A circular fisheye lens for mirrorless cameras with a very fast maximum aperture of f/2. It’s not the kind of lens you’ll be using every day, but it’s cool, and at only £150, you could even be laughing. Let’s see how the quality stacks up. It’s available for Sony E-mount, Fuji X, Canon EOS M, and Micro 4/3 (but NOT Digital SLR cameras).
All pictures taken by me on Sony a6300 and a7Rii cameras.
Here’s a link to buy it on Amazon.co.uk: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B01N5D5VB7/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1502010323&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=meike+6.5mm+sony
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please show sigma 24 – 70 f2,8 art lens some day , – if you can …
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Thanks for the e mount reviews. You do the best lens reviews.
Maybe we should change a name to call “mirrorless”, because now those days, “mirrorless” doesnt means “not Fullframe” anymore, so Mirrorless fullfreme also have. So, DSLR fullfreme = Mirrorless fullfreme quality. I think so.
Really enjoying the “alternative manufacturer” lens reviews.
May-Kee
Hello people of the world! Any recommendations for cheap super/ultra wide lens that covers full frame other than samyang/rokinon 14mm? I can’t really shoot fisheye tho (sorry I’m asking an out of topic question hehe I’m a bit desperate)
That first bokeh shot is something completely else. Wow.
im using the Meike 8mm f/3.5.. great lens.. but focus distance scale is off…
Sounds like a lot of fun! 😀
Cool effect for a low price for those who want it!
Can these be flattened out in Photoshop?
That’s a great value for the money. Great review as always.
Very nice! Do you think this would work for stitching together panoramas?
great video! Very informative! Thanks for showing us!
One question how do you record your voice because it is very clear.
Love the 6.5mm and the 35mm lens from Meike. Awesome pricing too. Meike 6.5mm is a very good lens for 360 photography.
unavoidably.
Wow! I was wondering about this lens and i didn’t realize it was such a performer! Awesome thanks!
Have you tried defishing the images? I wonder how wide would it look and how much the quality suffers
Great, please do more Sony lenses review
i’m mad that i don’t have a mirrorless just because i can’t use this lens!!!! it’s borderline perfect!!!! i’m so pissed
Am I the only one who really dislikes fisheye lenses?
I think it is pronounced as /meyki/ not /mike/
I thought you said that you hated barrel distortion. 😉
Im still waiting for a “compact” FE fisheye design.
lovely photos, you really made it shine
Good review and nice photos too! I especially liked the beach photo.
What’s the point of these useless lenses?
Great review as always Chris! Been on the lookout for lens like this for while. Was so impressed with the performance just had to get one 🙂
please review tamron 18-400mm please
Anything like this for Canon EF?
Give your videos google ad. U can make some money sir
Ca is only important on tele lenses
Yosuhara Madoka is an e-mount Japanese circular fisheye lens for aps-c cameras. It is 7.3mm f/4 with seven elements in six groups. Sharper than Meike and more expensive.
You could always use an MFT to Sony E-mount adapter to mount this lens on a Sony full frame camera. I’ve got the Rokinon 7.5mm and I mount it on Sony full frames all the time. The only downside is that it has a lens hood so you don’t get a full circle, but I may mod it soon, or get this lens 🙂
I’m really not into Circular Fisheye lens but this lens just looks fabulous, and for the price it’s hard to resist.
this lens is good for 360 photography, i dont think it will be used for anything else.
The shot at 6:08 is mind blowingly good!
With this kind of lens it’s a 50% chance that you’ll have the sun in frame so indeed, really impressed by the reduced flare.
please review tamron 18-400mm please
did you play that footage backwards at 1:50 ? 😀 just noticed the weird movements…
Although circular fisheyes can be a little much, full frame ones can be used very beautifully in some films, so long as they’re used subtly. The opening scene of “The Master” had a fisheye shot in it. Also, check out George Harrison’s fisheye photography from India in 1966. It’s pretty remarkable stuff.