I personally think the 8mm is a pretty cool lens that can double as an ultra fast prime when used with FISHEYE compensation mode in OM-D cameras enabled. Shame that this feature can only be used in still mode (and in jpg only as RAW is still in full fisheye mode). Let me know what you think!
aw thats a bummer, thought the compensation could be used in RAW. But nevertheless, still a great lens, just that I am torn between the laowa 7.5mm and this lens. Love your videos!
Do you know if here is an Adobe correction setting for Fisheye compensation for the Oly 8mm? I’ve used a Canon fisheye setting on it before and it did a reasonable job of straightening, but not quite perfect. I would love to use the compensation in Raw mode in camera.
Keep in mind, with fish eye correction you cannot use a lot of the other functions in the olympus camera such as Live ND shooting, live composite photography, burst photography, bracketing, HDR, multiple exposure, keystone compensation, digital teleconverter, movie recording, [C-AF], [C-AFb], [C-AF+TR], and [C-AF+TRb] AF modes, [e-Portrait] and art filter picture modes, the custom self-timer, and High Res Shot.
I own this FE lens. Super close focusing ability with fast aperture makes it an amazing product. I hope the "defishify" option makes it to all Olympus cameras, not just restricted to the Em1 markII.
Absolutely Sebastian! Thanks for watching our video and hope you subscribed for more! I do wish Olympus will implement this defishify option on all OM-D and PEN cameras. Also I would like to see it in video mode too! But that may be a little too much for the current processor, perhaps in the next gen or two.
I have been looking for a lens that is very fast and wide to use in dark cathedrals and caves. I think this might be the one. The Loretto chapel spiral staircase and Carlsbad caverns here in New Mexico are on my list to test. Thanks for the comprehensive test.
Have you looked at the Laowa 7.5mm f/2 MFT Lens? It is full manual but it is rectilinear and even smaller. But I do know it's a hassle dealing with manual focus and exposure. It is an interesting lens nonetheless.
I haven't but now you mentioned it and I will have a look :) Manual focus lenses will usually have a smaller body due to the lack of internal motor mechanism. I guess it'll be very similar to my 7-14mm 2.8 Pro but a stop faster :) Thanks!
Red man You are brilliant! I was looking for a comparison and discussion of ultra wide vs fisheye and you address this exact point and also provide examples. You helped me decide that I want a fish eye lens. Thank you so much!
A great lens. A lot of people seem to struggle with ultra-wides beyond 24mm. Heck, I even know people who think that 24mm is too wide. But for those of us who are ultra-wide junkies, a 1.8 fisheye is manna from heaven. I do have one question about it though - when using the in body fisheye compensation what is the new angle of view? It must drop below 180°, but how much? Somewhere in the 140° to 160° range would be brilliant, but if it drops into the 110° to 120° range then there are alternatives to consider, such as the Laowa 7.5mm f2 which has a 110° diagonal. I own the Canon 11-24mm f4L which gets to 120° at 11mm, which is incredibly useful, but there have been times I wished it went wider.
There's a lot of limitations with the in camera fisheye compensation, one being you can't shoot raw, can't do bracketing, live composite,etc. I think it has to do with the load the correction places on the processor. But besides that, I do love this lens as well, perfect for vlogging.
Indeed, this is a vlogging lens ahha in my view. I know it's a specialist lens and really and mainly for creative photography and underwater stuff which is important to have that 1.8. But the compensation feature gives a 'secondary' use for this lens.
Cheers!! This is a fun little lens and super light and small. With the new compensation mode, you can use it as a normal ultra wide, this is cool! If you are in UK, remember to use this link tiny.cc/e7s6sy :) An Amazon affiliate link that will give us some commission but don't worry if you don't :D
Thanks for the review! Is it possible to use this lens with a gh-5 instead of an action camera? What problems it can cause if weight, size and stabilization is not a problem? Gopro is way too unreliable especially when it is cold.
Oh my gawd!! I've had this lens for over a year, and COMPLETELY forgot about the "fisheye compensation" feature!?! All is not lost however, as I now have a 2nd lens! An Ultra Wide 8mm! Brilliant!! And thanks, Jimmy!!
