Meike 6.5mm f/2 Circular Fisheye lens review with samples
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- Опубліковано 28 сер 2024
- 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).
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That sharpness and allround clarity are incredible considering a fish-eye at that price point! Great review as usual!
Chris, I like this very nice detailed description. Great video. I liked it!
Excellent review of largest variety of lenses, including those that not many have even heard off, is the norm for you and this review is nothing short of that. Well done, as always. This lens is the next in my wish list and hopefully soon I'll will have hand on it. I have never been disappointed when listening to you and going with your unbiased recommendations.
I'm so excited for this lens for my Fuji X-T20. Thanks for your years of brilliant reviews.
How do you like it
Thanks for the e mount reviews. You do the best lens reviews.
The shot at 6:08 is mind blowingly good!
agreed
Indeed! Most of the shots were quite good though.
Congratulations, Chris, for this beautiful review (as always, the best and thourough - yet essential - it could be!) for such an unusual lens!
I'm really not into Circular Fisheye lens but this lens just looks fabulous, and for the price it's hard to resist.
It's a lot of fun. I shoot one on an A7s. With those chunky pixels, the lens is sharper than the camera.
I'm not into fish eye lenses either but the images produced by this (as I can see through the video), the images look beautiful sharp!
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 :)
You Sir, have a fenomenal way of presenting this, and propably other products. Perfect voice, superb pic. and vid. U can make a living out of this...
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.
That's a great value for the money. Great review as always.
Wow! I was wondering about this lens and i didn't realize it was such a performer! Awesome thanks!
what a cool lens thanks for the vid! I just ordered my 6500 two days ago and this lense is going on my list in the future!
What the hell is this lens? Its too amazing! That sharpness is insane! The form factor and f2 seems impossible with current technology.
Have you tried defishing the images? I wonder how wide would it look and how much the quality suffers
lovely photos, you really made it shine
Good review and nice photos too! I especially liked the beach photo.
One question how do you record your voice because it is very clear.
Audio Technica AT2020 microphone
Christopher Frost Photography thanks 👍
He also has a very soothing voice
Hi, Christopher! My question will be a little bit off topic. A while ago You reviewed a Mitakon 35mm f/0.95 that was send to You from Mitakon. Could you please ask them to send to You a Mitakon Creator 35mm f/2 for fullframe DSLR? I've seen one or two reviews on UA-cam, but i would like this lens to be reviewed by someone i trust. I'm an amateur Canon shooter and i'm searching for a good 35mm focal lenght lens for $200 or less, since i'm on a budget and i will not going to make money from my photography. Canon 35mm f/2 is a bit to expensive for me and you have to stop it down to f/5.6 for good image quality.
I've noticed that there are plenty of options of 50mm lens and they are pretty affordable, while there are a few options of 35mm lens and they are relatively expensive, despite the fact that 35mm is a standart focal lenght (not a wide angle, which is harder to design).
I've watched a good part of Your reviews (if not all) and i like them alot. It would be awesome if You reviewed the Mitakon Creator. Thank You in advance and keep doing good stuff!!! It's very helpfull.
(sorry for bad english)
@@ej_tech nothing like a British eloquent voice...
Hi Chris i have to say you are my favourite youtube reviewer. I saw all your videos where you talk about the Sigma 17-50mm 2.8 and the Sigma 18-35mm 1.8 but im still confuse. I want to make videos for my entire life so what lense you recommend? I'm thinking to buy the 18-35 and then the canon 50mm. Thank you!!!
Great review, thank you! One question: I understand there is clipping of the top & bottom on the micro 4/3 version. Is there any clipping top & bottom on the c sensor size for still photography?
Love the 6.5mm and the 35mm lens from Meike. Awesome pricing too. Meike 6.5mm is a very good lens for 360 photography.
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.
great video! Very informative! Thanks for showing us!
Just ordered this for my M50 and M200🎉
I really enjoy your review, man. Please also do one on Meike 6-11mm F/3.5 fisheye zoom. Cheers!
could be so nice to see it with an extension tube, i think with macro it would look amazing since when you get really close the subject gets un distorted while the background is
Have you tried this lens with the extension tube by now? I am wondering about the same thing.
The focal length is too short for even the smallest extensions.
only for mirrorless. :c
what a bummer. I looks very interesting.
Lensbaby do a circular fisheye lens for DSLRs - I reviewed it a couple of years ago
This seems like a good alternative to the Samyang 8mm f2.8 I’ve been thinking of getting.
Cool effect for a low price for those who want it!
It looks like the flange can be removed and the lens fitted with a K-mount to M42 adapter for use on Pentax Cameras.
so when you film in a lens like this, does it seriously just look circular or is there any way to transform this into a rectangle video?
