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Sigma 4.5mm f/2.8 DC HSM Fisheye for Nikon DX
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Another unique offering: the Sigma is a full 180° spherical fisheye for DX sensor cameras. It provides a full circular 180° field of vision, used both for interesting photographic effects and for scientific measurements of angles and area. The lens has HSM (hypersonic motor drive) which provides rapid focus and full-time manual focus override.
The image will appear as a 180° ‘circle’ in the middle of the photo. Also, screw-on filters will not fit on this lens due to the curvature of the glass.
Only Works With: Crop sensor (DX) cameras (D300s, D7000, D90, etc.)
Try and Buy Program: Lensrentals is pleased that our friends at SuperdigitalCity have made a special offer for our customers renting this item and considering purchase. Simply email your Lensrentals Invoice number to SuperdigitalCity and they will email you back a coupon code good for $55 (one week’s rental) off of the purchase of the Sigma 4.5mm f/2.8 fisheye for Nikon lens.
Roger's Take
Roger Cicala
President of LensRentals.com
Full disclosure here: I’m not a fan of the fisheye look, especially the full circle fisheye look. But I will say this is a sharp lens with a huge depth of field. And the images are incredibly panoramic when ‘defished’ in software, which is what I do with them, mostly. In case you don’t understand what a spherical fisheye is, the lens takes a circular image which shows up in the center of your rectangular shot — this type of fisheye does not fill the entire frame of your picture.
We get asked a lot (and even worse, not asked by people who don’t know) what the different focal length fisheyes look like on different cameras. Here’s the short summary:
- 4.5mm – is a circular image in the center of your picture on a crop frame camera. A very, very small circle on a full frame.
- 8mm – is a circular image in the center of your picture on a full frame camera. Nearly, but not completely fills a crop frame.
- 10mm – is the classic, corner to corner fisheye look on a crop frame camera. Doesn’t fill a full frame image.
- 15mm – is the classic, corner to corner fisheye look on a full frame camera. Slightly fisheye look on a crop frame.
The image below should give you an idea of what you get with each type of camera.
- Filter Size
- NA (rear gel)
- Aperture
- f2.8-22
- Length
- 3.0”
- Diameter
- 3.1”
- Weight
- 1.0 lb.
- Hood
- built-in
- Minimum Focusing Distance
- 0.4 feet
- Maximum Magnification
- .17x
- Angle of view: (crop frame)
- 180 degrees
- Zoom method
- None
- Image Stabilization
- None
- Focusing System
- Internal, A/MF switch, Hypersonic motor, full-time manual
- Aperture Blades
- 6 curved
- Groups/Elements
- 9/13
- Low Dispersion Elements
- 1
- Aspherical Elements
- 0
- Weather Resistant
- No
- System
- Nikon F
- Compatibility
- DX
- Autofocus
- Yes
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| 4 days | $46.00 | $11.50 |
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| 60 days | $275.00 | $4.58 |
| 90 days | $354.00 | $3.93 |
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