[ernest787]

Hey there guys.  My wife's birthday is in 2 weeks.  It also happens to be mother's day. Double Whammy for me 

Anyway, I bought her a Nikon D5100 a couple years ago.  She loves it, but really only uses to take family photos and such.  That being said, she has said for awhile she would really like a fisheye lens. 

Most of the fisheye lenses I've found are extremely expensive.  Being that she is not a "photographer" I find it hard to stomach a $800 lens.  I'd prefer to spend 200-300... possibly a little more if necassary... to get her something that she can get the fisheye effect, and have fun with but won't be a complete waste of money if she ends up using it a handful of times and never going back.

Any advice would be awesome!

Thanks

[Jon L]

Rokinon 8 mm fisheye

http://www.amazon.com/Rokinon-FE8M-N-Fisheye-Nikon-Black/dp/B002LTWDSK

[thunderbrick]

Advice?  Don't do it.   It'll end up costing a lot of money on a per-image basis.

OTOH, the cost of not doing what she wants will be FAR higher!     

[jqp]

I think she will be thrilled with Jon L's recommendation. In fact, my birthday...


here is the Ken Rockwell info - I would think for a D5100 you can't miss at that price.

http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/8mm-f35.htm

[ernest787]

sorry for the super late response on this.  Ended up going with the recommendation from Jon L.

She was very happy with it.  She has used it a few times since buying it, especially when making our 8 month year old do "photo shoots" lol.  Overall it was a great purchase. 

Thanks for the advice!