Beloma Peleng 3.5/8mm Fisheye
This new short- focus interchangeable, super wide-angle, lens gives up a dramatic 180 degree circular field of viewplus a circular image (that is not full 360 frame view) when mounted on a full frame 35mm film or SLR camera. A must have lens when shooting wide field of view scenes, such as buildings, landscape, and group shots. The lens can be used for capturing color, black & white, and infrared images.
Meter coupling exchangs information with the exposure meter of your camera, allowing metering to be
maintained through the lens. There are proprietary mounts allowing manual use of the lens with Canon, Nikon, 4/3 DSLRs, Micro 4/3, Pentax, Panasonic, Minolta SLR and Sony DSLR cameras.
Apr 3, 2011.
Typical Internet price $354.
Features
There are three control rings on the lens body. The rearmost (closest to the camera body) is to the focus ring. The other two control aperture. The frontmost ring lets you select apertures from f/3.5 to f/16 in whole-stop increments; at least, it has labels and detents at the whole stops, and I haven't tried leaving it halfway between two detents. The middle ring is the aperture lock; it switches between f/3.5 (in the "UNLOCK" position) and whatever aperture is selected in the aperture ring. So, having selected an f/stop on the front ring, you can leave the lens open at f/3.5 while framing and focusing, then turn the middle ring to stop down to your chosen aperture for metering and exposure.
The Peleng 3.5/8 mm lens is a precision optical piece derived from the Russian defense and space technologies. It is ideal for architecture, landscape, and group pictures. The lens high-quality multi- coated glass optics provides superb image transmission and sharpness. The Peleng 8mm lens is a compact unit, similar to Nikkor products, but for the fraction of the cost.
Specifications
• Focal distance, mm 8,1 +/- 0,25; Relative aperture 1:3,5+1:16
• Angle of view 180 deg; Aspect ratio, mm 24x36; Minimum distance when photographing, 0.3m;
• Resolution power in the center 55mm, along the edges 15mm; diameter 73mm,length 65,5mm
• Front and Rear caps, soft pouch included
• Made in Russia, Brand new, 1 Years International warranty
Item Includes
• Lens with selected camera mount
• 1-UV 26.5mm filter already installed on the rear end of the camera
• Filter case
• Front and rear lens caps
• Lens case and strap
• English instruction manual
