Nikon 10.5mm f/2.8G DX Fisheye

Being a fisheye, use care to prevent your own toes from having a staring role in your images. It focuses so close that any spotting on the lens even become visible, so you must keep it spotless. Just as other fish eyes, it does not take filters.

I don't think anyone would employ this lens shooting family photos (not unless you want a big laugh out of grandpa's smile!) or you should know better than weddings or even a typical wide angle landscapes. This is the lens for people who perceive the world as a unique perspective and desire to sprint in their creative sneakers.

Those people who whine about the massive distortion created by this lens need to realize that the entire reason this lens exists is to provide you with distorted pictures! If you desire super wide angle shots, go for the Nikon 12-24mm lens (if you happen to have a thousand dollars laying around and an understanding wife!) or the comparable, half the cost and just as impressive 12-24mm Tokina lens.

You can even pick up the Sigma 10-20mm lens and be totally happy. These great lenses offer you a minimum amount of distortion and create ultra-wide images. Although by investing around $600 for a fisheye such as this superb Nikon lens, you'll see the world from a different viewpoint. Once acquire the ability to obtain the best from this lens, there's an entirely new world waiting for you to begin exploring.

My only dislike about this lens is that, just like most fisheye and ultra-wide lenses, there is no way to install a protective filter on the front side of the lens. Although it has a lens hood built in, some how I always feel that a very expensive element is just sticking out there looking to bump into some object and become damaged. Announced Jul 22, 2003 Feb 8, 2011

• The first fisheye lens developed exclusively for use with Nikon DX Format

• DX - NIKKOR - Compact and lightweight Nikon DX lenses feature a lesser image circle and are specifically created and optimized for the Nikon D-series, digital SLR camera bodies. An ideal option for photographers and enthusiasts who require shooting of expansive landscapes with Nikon DX DSLR

• Equivalent to 16mm focal length on 35mm

• Minimum focus distance of 0.14m (5.5 in.), or 0.03m (1.2 in.) from the lens front, makes extreme close-ups possible

• CRC - Close-Range Correction is another Nikon extremely significant focusing break-through, as it allows advanced image perfection at close focusing range and expands the focusing distance.

• D- Distance. Denoted after the  f-number. It signifies the lens has the capacity to use Nikon's 3D Matrix Metering on camera bodies where it is supported.

• ED- (Extra-low Dispersion Glass Elements)
a necessary element of the Nikon telephoto lens Nikon engineered Extra-low Dispersion optical glass to facilitate the manufacture of lenses that provide superior color correction and sharpness by diminishing chromatic aberrations

• G - labeled after the f-number. All the newer AF lenses, including AF-S and specifically G, are also D. Nikon no longer makes an effort to mark the D. G-lenses contains no aperture ring, therefore aperture may only be electronically controlled by the camera and only autofocus camera bodies featuring function dials have the capacity to control G lenses

• RD- Rounded 7 Blade Diaphragm
Soft-focus images of point light resources create accepted polygonal shapes that mirror the form of the cavity produced by the diaphragm blades.

• Built-in Flower Type lens Hood

• Fully Compatible with D1, D1X, D1H, D2H and D100

• CL-0715 Soft Case
• Front Lens Cap
• Rear Lens Cap.

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