Peleng 8mm f/3.5 Fisheye
Review of Peleng 8mm f/3.5 fisheye lens. Review created 2006, latest update 2013.
Facts
- a classic manual fisheye lens dating back to the good old days
- estimated retail price 350 USD
- in my use from 6/2005 to 10/2008
- was my first fisheye lens ever and filled that need well
Pros
- like any fisheye lens this lens can offer lots of fun
- a real classic
- resonable sharp when stopped down to f/8 or f/11
- easy to focus manually due to huge depth-of-field
- M42 mount version can be mounted to different camera systems via adapters
Cons
- is very soft wide open and so it is not at its best indoors
- today there are better options like Samyang's manual fisheye lenses