for fun, so I think I will pick one up :)
August 3rd, 2008 at 1:14 pm
[...] my post about an inexpensive way to add a Fisheye lens to your camera bag arsenal, I was contacted by some really nice folks at Olympus Canada who offered [...]
September 1st, 2008 at 2:29 pm
[...] thought it might be fun to pit my $37 fisheye lens adapter against the $800 Olympus 8mm fisheye [...]
September 28th, 2008 at 12:16 pm
[...] Cameron Cavers and I talked about lens adaptors and macro extension tubes. There seemed to be a lot of interest in these inexpensive addons and the [...]
June 2nd, 2009 at 1:50 pm
SO CAN I ASK, WOULD THIS FISHEYE LENS WORK ON A NIKON D60? OR WOULD YOU NEED SOME KIND OF OTHER ADAPTER TO ATTACH IT?
June 2nd, 2009 at 8:42 pm
It should work on the D60 no problem…just make sure you buy one that matches the filter thread on your existing lens.
December 2nd, 2009 at 9:52 pm
where did u get this and can it be used with a canon camera? what brand is it and where can i find it? thanks