16mm f/2.8 Fisheye Lens

Good Wide Angle

Pros: Good Build Quality

Cons: Picky Focus

This lens is expensive, but, is well worth the price. I bought it for my A380, but have also used it on my old A100. Images come out crisp, but, i've noticed a few shots that should have been in focus, but were not. Otherwise, this is a solid piece of glass to purchase for yourself!

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One I Just Had to Have

Pros: There is no substitute. Period.

Cons: Odd lens cover/bag arangement.

In my old Minolta MC/MD days, I had the Minolta incarnation of this lens and loved it. Granted in many ways it's a creative toy sort of lens, but I still find myself using it even at inappropriate times ("Hang on. Just let me grab a quick shot of this with the 16."). Every exposure has the potential to be a visual adventure waiting to happen and bring a smile to someones face.

Sony's Fisheye

Pros: Super high quality!

Cons: It only works properly on a full frame size dslr.

This is a super high quality lens. But unless you have one of Sony's high end DSLR camera"s you won't get the true fisheye look that you want. It will only be a 110 degree picture. Not the full 180 that a fisheye should be. I looked on line at the Sony style page and it said that this lens would work properly for my A2oo. I even called Sony and talked to a couple of different reps before I spent almost 900.00 bucks for this lens. They all said that this lens would work for my camera. But when I got it and started taking pictures I was shocked to see that it wasn't a true fisheye effect at all! They all gave me the wrong information on this lens. If you have a high end Sony DSLR with a full frame 35 mm equiv. processer size chip it will be great. If you don't, pass on this one and buy a Sigma or a Bower that is made for the asc-p size of image chip. That's what I did and I have taken some great full 180 degree fisheye pics.

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Worth the money.

Pros: Superb lens all around.

Cons: Stupid lens cap bag thing.

I use this lens with my A900 and it works perfectly. Fantastic shots possilbe. Rapid focus. Decent corner quality. Very hard not to get your fingers and feet into the picture. Hilareous close ups. Once you've run the image through curvature correction you'll see how great it is to have. Makes interiors look huge, would be great for real estate sales. Perfect lens for when you can't get far enough away, like in a car or small room. Also very lightweight, easy to carry in your bag. I recommend it if you can afford it.

FISHEYE FOR A37

Has anyone tried this lens out on the sony a37? Just bought one and was curious if i would be wasting money with this lens on it?