Are you looking to give your photography a new dimension? However, you are not able to figure out how to do that with the conventional cameras available in the market. Nikkor 6mm f/2.8 fisheye lens is the ultimate photography tool you can think of to prove your prowess in the photography world. With this lens, you can give your images the effect you want. Launched in the year 1972 in Photokina, Nikkor 6mm f/2.8 fisheye lens is capable of capturing 220-degree image. Nikkor 6mm f/2.8 fisheye lens is one of the most wide-angle lenses available in the global market. The fact that only a few hundred units of the lens have been manufactured is expected to make this lens an article of collection. Priced at £100,000, Nikkor 6mm f/2.8 fisheye lens weighs 5.2 kilogram.
Specifications
Nikkor 6mm f/2.8 fisheye lens features an automatic diaphragm, which allows you focus and view thru-the-lens. In addition, you can meter-couple the lens for the control of TTL exposure with each applicable Nikon models of SLR cameras. The f/2.8 speed of lens is very helpful when shooting in faint light or when taking images that require comparatively fast shutter speeds. The bulky, projecting lens section does not allow use of any lens accessory at the front section of the lens. To mitigate this disadvantage, Nikkor 6mm f/2.8 fisheye lens comes with five built-in filters. The lens is available in a specially designed metal case. A 236 millimeter diameter of the lens ensures that it will dwarf any attached camera.
Not only an upgrade on Non-Ai Nikkor 6mm f/5.6 fisheye lens, Nikkor 6mm f/2.8 fisheye lens has undergone a complete optical redesigning when compared with its predecessor. Now, it can be rightly termed as the most gorgeous lens in the family of 35mm SLR photography. The key difference between these two lenses is that Nikkor 6mm f/2.8 fisheye lens sports a retro focus design, which does not need a mirror lock-up in camera to function. With the inbuilt capabilities of shooting even the objects that lies behind the lens, Nikkor 6mm f/2.8 fisheye lens allows metering through the lens and direct reflex viewing.
Applications of the lens
The design of Nikkor 6mm f/2.8 fisheye lens follows an equidistant projection formula similar to that employed in the Nikkor 8mm f/2.8 Fisheye lens. However, the comparatively wide picture angle in Nikkor 6mm f/2.8 fisheye lens allows it to produce more dramatic visual impact. This lens was originally meant for commercial and industrial usage, for surveillance purposes and shooting interiors of cylinder bores, pipes, conduits, boilers and other such bodies requiring picture coverage wider than 180 degrees. Now, the application of the lens has been extended to commercial and advertising photography to impart dramatic effects to images.
Regardless of unparalleled wide coverage and outstanding features, Nikkor 6mm f/2.8 fisheye lens is not very popular among photographers. You do not need to look for performance and areas where the lens can be applied to figure out this lack of popularity. It is the expensive price and heavy body that does not score well for Nikkor 6mm f/2.8 fisheye lens. The lens is expected to attract mainly collectors or enthusiasts as buyers.