Thanks for the review. I have a 14-140 for my GH5S now and looking for something for the lower range. Do you know if the Panasonic also has the ability to turn off the fish eye effect as you described at the end of this video? Oh see see below, your remarks that this is only for stills. Isn't there a way in post to do that for videos?
Hi jimmy, need help in choosing lens, between 8mm1.8 and 7-14mm2.8. 70%for astrophotography and 30 for landscapes. Does defishing 8mm in lightroom has any issiues? Am I loosing anything by defishing.
Prashanth G Nair generally defishing will lose pixels because it’s ‘stretching’ the image. 8mm 1.8 is great for Astro because of the brighter aperture but if you defish the images, you may lose some pixels.
Excellent review as always. Now I’m in deep dilemma between 8mm and 7-14 for travel + landscape. [For Me] 8mm: Cheaper Better used for Night Hassle to Defish Soft edges 7-14mm: Not requiring De-Fish Sharp edge to edge Flexible zooms (but I guess 7mm is 95% of the length) Please advise.
haha, well, I use 7-14 for its versatility though at 2 stops slower, Tracy has the 8mm and she loves it. I do also consider it too since it's lighter and smaller and can be a great vlog lens! Defishing for photos can be done in camera but in JPG only but you can get third party plugin for LR and also FCP if you wish but just not as efficient.
Any way you could compare the quality of a picture between the 7-14mm f2.8 and the 8mm in ultrawide mode and tell me the difference ? The weight of the 7-14 is not a problem for me but been f1.8 could be useful.
In short, both have very high image quality and very sharp. 7-14 has the flexibility if you need to switch focal lengths frequently. Though 8mm is fixed but with much wider aperture and better for low light. If you use ultra wide a lot for your work, you can get the 8mm and a 12mm separately and that compensate the focal lengths from the 7-14mm I use the zoom more for my wedding work only because it's flexible.
Thanks Jim. If you are still looking for vlog lens options, how about the body cap 15 mm lens? The cheapest and lightest alternative! I follow another You Tuber who uses this lens and the results are not that bad. Just trying to save you some weight and money. Cheers.
Cheers mate! I like the cap lens but the only downside is that it's a f8 aperture and only works in good daylight to be frank. I do like the lightweight and super crazy wafer thin which means that you can slip it in any bag! Thanks and I may try it in one episode :)
Hi Gary, thanks a lot! I don't think it will at this moment in time and EM5 II is not supported. however, there are LR plugin that allows you to 'defish' an image.
even if the scaffold wasn't there you wouldn't see Big Ben - that's the bell inside the Elisabeth tower. Apartfrom that, good review. Off it goes onto my wishlist to replace my cheap 8mm f3.8 fisheye on the Panasonics
Jimmy, You say that all Olympus cameras have "fisheye compensation". I have the E-M5 MkII (firmware v4) and can't see this setting anywhere. Help, please. BTW, I'm a professional photographer and I really love your videos. Most reviews are technical (scientific), but the truth is that we're more artists than technicians, which is why I always go to your videos to get a true perspective on what I can achieve with a lens, rather than whether it meets certain technical criteria. Long live the creative photographers, and you're one of us, Jimmy. Rick
Thanks Rick for your kind words! That's the aim for our videos, rather than hard selling equipments, I let the results do the talking and may be add some entertainments to them. I may be wrong as I think someone did correct me that only the later cameras have the compensation mode i.e. EM1 II , EM1 X and the new EM5 III. Let me double check later with my EM5 II because I need to get the lens back for testing :)
Interesting review of an interesting lens with minimal CA or at least none I could see on your review, is this down to the lens or the camera cleaning up the image using internal software?
Thanks Mike! Well, I must say that all (from my own experience) Olympus Pro lenses have great IQ. I couldn't see CA in jpg and RAW but there's a possibility that Olympus may have applied some correction in camera but of course no one knows but they are sharp so unlikely that it's been corrected (corrected CA images will still a little soft but this is tack sharp!)
i like the 8mm f1.8 but my heart goes to the leica 8-18 zoom just because you can use filters... but i doubt i ever gonna have the money to buy any of the two kkkkkkkk
You can correct images but video is different. You can to certain extend but needs a 3rd party plugin for that and it can be very heavy for computer to correct. Photos is much easier, you can use Nik Software and very effective for image correction.
