Altura Photo 58MM 0.35x Fisheye Wide Angle Lens with Macro Close-Up Portion

I bought this lens used. The description was minimal but was categorized as "very good". The product (besides packaging) looked brand new. There were no scratches or marks of any kind on it. The lens works great. The fish eye isnt as wide as I had hoped ( i may be using it incorrectly) but the macro lens is amazing. I took this photo yesterday. Great seller and product for the price.

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Gotta love Amazon!! The order was received in 2 days with free shipping (Im a Prime member)...and the product is exactly what I wanted. It takes the 18-55mm kit lens for my daughters Canon T3i (which is equivalent to a 27mm film lens) and makes it basically a 10mm lens, ideal for any occasion where a wider angle lens is needed. A friend of mine owns a Nikon 12mm lens he paid $2,500 for. Its really nice. But I paid 100 times less, and the results from mine are really nice too! Why did I buy it? I do real estate marketing for a living (design and printwork) and I bought my daughter the Canon for Christmas. Shes got a great eye for photography, and I wanted to introduce her to real estate photography. Well, she had her first photo shoot last Saturday, and the photos came out really well. However, I could tell that the images we took, werent as wide of an angle as those taken by professional real estate photographers. So...I asked one of my favorite photographers about his equipment (hes the one with the $2,500 Nikon lens). He told me what my options were, and I searched on Amazon for what I thought would be a good fit. This lens obviously caught my attention because it gives me the same focal length for a ridiculously low price (actually a little wider than his Nikon). When we first got it, I couldnt wait to try it out. So we opened the box, saw the leather pouch it comes in, took it out and screwed it onto the Canon. When I turned the LCD viewfinder on, I almost couldnt believe it! Its not quite 180 degrees....but if you stand in the doorway of a small bedroom, lets say, youll absolutely have every part of the room showing in your lens. Amazing! It also captures much more of the "floor-to-ceiling" so it expands things both horizontally and vertically. I wish we had purchased it prior to last Saturdays shoot, as I think the photos we took would have been much better (even though they were already good!) Im almost thinking about driving back out to the property as a favor to my customer and re-shooting the house. The wider angles work really well for real estate photography...and it wouldve given all of the images a much more professional look and feel. If theres any caution with the lens...its this. At its widest angle, you will definitely get vignetting (the corners turn black)...however that happens with basically ALL wide angle lenses (most especially with fisheye lenses). I just back off the widest setting slightly, and the black corners went away. Still though, youll need software to help correct for the lens distortion where things curve around the edges (in other words, the left and right walls will be curved when shooting a room). GIMP does a pretty decent job of that with its lens distortion filter, and their software is free. All in all, I couldnt be more pleased with this lens! I havent used the macro aspect of the lens yet, as it was purchased primarily for the wider angle requirements....but Im fairly certain the macro will be great too! The lens feels very high quality (heavy, and doesnt feel cheap at all.) It screwed onto the camera with no effort at all (but as with photo filters, the threads are VERY fine so you have to make sure youve got it on correctly before tightening down. You dont want to strip the threads.) Mine went on perfectly, and smoothly. Oh, one more thing I noticed. If you use the built-in flash on the camera (its forward facing)...youll get a small "half-circle" shadow at the bottom of the photo. Thats because when you have the lens added to the standard kit lens, it adds a couple inches in length. The flash is ever-so-slightly blocked at the bottom of the photo, but the same thing would happen with a telephoto lens. Again, all you have to do is zoom in a little closer...or buy a flash that sits a little higher (on the shoe instead of the lower-sitting built-in flash). Just buy it....you wont regret it at all. Dave

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When i first saw this lens i was like, sure its going to be a fisheye with macro. I did not believe even after reading the reviews... Im a photographer and i got this lens knowing i was going to do a destination wedding, even with still being uncertain, so i was on the beach saying im am just going to try it, and to my surprise, i was like WOW!!!.... it blows my mind to how sharp and clare this bad boy is, and not to mention the fisheye effect was bar none BEAUTIFUL!!! I have attached here images to show the result, you will get dark edges if you go too wide with your lens, but its nothing photoshop cannot fix :) Pros: Lots Cons: Dark edges when going too wide with the lens, nothing photoshop cant fix tho.

