Is the Panasonic 8mm too expensive? Get the Samyang 8mm f/3.5 for $300

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One of our readers R.B. found a “solution” for all of you thinking that the new Panasonic 8mm f/3.5 fisheye lens is too expensive.
If you don’t care about size or manual focusing you could go for the Samyang/Falcon/Bower/Rokinon/Opteka 8mm Fisheye that sells for $300. It produces sharp images and has no vignetting. Used with a $20 adapter for Micro 4/3 u get a nice fisheye image at half the price.

Click here to get the lens on eBay (and yes it is crazy that the same lens has so many names!):
– Opteka 8mm f/3.5 } if ($loc == 'ES') { $sel = "1"; ?>Opteka 8mm f/3.5 } if ($loc == 'IT') { $sel = "1"; ?>Opteka 8mm f/3.5 } if ($loc == 'AT') { $sel = "1"; ?>Opteka 8mm f/3.5 } if ($loc == 'DE') { $sel = "1"; ?>Opteka 8mm f/3.5 } if ($loc == 'BE') { $sel = "1"; ?>Opteka 8mm f/3.5 } if ($loc == 'AU') { $sel = "1"; ?>Opteka 8mm f/3.5 } if ($loc == 'FR' OR $loc == 'FX') { $sel = "1"; ?>Opteka 8mm f/3.5 } if ($loc == 'NL') { $sel = "1"; ?>Opteka 8mm f/3.5 } if ($loc == 'CA') { $sel = "1"; ?>Opteka 8mm f/3.5 } if ($sel != '1') {?>Opteka 8mm f/3.5 } ?>

– Samyang 8mm f/3.5 } if ($loc == 'ES') { $sel = "1"; ?>Samyang 8mm f/3.5 } if ($loc == 'IT') { $sel = "1"; ?>Samyang 8mm f/3.5 } if ($loc == 'AT') { $sel = "1"; ?>Samyang 8mm f/3.5 } if ($loc == 'DE') { $sel = "1"; ?>Samyang 8mm f/3.5 } if ($loc == 'BE') { $sel = "1"; ?>Samyang 8mm f/3.5 } if ($loc == 'AU') { $sel = "1"; ?>Samyang 8mm f/3.5 } if ($loc == 'FR' OR $loc == 'FX') { $sel = "1"; ?>Samyang 8mm f/3.5 } if ($loc == 'NL') { $sel = "1"; ?>Samyang 8mm f/3.5 } if ($loc == 'CA') { $sel = "1"; ?>Samyang 8mm f/3.5 } if ($sel != '1') {?>Samyang 8mm f/3.5 } ?>

– Falcon 8mm f/3.5 } if ($loc == 'ES') { $sel = "1"; ?>Falcon 8mm f/3.5 } if ($loc == 'IT') { $sel = "1"; ?>Falcon 8mm f/3.5 } if ($loc == 'AT') { $sel = "1"; ?>Falcon 8mm f/3.5 } if ($loc == 'DE') { $sel = "1"; ?>Falcon 8mm f/3.5 } if ($loc == 'BE') { $sel = "1"; ?>Falcon 8mm f/3.5 } if ($loc == 'AU') { $sel = "1"; ?>Falcon 8mm f/3.5 } if ($loc == 'FR' OR $loc == 'FX') { $sel = "1"; ?>Falcon 8mm f/3.5 } if ($loc == 'NL') { $sel = "1"; ?>Falcon 8mm f/3.5 } if ($loc == 'CA') { $sel = "1"; ?>Falcon 8mm f/3.5 } if ($sel != '1') {?>Falcon 8mm f/3.5 } ?>

– Rokinon 8mm f/3.5 } if ($loc == 'ES') { $sel = "1"; ?>Rokinon 8mm f/3.5 } if ($loc == 'IT') { $sel = "1"; ?>Rokinon 8mm f/3.5 } if ($loc == 'AT') { $sel = "1"; ?>Rokinon 8mm f/3.5 } if ($loc == 'DE') { $sel = "1"; ?>Rokinon 8mm f/3.5 } if ($loc == 'BE') { $sel = "1"; ?>Rokinon 8mm f/3.5 } if ($loc == 'AU') { $sel = "1"; ?>Rokinon 8mm f/3.5 } if ($loc == 'FR' OR $loc == 'FX') { $sel = "1"; ?>Rokinon 8mm f/3.5 } if ($loc == 'NL') { $sel = "1"; ?>Rokinon 8mm f/3.5 } if ($loc == 'CA') { $sel = "1"; ?>Rokinon 8mm f/3.5 } if ($sel != '1') {?>Rokinon 8mm f/3.5 } ?>

– Bower 8mm f/3.5 } if ($loc == 'ES') { $sel = "1"; ?>Bower 8mm f/3.5 } if ($loc == 'IT') { $sel = "1"; ?>Bower 8mm f/3.5 } if ($loc == 'AT') { $sel = "1"; ?>Bower 8mm f/3.5 } if ($loc == 'DE') { $sel = "1"; ?>Bower 8mm f/3.5 } if ($loc == 'BE') { $sel = "1"; ?>Bower 8mm f/3.5 } if ($loc == 'AU') { $sel = "1"; ?>Bower 8mm f/3.5 } if ($loc == 'FR' OR $loc == 'FX') { $sel = "1"; ?>Bower 8mm f/3.5 } if ($loc == 'NL') { $sel = "1"; ?>Bower 8mm f/3.5 } if ($loc == 'CA') { $sel = "1"; ?>Bower 8mm f/3.5 } if ($sel != '1') {?>Bower 8mm f/3.5 } ?>

Thanks RB!