Nice review Jimmy. Couldn't resist any longer. Sharpness is crazy of this lens. Very unfortunate the de-fish only works in jpeg. The target group for this lens is - I assume - having a raw workflow. Missing either a lens Fn-button and /or the MF clutch. Nevertheless an amazing lens.
Cheers Marius, well, exactly as you said, for RAW photographers, Olympus gives you the original unmolested file, so you can de-fish the RAW in software of your choice. If you are keen, DxO’s ViewPoint is pretty darn amazing in de-fishing RAW files, which when I combined with PhotoLab4, I literally can work with these files pretty easily. LR hasn’t got a de-fish option but mind you, de-fishing will lose quite a bit of pixels.
I like your reviews very much. "Shame that this feature can only be used in still mode (and in jpg only as RAW is still in full fisheye mode)". I agree. What about lens correction in Lightroom to get pictures like a non fisheye Lens?
Unfortunately that there's no built-in option to De-Fisheye an image. You have use external plugin or software. I do use DXO ViewPoint which does that.
I wouldn’t hesitate to get the 8/1.8 fisheye if the built-in fisheye compensation feature within the em1.2 output a 20.3 MP raw image with the correction. But I think that is jpeg only. So I will stick with my Samyang 7.5mm FE and de-fish in post.
Thanks mate! No I haven't tried Hemi Plugin, is it good? I've been using DXO ViewPoint to 'De-Fisheye' an image but now I can get it in camera which is good.
« In any Olympus Camera ...» Rushes to check my omd em10 mII.... nope, no « fisheye compensation »... :( maybe it’ll show up if I put a fisheye lens on the body?
I was about to pull an order on a 75mm (there is a cashback now), but then I watched this and I keep thinking that this would be a sweet lens for astrophotography. Though I already own the 7-14mm f/2.8 and 15mm f/1.7 for that. Choices choices...
haha.. well, you can also use my discount code "Jimmy15" via Olympus UK/EU online store, you can get that cash back too if it helps to get you both hahaha
Red35 Photography the cheap Samsung is actually pretty good and represents fantastic value. That said I think you use the fisheye for the fish eye look and if you have everything centred correctly the pictures turns out great. I always say the fisheye lens is all about symmetry in the image. Of course the Olympus lens is certainly more versatile, just comes down to how much money you want to spend
absolutely the sharpest - edge to edge. this fisheye is incredible, and worth the money. the wide pro zoom, ? my favorite wide zoom. very intense colors on both. so sharp.....at open aperture, never mind stopping down. lol. recommended for anyone with the money to buy. lol. j.
LOVE your channel and of course this video. However, not sure about the comparison with the M.Zuiko 7-14 ("similar results")? On balance, there seems to be a lot more to love with that zoomer. Both are dreadfully expensive but very good, as you say. Guess I'm not a fisheye fan.
I wasn't comparing to the 7-14, more like comparing to what I was using them for. You can't really compare apples and oranges but I was hoping to use it for one thing, vlogging/filming myself while walking etc.. The fisheye is pretty darn good for that and also at the wide end, very useable and if you don't like the fisheye look, there's an option on EM1 (if you have one) that will correct it and make it a rectalinear lens.
@@Red35Photography Oh, I understand now, and no offence intended. Unfortunately (?) I have the M5 Mark 2 and the little M10 ii and these do not have the fisheye compensation feature. Even so, the adjustments can be done in Lightroom manually or by choosing the GoPro lens profile (believe it or not). There is always a way, right? Thanks again for the video here and your great channel as well.
We actually listed all our kits at the end of our video. But for your information, we shot everything with Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II and various lenses, mostly Panasonic Leica 25mm 1.4 or Olympus 12-40 2.8 Pro, sometimes with other lenses, mostly Olympus too.
