FS: Sigma 8mm/f4.0 circular fisheye

[Willem-Jan Markerink <w.j.markerink@xxxxx>]

For Sale:

- Brand new Sigma 8mm/f4.0, originally Contax/Yashica, modified to Canon 
EOS mount
- Includes box, manual, blank warranty cards and 3 filters (internal screw 
system)

- US$700, or make offer (US$550 in its original Contax/Yashica mount)

This is a special modification, since until recently, Sigma didn't make 
this lens in EOS-mount at all. 
So this modified version does not have AF nor aperture coupling, 
only manual focus and work-aperture, but a fine piece of optics 
nontheless, on par with OEM optics of other brands....Nikon/fisheye expert 
David Ruether (aka Bob Neumann on Usenet) rates it on par with the Nikon 
8mm/f2.8, which is not only more expensive, but also more bulky and more 
heavy.
Note that this all-manual version avoids the upwards-compatibility problems 
common to modern AF-lenses from Sigma/Tokina/Tamron/etc when being mounted on a newer EOS body....new isn't always better.

For technical details on this Sigma and other fisheyes (both full 
frame and circular, both 35mm and medium format), including some 
pictorial samples, check my homepage:

http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/mainpage.htm

Will also consider trading with an EOS 15mm/f2.8 fisheye.

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Bye,

Willem-Jan Markerink


      The desire to understand 
is sometimes far less intelligent than
     the inability to understand


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