These are the best 7artisans fisheye lenses, chosen for their ultra-wide character, compact all-metal builds, and smooth manual focus that make creative perspectives, tight interiors, action angles, and dramatic sky-domes easy to capture without hauling heavy glass. The standout everyday choice is the 7artisans 7.5mm f/2.8 (Mark II on newer copies), a tiny diagonal fisheye that fills the frame with a ~180° view on Micro Four Thirds and delivers crisp center sharpness, close-focus fun for exaggerated foregrounds, and improved coatings that help tame flare when you point it at sunbursts or night neon; its pocketable size balances beautifully on small mirrorless bodies and gimbals, so it’s a favorite for travel, skate/BMX mounts, compact astro landscapes, and immersive vlogs where you want big scene energy from an arm’s length. For creators on larger sensors, 7artisans’ full-frame fisheye (around the 10mm f/2.8 class depending on mount) brings that same punchy, modern rendering to E-mount, RF/Z, and L-mount cameras, giving you a diagonal fisheye with sweeping coverage that’s ideal for interiors, timelapse sky arcs, and dynamic POV shots; stopped to ~f/5.6–f/8 it tightens edges nicely while keeping the bold curvature that defines the look. Across the line, focus rings are long-throw and nicely damped for precise pulls, aperture control is on-lens for tactile exposure tweaks, front housings are robust and filter-friendly workflows are handled with rear-gel options or matte boxes when needed, and the compact barrels keep rigs light so balancing on travel gimbals or action rigs is painless. In the field these lenses reward intention: keep horizons centered when you want straighter lines, lean into corner placement to exaggerate arcs for stylistic shots, get close—really close—to foreground textures for depth, and consider defishing in post for a rectilinear-ish look while preserving the extreme field of view. Practical starting points that work: for daytime city or interior sets, shoot at f/5.6–f/8 with Auto ISO and a fast shutter to freeze people in the frame; for night skies, go wide-open or one stop down, start around 10–20 seconds at ISO 1600–3200, and use manual focus with magnification on a bright star; for motion rigs, lock focus at hyperfocal and ride the aperture to keep everything sharp. Because 7artisans fisheyes are affordable and tiny, they’re easy add-ons to any kit—grab the 7.5mm f/2.8 for Micro Four Thirds when you want maximum drama in the smallest package, pair the full-frame fisheye with action-forward hybrids for stadiums and stage pits, and build a creative toolkit that turns cramped rooms, towering architecture, and big skies into bold, immersive images without the weight, cost, or complexity of larger ultra-wides.