I just ordered mine 7.5mm mkii 7artisans lens this week, it's in the mail. i've been looking at wide angle lenses the 8mm looked nice but $1300 cad for this lens vs $189 cad for the artisans was a no brainer.
![Olympus 8mm F1.8 Pro - [Ultra Wide-Angle FUN!]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/yunyPGK2CO8/mqdefault.jpg)
I personally think the 8mm is a pretty cool lens that can double as an ultra fast prime when used with FISHEYE compensation mode in OM-D cameras enabled. Shame that this feature can only be used in still mode (and in jpg only as RAW is still in full fisheye mode). Let me know what you think!
aw thats a bummer, thought the compensation could be used in RAW. But nevertheless, still a great lens, just that I am torn between the laowa 7.5mm and this lens. Love your videos!
Do you know if here is an Adobe correction setting for Fisheye compensation for the Oly 8mm? I’ve used a Canon fisheye setting on it before and it did a reasonable job of straightening, but not quite perfect. I would love to use the compensation in Raw mode in camera.
try DXO Photo Lab with the optional plugin. j.
Red35 Photography - That tip about fisheye compensation in the EM1 is one of the best parts of this video review- thanks.
I can't find the FISHEYE compensation mode in camera setting(EM10 MK3)
Keep in mind, with fish eye correction you cannot use a lot of the other functions in the olympus camera such as Live ND shooting, live composite photography, burst photography, bracketing, HDR, multiple exposure, keystone compensation, digital teleconverter, movie recording, [C-AF], [C-AFb], [C-AF+TR], and [C-AF+TRb] AF modes, [e-Portrait] and art filter picture modes, the custom self-timer, and High Res Shot.
Very important information. TY. I have both lenses and didn't know / realize that until reading this comment. Most appreciated.
I own this FE lens. Super close focusing ability with fast aperture makes it an amazing product.
I hope the "defishify" option makes it to all Olympus cameras, not just restricted to the Em1 markII.
Absolutely Sebastian! Thanks for watching our video and hope you subscribed for more! I do wish Olympus will implement this defishify option on all OM-D and PEN cameras. Also I would like to see it in video mode too! But that may be a little too much for the current processor, perhaps in the next gen or two.
I have been looking for a lens that is very fast and wide to use in dark cathedrals and caves. I think this might be the one. The Loretto chapel spiral staircase and Carlsbad caverns here in New Mexico are on my list to test. Thanks for the comprehensive test.
Have you looked at the Laowa 7.5mm f/2 MFT Lens? It is full manual but it is rectilinear and even smaller. But I do know it's a hassle dealing with manual focus and exposure. It is an interesting lens nonetheless.
I haven't but now you mentioned it and I will have a look :) Manual focus lenses will usually have a smaller body due to the lack of internal motor mechanism. I guess it'll be very similar to my 7-14mm 2.8 Pro but a stop faster :) Thanks!
Red man You are brilliant! I was looking for a comparison and discussion of ultra wide vs fisheye and you address this exact point and also provide examples. You helped me decide that I want a fish eye lens. Thank you so much!
Glad you enjoyed it!
hey nice review, is it possible also to defish video in camera or in post?
A great lens. A lot of people seem to struggle with ultra-wides beyond 24mm. Heck, I even know people who think that 24mm is too wide. But for those of us who are ultra-wide junkies, a 1.8 fisheye is manna from heaven. I do have one question about it though - when using the in body fisheye compensation what is the new angle of view? It must drop below 180°, but how much? Somewhere in the 140° to 160° range would be brilliant, but if it drops into the 110° to 120° range then there are alternatives to consider, such as the Laowa 7.5mm f2 which has a 110° diagonal. I own the Canon 11-24mm f4L which gets to 120° at 11mm, which is incredibly useful, but there have been times I wished it went wider.
There's a lot of limitations with the in camera fisheye compensation, one being you can't shoot raw, can't do bracketing, live composite,etc. I think it has to do with the load the correction places on the processor. But besides that, I do love this lens as well, perfect for vlogging.