I'm confused. Can someone explain why this 6.5mm lens shows the black around the lens barrel, yet the Opteka 6.5mm is more zoomed in and doesn't show any black? They're both APSC, not full frame lenses.
Another great review. Looking for an inexpensive fish eye to pass the time (note the date). You have reviewed the Samyang 8mm and the Meike 6.5mm. Noting the focal length, aperture and angle of view differences (8/2.8/180 vs 6.5/2/190) and the UK price difference (Meike £130, Samyang £215), which is the more enjoyable to use and gives the better image quality. In short, if you had to chose for your personal use, which one? Thanks.
a very nice video ! I just would like to know if we can use it with a sony alpha 7 ?
Can you compare it with the Samyang 8mm f/2.8 UMC ii? I really can't decide between having 2mm wider lens and a better quality lens (I suppose, since the Samyang costs 100€ more than the Meike)... anyway I want to shoot 360 pictures on APSC that's why I'm interested, but again I'm afraid that the Meike is just a toy.
also, if you shoot 4k on apsc do you still have the top bottom cropped?
Its not the same kind of fisheye effect...the samyang is closer to a very wide angle lens, the meike is more circular, the fisheye effect is way more obvious
did you play that footage backwards at 1:50 ? :D just noticed the weird movements...
Ha! He did. Good catch. He was smooth enough to get away with it by my eye.
Did you take any vertical astro photos? It's the best application for this, unless the field of view is under ~190 degrees. I just got a 7artesans aps-c full cover fisheye, I really think it's a better deal for general use. Pretty sharp corners with a bit of CA that corrects well on post. MFD is 12 cm. And it's cheaper. Cut some square crops from the circulars, could be interesting as a format.
awesome lens and video
Sick! If you record 4k with that lens, could you get a 16:9 1080p video without black bars? Would have been an awesome effect for a music video or smething
Hi I have a question, if I put this lenses on my Sony a6400 I am gonna see the outline lens in the footage, my intention is to see the outline in my footage, but im worried cause is not full full frame. Thanks :)
Would you recommend getting it while shooting on a fullframe camera? (Do you still get "enough" resolution with a 24mp sensor?)
Great, please do more Sony lenses review
I have a question i have a sony a7sii is it possible to use this lens on the a7sii?
Sounds like a lot of fun! :D
Hi Chris, Thanks for the good information about Meike. Is this lens good for 360-degree photography?
Not sure
Amazing review Christopher! 🤗😇 God bless!
thanks for another great review. So, on APS-C (such as Canon EOS Ms) will it always have a tiny bit of the circle (top and bottom) cut off the picture?
Canon is 1.6x crop so yes, I think it will
Very dissapointed by the definition... I got a 22 million pixel SONY, and the definition is really poor... Could you make a link to the images you did ? Could be usefull... to compare.
Thank you so much for this video Christopher !
Amazing little piece of gear, here !!
When you're using it on a Fuji X-mount system, would you say your full circular picture is a perfect circle, or is it cropping it a bit ?
I understood it would crop in video mode, but in still photography what's your feedback ?
Would you say it would be a nice idea to use a speedbooster to get the full frame size on an APS-C format for shooting video with a full circle picture ?
Or is it dumb ?...
Thanks a lot !
It shouldn't crop the circle if used on a Fuji camera
@@christopherfrost PERFECT !
I'll buy one right now !
Thanks a lot, dear Christopher. :-)
Can I use it directly on a SONY 6300 ?
Thanks Mike
Is this compatible with Canon EOS 4000D?
Can you zoom in and take video with out the edges in the video?? I hate the edges in the video.
still wondering if i should buy this lens to replica the oldshcool vx1000 4:3 fisheye style on my a6000.... but i think my samyang 8mm is doing pretty great.... i think i'm gonna wait for my next camera (a7sII) and the 8mm will do the job then. But it's pretty expensive :'( haha
Great video!
Just wonder whether Meike has resolved the F ring inaccuracy problem that you pointed out in this review, two years ago?
No idea
Not on the copy I bought a week ago. The iris does not visibly start closing until you go past f/2.8. I don't really care, though, you get a much better optical quality than is reasonable to expect for (in late 2019) $120, and the images look great.
is there anyway you could show me how this lens works on full frame in a photo instead of video, im well aware its not for that but I am looking for the fisheye with the absolute most distortion with the least amount of vignetting.
You can see in this video how it works on full-frame.
is it possible to put the lens on a camcorder?
does it crop more when you're recording video? i notice for photo it is zoomed out
I talk about this in the review
im using the Meike 8mm f/3.5.. great lens.. but focus distance scale is off...
Are there any kind of ND Filters for this Lens?
