Recommend Fisheye lens for X-system

Looking for autofocus fisheye lens for X-system; thinking of getting EF/EF-S fisheye lens to be used on Fringer adapter since there is no native fisheye for X-system with autofocus; however it seems no fisheye lens is being supported by Fringer currently.

Any one has gotten any fisheye lens which will work on Fringer adapter?

OP, I am not answering your question directly, but would comment that the depth of field for a fisheye is such that no autofocus is not a problem.

I have shot with a fisheye lens for many years, both Nikon and Fuji bodies, and have been happy with the Samyang (also branded as Rokinon) 8mm rectangular fisheye built directly for a Fuji mount.  My lens is the Fisheye II version purchased about 7 years ago which I believe is still the current version.

I just set mine at a hyperfocal distance of about 3 1/2 feet and shoot as I wish at f/5.6 or f/8.  The depth of field at this focal length is phenomenal - from about 1 1/2 feet to 1 foot to infinity.  Occasionally, I will use the manual focus peak assist function if I wish to set the focus manually for something very close.

Hope this helps the OP in making a decision.  This lens is carried by B & H.

Jerry

I'm extraordinarily pleased with the manual Rokinon 8mm f/2.8.  It comes in a Fuji mount. Small and surprisingly sharp.  Highly recommend.

If I may hijack the thread slightly, there is a review of the Rokinon/Samyang on the web which mentions Fisheye Hemi as a Lightroom plugin to de-fish the images (I could use the wide view, but the full fisheye effect is rather restrictive), and the results look very good. But when I googled for it, the search results very much gave me the impression that the plugin had withered and died. Imadio’s website seems to be defunct. Does anyone know if it’s still a viable tool, or if there’s an equally effective alternative?

exactly what Craig and Jerry said. same settings, same lens, same reasons.

https://imadio.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360022875374-Fisheye-Hemi-2-Help-and-Overview

seems to be working..

Bruce Hyman wrote:

seems to be working..

Mm, but Zendesk is a third party support service. When you click through to Imadio’s site it doesn’t respond.

Not a recommendation, but you'll find a hopefully complete list of third party lenses on the German Wikimedia, "Fujifilm-X-Bajonett". It's in German but easily understandable. Should you miss lenses, let me know.

Cheers,

Martin

If you don't find a solution an alternative would be to use Sony APSC instead. There is a Sony fisheye converter that fits both the 16mm and 20mm pancake lenses with autofocus.

I just got it for the 20mm and it turns it into a 13mm fisheye. I will actually prefer this to a real 180 degree 7.5mm fisheye lens as I like to use fisheye occasionally for street photography (have to get too close with a 7.5mm lens).

It can all be bought very cheaply e.g. a used A6000, used lenses and the fisheye converter was only something like $40 used (costs more for the black version but I am just going to tape over the silver on mine).

Or if sticking with Fujifilm and going with manual focus, I can vouch for the 7Artisans 7.5mm f2.8 which is very good for the price, much cheaper than the Samyang. It has very close focusing or there is a 2nd version with improved optics (like less CA) and no close focus. I would set it and forget once I found where infinity was on the barrel.

The 10mm f5.6 Pergear is a piece of junk. Mine was only ~$40 and not really worth any more. Skip it, very poor optics, sounds like their f8 bodycap one may be better. The 7Artisans is the way to go for a proper fisheye with surprisingly good optics for ~$135, unless you want to pay double for the Samyang which is stetosonic (or something? That makes faces bulge less).

Edit: tried the Sony yesterday and it is very nice having autofocus for close up subjects like animals. I used to miss regularly with the Pergear which became frustrating. There is definitely a gap in Fuji's line-up for an autofocus fisheye, or even just a converter for a wide lens like the 14mm or 16mm. The Sony converter is so cheap that it must be a very small market

Another vote for the Samyang 8mm (version 2).  As a previous poster remarked, the depth of field is so great that the lack of autofocus isn’t a problem.  I’ve also had pleasing results with Fisheye Hemi:   I was in touch with them about a year ago and they were alive and kicking (and very helpful).

Even though not an auto-focus lens, here`s another vote for Samyang 8mm f/2.8 UMC fisheye II -- it is not a "common" fisheye, but one using stereographic projection[1], meaning the fisheye effect is much less pronounced, thus "defishing"[2][3] will provide better results, with less resolution loss (though there will still be some, of course).

Jeff Biscuits wrote:

Bruce Hyman wrote:

seems to be working..

Mm, but Zendesk is a third party support service. When you click through to Imadio’s site it doesn’t respond.

see if this works for you: https://spaces.hightail.com/receive/iXWSE6TgBc

Bruce Hyman wrote:

Jeff Biscuits wrote:

Bruce Hyman wrote:

seems to be working..

Mm, but Zendesk is a third party support service. When you click through to Imadio’s site it doesn’t respond.

see if this works for you: https://spaces.hightail.com/receive/iXWSE6TgBc

Might you have any idea how to get a license? It leaves a watermark all over the image. I would gladly buy it if there is a way. But it seems it's abandonware and there is no license for purchase. Very disappointing.

If I only had only needed this software in 2022. What can you do? I wrote them and asked to purchase a license. Not sure that will lead to anything.