Indeed, this is a vlogging lens ahha in my view. I know it's a specialist lens and really and mainly for creative photography and underwater stuff which is important to have that 1.8. But the compensation feature gives a 'secondary' use for this lens.
okay you've sold me... time to buy one now
Cheers!! This is a fun little lens and super light and small. With the new compensation mode, you can use it as a normal ultra wide, this is cool! If you are in UK, remember to use this link tiny.cc/e7s6sy :) An Amazon affiliate link that will give us some commission but don't worry if you don't :D
Thanks for the review!
Is it possible to use this lens with a gh-5 instead of an action camera? What problems it can cause if weight, size and stabilization is not a problem?
Gopro is way too unreliable especially when it is cold.
I use the 8mm fisheye, as my primary underwater lens. Just love the results I'm getting.
Absolutely, this is what the lens is made for. I would love to use it underwater but I just can't get into the water :D
Oh my gawd!! I've had this lens for over a year, and COMPLETELY forgot about the "fisheye compensation" feature!?!
All is not lost however, as I now have a 2nd lens!
An Ultra Wide 8mm!
Brilliant!! And thanks, Jimmy!!
It is especially cool when combined with High Res Shot mode and unwarped afterwards.
@@tulenik71 Sounds like a plan.. Will be in Mexico soon, and will give it a good workout! Thanks...
Thanks for the review. I have a 14-140 for my GH5S now and looking for something for the lower range. Do you know if the Panasonic also has the ability to turn off the fish eye effect as you described at the end of this video? Oh see see below, your remarks that this is only for stills. Isn't there a way in post to do that for videos?
Hi jimmy, need help in choosing lens, between 8mm1.8 and 7-14mm2.8. 70%for astrophotography and 30 for landscapes. Does defishing 8mm in lightroom has any issiues? Am I loosing anything by defishing.
Prashanth G Nair generally defishing will lose pixels because it’s ‘stretching’ the image. 8mm 1.8 is great for Astro because of the brighter aperture but if you defish the images, you may lose some pixels.
@@Red35Photography thank you jimmy
Excellent review as always. Now I’m in deep dilemma between 8mm and 7-14 for travel + landscape.
[For Me]
8mm:
Cheaper
Better used for Night
Hassle to Defish
Soft edges
7-14mm:
Not requiring De-Fish
Sharp edge to edge
Flexible zooms (but I guess 7mm is 95% of the length)
Please advise.
haha, well, I use 7-14 for its versatility though at 2 stops slower, Tracy has the 8mm and she loves it. I do also consider it too since it's lighter and smaller and can be a great vlog lens! Defishing for photos can be done in camera but in JPG only but you can get third party plugin for LR and also FCP if you wish but just not as efficient.
Like your delivery style man, and great to see some of these shots of central london!
Any way you could compare the quality of a picture between the 7-14mm f2.8 and the 8mm in ultrawide mode and tell me the difference ? The weight of the 7-14 is not a problem for me but been f1.8 could be useful.
In short, both have very high image quality and very sharp. 7-14 has the flexibility if you need to switch focal lengths frequently. Though 8mm is fixed but with much wider aperture and better for low light. If you use ultra wide a lot for your work, you can get the 8mm and a 12mm separately and that compensate the focal lengths from the 7-14mm I use the zoom more for my wedding work only because it's flexible.
Thanks Jim.
If you are still looking for vlog lens options, how about the body cap 15 mm lens? The cheapest and lightest alternative! I follow another You Tuber who uses this lens and the results are not that bad. Just trying to save you some weight and money. Cheers.
Cheers mate! I like the cap lens but the only downside is that it's a f8 aperture and only works in good daylight to be frank. I do like the lightweight and super crazy wafer thin which means that you can slip it in any bag! Thanks and I may try it in one episode :)
Great vlog ........ as I’m on a budget would my Em5mkii compensate the Samyang 8mm ?
Hi Gary, thanks a lot! I don't think it will at this moment in time and EM5 II is not supported. however, there are LR plugin that allows you to 'defish' an image.
even if the scaffold wasn't there you wouldn't see Big Ben - that's the bell inside the Elisabeth tower.
