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Peleng 8mm or samyang 8mm (will samyang meter on 1000d or 450d)

Started Nov 4, 2011 | Discussions thread
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jimrockfordIII Regular Member • Posts: 318
Peleng 8mm or samyang 8mm (will samyang meter on 1000d or 450d)

Hi Im getting myself a s/h 1000d or 450d for xmas so that I can get a fisheye lens and I like the specs on the 1000d and 450d.

I am not sure which to get though I like the output from the samyang but according to a lot I have read you can not meter with it n the canons. I dont mind manual focusing and stopping down manually etc but it would be a pain to have to meter with my gx100 or an exposure meter, especially as i sold my sekonic a year ago.

The peleng does not look as sharp as the samyang plus you get the vignetting at the corner, it is built very well though and seems to have a good distance scale(the samyangs seem to have errant distance scales in some posts I have read) also if I ever get to afford a 5d I could enjoy having the full circle fisheye shots. I was enamoured of the pelang until I saw the samyang shots which seemed very sharp and it retains good detail at the edges, lack of metering though is a drag,

anyhelp people please....Thanks....paul (yeah name is paul I was just a fan of the rockford files series as a kid hehe)
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