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0:00 0:00 This video is not intended for all audiences. What date were you born? January February March April May June July August September October November December 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981 1980 1979 1978 1977 1976 1975 1974 1973 1972 1971 1970 1969 1968 1967 1966 1965 1964 1963 1962 1961 1960 1959 1958 1957 1956 1955 1954 1953 1952 1951 1950 1949 1948 1947 1946 1945 1944 1943 1942 1941 1940 1939 1938 1937 1936 1935 1934 1933 1932 1931 1930 1929 1928 1927 1926 1925 1924 1923 1922 1921 1920 1919 1918 1917 1916 1915 1914 1913 1912 1911 1910 1909 1908 1907 1906 1905 1904 1903 1902 1901 1900 Submit Adobe Flash Player is required to watch this video. Install Flash Player Best bang for the buck. Dont expect quality like a $2,500. But expect to have A LOT of fun with this and be satisfied. http://youtu.be/RB1YHDz73bA

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Im just learning to use this effectively, and I thought Id share a few observations: 1. If you are using the only the macro component , DO expect some vignetting. Not terrible, because if you are going in that close, youll probably want to crop. 2. If you are photographing insects, unless you have a very steady hand, and the insects are cooperating by staying in one place long enough, youll need a tripod. For example: bees collecting pollen from flowers - set up your shot, use a wireless remote if possible, and wait for the critter to come back again ... if it lands on a nearby flower, you can quickly adjust the tripod, but not if you have to refocus. You just wont have time. 3. The depth of field is VERY shallow, but you should be able to do micro life, and the blurred background is an effective method of drawing the viewers attention to the center of attention. 4. Always use shutter priority with this lens and set it at the fastest shutter speed acceptable for the lighting conditions. That could also help a lot with "hand shake" if you are stuck without a tripod. As for the wide angle fish eye component , I cant tell you much right now as my experiments have been limited. I just received the lens this morning. I hope to post more in a few days. The photos below illustrate some of the issues: The left most shows why the tripod is so important. Both the left and the right photos also illustrate the vignetting. The center photo was cropped, and although I didnt use a tripod, I was able to maintain my steadiness - because for some reason the smaller fly didnt seem to flit around as much and I was able to relax to capture it. It must know the difference between a fly swatter and a camera. PS - The left photo was supposed to be a bumble bee, but I selected the wrong image from my library. I am posting the bumblebee now. By the way, look at the fly again and you can see how sensitive this is to depth of field. The wings are sharply in focus but the head which is in a slightly different plane is blurred. Just something to consider when setting up your shots.

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I was told these were a gimmick in the past. After watching a video review of this model I snatched one up. So far its great. It feels really solid. Ive played with it on an 18-55mm kit lens on a Nikon d3k series camera. From 18-30mm I get a very cool fisheye effect. For the real estate agents saying it doesnt work, thats exactly what its supposed to do. Try increasing the focal length slightly until the corners return and you will still have a wider angle shot than without this attachment.

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First of all, the only con: I have a Nikon D3300, and used a 52mm lens. This screwed on VERY tightly. So tight, that I had to put quite a bit of effort to get the last half of the threads in (I did not crossthread or otherwise misalign things, its just a thousandth or so oversize, would be my guess). However, used on an 18-55mm lens, it gave a wonderful fisheye effect, with more clarity that I would have expected from an attachment of this price. Unfortunately you cannot get a "full" circle, as the very top and bottom are slightly out of frame. This may just be because the D3300 has an APS-C sensor though. One thing is a bit confusing though (at least it was to me), I didnt realize that the "macro" lens needed to be attached in order to take normal photos, or that it was meant to be used separately for macro-photography (I already have lenses / ext. tubes for macro work anyway), so when I took the macro portion off and tried to use the main segment by itself, I was stuck wondering why I couldnt focus, haha. Just something to be aware of.

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Just got it today and it is absolutely amazing. The build quality is way better than I expected. Its also heavier than I expected. I tried it on my 35mm f1/8 lens and it worked like a charm. I did find when I used it on a lens with external moving parts the lens weighed down the part of the lens that actually moved. It wasnt a problem on my 18-55mm lens but it did become a problem on my 55-200mm lens when I was extended out. Not a huge deal as long as I hold the lens. The macro is pretty good. Iv never used any macro things on my camera so im not sure what to compare it too but I can see the uses of it. Over all I love this thing and iv only had it for like 12-16 hours. I have a shoot coming up at a house concert so after that show I will truly see how well it preforms. Though honestly for 25 bucks you cant go wrong. Its a solid built lens attachment.

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I just got my first DSLR camera a few months ago so I am a beginner and didnt want to spend a lot of money on a fish eye but wanted to take the round pictures. I absolutely love this lens! It is a great buy for the price and I had a lot of fun taking pictures of buildings and objects around the house with it. I use it with my kit lens - Canon 18-55mm STM and it zooms between full rectangle shape with slight distortion at edges to a completely round circle with really neat distortion effect. I would definitely recommend getting it to fit your zoom lens instead of a fixed lens! The only thing that you have to watch with a longer lens on your camera is that when you use the built-in flash and have it set on on the tighter circle you will get a shadow in the shot at the bottom in the middle. I use mine mostly during the day so it isnt a problem for me.

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Took a few photos with this lens so far. They didnt come out as well as I expected. But, considering I am in between an amateur and a pro, I havent had a fisheye lens in the past. I will continue to practice with this lens, and let you know the results. Its kind of like blaming the musical instrument for ones lack of talent, but I know this lens will end up being included for good in my collection.

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