Apartfrom that, good review. Off it goes onto my wishlist to replace my cheap 8mm f3.8 fisheye on the Panasonics
Jimmy,
You say that all Olympus cameras have "fisheye compensation". I have the E-M5 MkII (firmware v4) and can't see this setting anywhere. Help, please.
BTW, I'm a professional photographer and I really love your videos. Most reviews are technical (scientific), but the truth is that we're more artists than technicians, which is why I always go to your videos to get a true perspective on what I can achieve with a lens, rather than whether it meets certain technical criteria.
Long live the creative photographers, and you're one of us, Jimmy.
Rick
Thanks Rick for your kind words! That's the aim for our videos, rather than hard selling equipments, I let the results do the talking and may be add some entertainments to them. I may be wrong as I think someone did correct me that only the later cameras have the compensation mode i.e. EM1 II , EM1 X and the new EM5 III. Let me double check later with my EM5 II because I need to get the lens back for testing :)
Does the built-in "fisheye compensation" works for video or is it only for stills ?
Only for stills
Interesting review of an interesting lens with minimal CA or at least none I could see on your review, is this down to the lens or the camera cleaning up the image using internal software?
Thanks Mike! Well, I must say that all (from my own experience) Olympus Pro lenses have great IQ. I couldn't see CA in jpg and RAW but there's a possibility that Olympus may have applied some correction in camera but of course no one knows but they are sharp so unlikely that it's been corrected (corrected CA images will still a little soft but this is tack sharp!)
yup, i would say so. DXO PL gets it right in any case. j.
Fish and chips in the background made me hungry for some...
Hahaha, yes Tracey had the Fish and Chip and I had the 'non-British' dish... Chilli beef and Nachos :D
Nicely done!
Cheers!! Have a nice weekend!
i like the 8mm f1.8 but my heart goes to the leica 8-18 zoom just because you can use filters... but i doubt i ever gonna have the money to buy any of the two kkkkkkkk
The fish eye compensation corrects videos as well? That would be terrific. I too don't like the fisheye look.
You can correct images but video is different. You can to certain extend but needs a 3rd party plugin for that and it can be very heavy for computer to correct. Photos is much easier, you can use Nik Software and very effective for image correction.
Okay, so stay at center of frame as you suggested. Acceptable workaround. Thanks so much.
Nice review Jimmy.
Couldn't resist any longer. Sharpness is crazy of this lens.
Very unfortunate the de-fish only works in jpeg. The target group for this lens is - I assume - having a raw workflow.
Missing either a lens Fn-button and /or the MF clutch.
Nevertheless an amazing lens.
Cheers Marius, well, exactly as you said, for RAW photographers, Olympus gives you the original unmolested file, so you can de-fish the RAW in software of your choice. If you are keen, DxO’s ViewPoint is pretty darn amazing in de-fishing RAW files, which when I combined with PhotoLab4, I literally can work with these files pretty easily. LR hasn’t got a de-fish option but mind you, de-fishing will lose quite a bit of pixels.
I like your reviews very much.
"Shame that this feature can only be used in still mode (and in jpg only as RAW is still in full fisheye mode)".
I agree.
What about lens correction in Lightroom to get pictures like a non fisheye Lens?
Unfortunately that there's no built-in option to De-Fisheye an image. You have use external plugin or software. I do use DXO ViewPoint which does that.
Does this fisheye compensation exist on the om-d e-m10 mark iii?
Thanks Vegeta for watching! I haven't investigate EM10 III but it may have that if you have the latest firmware. But I need to double check that :)
@@Red35Photography thank you, because if it does have this option, I think I found my perfect lens for astrophotography
I wouldn’t hesitate to get the 8/1.8 fisheye if the built-in fisheye compensation feature within the em1.2 output a 20.3 MP raw image with the correction. But I think that is jpeg only. So I will stick with my Samyang 7.5mm FE and de-fish in post.
Does Pen f have the function of fisheye compensation? Thanks.
Do you have experience mit Fisheye Hemi Plugin for Lightroom with this lens?
Thanks mate! No I haven't tried Hemi Plugin, is it good? I've been using DXO ViewPoint to 'De-Fisheye' an image but now I can get it in camera which is good.
