Nikon 16mm F/2.8D AF Fisheye

The Nikon 16mm f/2.8D AF Fisheye is Nikon’s full-frame fisheye-lens option. Key features include:

• 180° field of view

• Nikon Close-Range Correction

• FX and DX compatible

Full Frame Super-Wide Lens. The Nikon 16mm f/2.8D AF Fisheye gives users 180-degree full-rectilinear images in a relatively fast f/2.8 lens. It has Nikon’s Super Integrated Coating to help minimize flare and ghosting, which are issues that plague many fisheye lenses. It also features Nikon Close-Range Correction (CRC), which helps to provide high image quality when focusing on near and faraway subjects. If you need full-frame coverage, this lens delivers.

Well, if you just have to have Nikon printed on the side of your lens, then this is the fisheye for you. Otherwise I’d really recommend the Sigma 15mm f/2.8. It’s at least as good (I think better) …

Well, if you just have to have Nikon printed on the side of your lens, then this is the fisheye for you. Otherwise I’d really recommend the It’s at least as good (I think better) at a much lower price.
May, 2013

The Fisheye Comparison Chart under Resources on the right-hand side of this page should give you an idea of what you’ll get with each type of camera. The image doesn’t include 16mm, but it’s comparable to the 15mm image.