PELENG 8mm f3.5 fisheye

http://www.rugift.com/photocameras/peleng_...r_canon_eos.htm

http://www.pauck.de/marco/photo/stuff/pele...ng_fisheye.html

its an option for the price value... i was just wandering is anyone in here have trired it.

Possibly an option for topside where you can change aperture and MF. Underwater I guess you'd have to shoot at a fixed aperture and focus at the minimum focus pt for your dome????

I would pass on this one - what about the Sigma 8mm fisheyeSigma 8mm fisheye? I think it will AF on your camera and you can change the f-stop too, right? Here's a link:

I don't see buying a top of the line DSLR and lens (12-24) and then nickel and diming yourself on the fisheye.

Cheers

James

I have used it with Canon 300D / Ikelite housing, 5503.15 dome. The dome does vignette a bit more than the lens itself does, but that is easily corrected with PTLens.

A couple more or less successful (practice) shots from the green Baltic waters; bear in mind this was my first dive with the Peleng and my third or fourth with an UW DSLR...

The bow of Park Victory:

My incredibly patient model (you can imagine it's "fun" to pose motionless in nice warm <10 deg C Finnish summer water):

The Ikelite zoom gear fits nicely enough over the aperture lock/unlock ring, so basically you get full control over aperture. Focus has to be set manually before the dive, but with an 8mm FE that's not really an issue, you just have to figure out the correct hyperfocal point with trial/error or some more scientific way.

...it's a nice cheapo alternative while waiting for the Tokina 10-17 FE...

//LN