« In any Olympus Camera ...» Rushes to check my omd em10 mII.... nope, no « fisheye compensation »... :( maybe it’ll show up if I put a fisheye lens on the body?
I was about to pull an order on a 75mm (there is a cashback now), but then I watched this and I keep thinking that this would be a sweet lens for astrophotography. Though I already own the 7-14mm f/2.8 and 15mm f/1.7 for that. Choices choices...
haha.. well, you can also use my discount code "Jimmy15" via Olympus UK/EU online store, you can get that cash back too if it helps to get you both hahaha
@@Red35Photography haha unfortunately (or not), I am moving to Sweden soon and need to limit how many items I will move! Dunno which of the two tho!
@@Red35Photography you are a bad influence but great videos! :-)
Very interesting and a new view to the 8mm Fisheye. would love to see a comparison to the cheep Samyang 7.5mm fisheye lens.
I will see if I can obtain a copy to do a comparison!
Red35 Photography the cheap Samsung is actually pretty good and represents fantastic value. That said I think you use the fisheye for the fish eye look and if you have everything centred correctly the pictures turns out great. I always say the fisheye lens is all about symmetry in the image. Of course the Olympus lens is certainly more versatile, just comes down to how much money you want to spend
absolutely the sharpest - edge to edge. this fisheye is incredible, and worth the money. the wide pro zoom, ? my favorite wide zoom. very intense colors on both. so sharp.....at open aperture, never mind stopping down. lol. recommended for anyone with the money to buy. lol. j.
Cheers mate! Thanks for watching and your comment mate!
Excellent!
Thanks Jann :)
LOVE your channel and of course this video. However, not sure about the comparison with the M.Zuiko 7-14 ("similar results")? On balance, there seems to be a lot more to love with that zoomer. Both are dreadfully expensive but very good, as you say. Guess I'm not a fisheye fan.
I wasn't comparing to the 7-14, more like comparing to what I was using them for. You can't really compare apples and oranges but I was hoping to use it for one thing, vlogging/filming myself while walking etc.. The fisheye is pretty darn good for that and also at the wide end, very useable and if you don't like the fisheye look, there's an option on EM1 (if you have one) that will correct it and make it a rectalinear lens.
@@Red35Photography Oh, I understand now, and no offence intended. Unfortunately (?) I have the M5 Mark 2 and the little M10 ii and these do not have the fisheye compensation feature. Even so, the adjustments can be done in Lightroom manually or by choosing the GoPro lens profile (believe it or not). There is always a way, right? Thanks again for the video here and your great channel as well.
The laowa 7mm is pretty light and wide.
I am tempted :)
Will wait for your review and comparison of the 7.5mm Laowa vs the 8mm. 😊
Great. I will go for the 8mm then. Btw, what gear were you shooting with ar 5:55?
Thanks mate! You meant what I was filming on my left? It was just an DJI OSMO and my iPhone, doing a timelapse :)
Sorry, I meant the gear you were shooting yourself with.
We actually listed all our kits at the end of our video. But for your information, we shot everything with Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II and various lenses, mostly Panasonic Leica 25mm 1.4 or Olympus 12-40 2.8 Pro, sometimes with other lenses, mostly Olympus too.
May I ask a question that what lens did you using in 6:45? Thank you a lot!
Olympus 12-40mm 2.8
Why no mention of the unique compensation provided for this lens inside the E-M1 mk2?
Yes I did :) @12:38
My miss; great coverage!!!!
But you can compose and shoot using the fisheye compensation. Then go home and postprocess the raw file. What you see is what you get - just better!
There are 4mm & 3.5mm now from laowa and meike i just wish they were af~
What is that stand at 6:08?
Thanx.
that is to say you dont need AF for fisheye lens....yes 7artisans here i come
I just ordered mine 7.5mm mkii 7artisans lens this week, it's in the mail. i've been looking at wide angle lenses the 8mm looked nice but $1300 cad for this lens vs $189 cad for the artisans was a no brainer.
As just an amateur, If I own 7-14 already i probably shouldn't purchase the 8mm. Seems to do the same thing...
Ah! The accidental finger touching.
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