Very nice! Do you think this would work for stitching together panoramas?
Hmm. Maybe it could - you'd need some good software though! Like a mosquito in a nudist colony, I wouldn't know where to start.
LMAO
Christopher Frost Photography lol did you use that one in a sermon :D
It has a 190 degree field of view. Crazy, but too wide I think for my taste. I am looking at the Olym 9mm body cap with only 140 degree FoV
I'm using an EOS-M will this crop at 1.6 multiplier so the 6.5mm becomes 10mm?
Yes (technically it's 10.4mm)
@@christopherfrost I really like the aperture of this at f2.0. It could have been better if this doesnt make a circular effect. Cause right now I'm looking into the 7.5mm f2.8
Great for the money
thanks, this helps my consideration
I like the image but do not like circular
please show sigma 24 - 70 f2,8 art lens some day , - if you can ...
Im still waiting for a "compact" FE fisheye design.
Hmm. Get in touch with Meike or Samyang and they might get something going.
Christopher Frost Photography samyang got the ff fisheye with dslr mount with a great tube to make it for FE. Can you test if it vignette or get softer addspted to a7rii?
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 :)
Sean Anderson why would you need to do that when you can mount all e mount lenses easily on a full frame Sony?
Whoops. Missed the fact that this lens was available for Sony E-mount too :)
Can these be flattened out in Photoshop?
Could be but stretching the image out so much would probably degrade the image quality pretty significantly.
this lens is good for 360 photography, i dont think it will be used for anything else.
You are Soooooo wrong on that. Yes fisheye lenses are usually a tender mater of Love it or leave it. For the price, this is the best gift any serious photographer can give it, to him/herself to create a lot fun images and with exceptional IQ and wide F number of this lens, even night images. In the right hand, a fisheye can even be used for wedding and portrait (Unlike every conventional knowledge out there). And I didn't made this statement. If you don't believe me, do your homework. To start you may listen to this world renounced photographer: ua-cam.com/video/e-WxCoDewbY/v-deo.html
No, fisheye lenses usually used for street photography, sports videography, food photography etc. they're very useful actually
please review tamron 18-400mm please
this lens cover 180 degrees?
jorge pablo 190
Anything like this for Canon EF?
Kristian lensbaby
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
You should switch over. Mirrorless cameras are incredible!
are you going to review nikon lens ?
Alvin Liu Nah, he is Canon Shooter
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)
Yoshua Lohanda for which camera brand you're looking?
Fell for the 190 degrees crap?😬
0:46 so you have to be careful not to show your fingers or your feet...
*shows his feet*
I think it is pronounced as /meyki/ not /mike/
Cynical Paradise not if /ki/ is as in "key". More like how a Brit would say "ker" with a very short "e" and no rolling of the "r". I think it would be written /kƏ/.
And the first syllable would be just like May (or, more appositely, the "ei" in Beijing).
Hi Christopher,
Thank you for reviews ! Your vlog still no.1 for me for choosing lens. Due to your recommendation I bought Meike 6.5 for my 360 vtours and still happy with this lens. But because of full circle frame on my Sony a6500 panoramas became not too beg resolution - about 7000px on long side. Thats why I'm interested on Meike 8mm f/3.5. Did you have a deal with it ? May be you could make a review for it ? Will be very thankful for that.
So I want to utilize my sensor in more effective way - cover it with image, not with black :)
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I haven't tested the Meike one. I have tested the Samyang 8mm f/2.8 II though, which is excellent
Thanks Cristopher. For now I'm still happy with my Meike 6.5 but also have idea to buy 8mm it cost less than Samyang so why not to try. Everything satisfied me with 6.5 except of final size of 360 panoramas. I want to have at least 7000 or 8000px on long side. That's why still thinking about 8mm. Meike 6.5 is absolutely brilliant for 360 work. I did dozens of hundreds panoramas with different systems - prime lens from Nikon, Canon, Tamron, Sigma... But for now I use only Meike :) It is weird, isn't it ? :)
Ca is only important on tele lenses
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.
unavoidably.
Give your videos google ad. U can make some money sir
1st
What's the point of these useless lenses?
You might think they're useless, but other people quite like them. It's not all about you, you know! ;-)
Massimo Riley Cavalieri d'Oro I bought a cheap fish eye attachment on a whim thinking it'd be used once, but actually I've been able to get some quite creative framings from it that other lenses wouldn't have provided. It's perhaps not an everyday lens, but I'd say it is great for taking different photos
Massimo Riley Cavalieri d'Oro Think about 360° panorama images. With this lens, you could be there in just two shots.
Massimo Riley Cavalieri d'Oro they're great for doing portraits of people you don't like.
What jazz piece is this.
please review tamron 18-400mm please