Tokina Unveils the 8mm f/2.8 Fisheye for Sony E and Fujifilm X Mounts
Tokina has announced the SZ 8mm f/2.8 Fisheye lens, a compact and lightweight fast, ultra-wide prime, manual focus, full-frame fisheye lens designed exclusively for APS-C sensor mirrorless cameras with a unique perspective. The suggested genres are landscape, nightscape, interior, architecture, pet, and street photography.
The Japanese company is releasing the new lens for two APS-C camera mounts: Fujifilm X and Sony E-mount. The lens is 8mm, but the converted 35mm equivalent makes the new lens closer to 12mm, which is still extremely wide. The lens is constructed of 11 elements in nine groups with an aperture range of f/2.8 through f/22 via a seven-bladed diaphragm. The lens features also a manual aperture adjustment ring that is clickless and designed to work in video production.
Tokina says that the lens provides an emphasized perspective with unique distortion that makes the lens attractive for both still photographers and videographers. The lens is lightweight and compact at 280 grams and with a 52mm total length. The lens uses what Tokina calls its exclusive multi-coated optical elements that it says allow for effective light intake and, as a result, allows for faster shutter speeds to be used in low light conditions.
The lens has a relatively close focusing distance of 10 centimeters which can highlight an object close-up with a wide background behind it. The lens has a 180-degree angle of view and a macro reproduction ratio of 1:10. The lens ships with a detachable bayonet hood and the lens — at least the E-mount version — can be used with full-frame cameras if a circular fisheye effect is desired.
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The Tokina SZ 8mm f/2.8 Fisheye lens for Fujifilm X and APS-C Sony E-mount cameras is expected to be released on March 15.
More info on Tokina’s website.
