Rokinon 8mm f/2.8 UMC Fisheye Review – Sony E-Mount Lens Review

Here’s a few real world family photos.

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Sony Nex-F3 w/ Rokinon 8mm f/2.8 UMC Fisheye lens – Sample Photo

Note the Sony RX100 in my Nephews hands

100% Crop – Rokinon 8mm f/2.8 UMC Fisheye lens – Sample Photo

Sony Nex-F3 w/ Rokinon 8mm f/2.8 UMC Fisheye lens – Sample Photo

100% Crop – Rokinon 8mm f/2.8 UMC Fisheye lens – Sample Photo

Here’s one of my Dad nerding it up on the PC Note the extremely bright window, which normally hurts contrast and can cause flaring. The Rokinon lens handles it fairly well in my opinion.

Sony Nex-F3 w/ Rokinon 8mm f/2.8 UMC Fisheye lens – Sample Photo

Sony Nex-F3 w/ Rokinon 8mm f/2.8 UMC Fisheye lens – Sample Photo

I get carried away with columns sometimes, but they make for great fisheye subject matter!

Rokinon 8mm f/2.8 UMC Fisheye lens Using Nex-F3- Sample Photo

Sony Nex-F3 w/ Rokinon 8mm f/2.8 UMC Fisheye lens – Sample Photo

Sony Nex-F3 w/ Rokinon 8mm f/2.8 UMC Fisheye lens – Sample Photo

Next we have an all terrain tracked vehicle with a bucket for doing high tension power line work, and stuff like that, in remote locations.

Rokinon 8mm f/2.8 UMC Fisheye lens – Sample Photos, Jpeg Fine

Here’s a bunch more sample photos if you want to take a look through

Rokinon 8mm f/2.8 UMC Fisheye Lens Review – Conclusion

I must admit, the Rokinon 8mm f/2.8 UMC Fisheye Lens was a lot of fun to use, and compared to the Sony 16mm VCL-ECF1 Conversion Lens, it’s a significant step up in image quality. It makes sense as it sells for approximately $350 US at the time of this review. For a full manual lens that might seem a bit pricey, but for what you get it’s a fair value in my opinion.

After looking at the 100% Crops closely, you’s see the sharpness holds up quite well in the corners and the Chromatic Aberrations are well controlled. Much better than the Sony version! It’s not razor blade tack sharp, but it’s a very sharp lens overall. The Vignetting is noticeable at f/2.8 and starts to fade by f/4 although still visible.

Overall, if you like manual lenses I would highly recommend this lens for a Higher Quality replacement or alternative to the Sony VCL-ECF1 Conversion Lens. Although for the Money that lens is not bad at all either. It’s only $109 US these days. The nicely notched aperture stops and super smooth focus ring make this lens not only a pleasure to use, but it really feels like quality in your hands.

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