London - The lens is touted as a wide-angle lens is most extreme in the world. Is the Nikkor 6mm f2.8 fisheye lens that offers a viewing angle of up to 220 degrees.
Nikon-made lenses are manufactured in March 1972 include rare and initially only available for special order only. But Gray Levett, Co-founder Nikon dealer, Gray's of Westminster was lucky to get it.
The man and Tony Hurst reportedly spent 6 months to look for traces of the existence of this lens and can finally get it.
Reporting from BritishJournalofPhotography, Tuesday (04/24/2012), now they sell it very expensive. "We are very fortunate to secure it and now it is sold at a price of 100 thousand euros," says Levett.
The lens uses 12 elements of glass and has a diameter of 236mm. With an extreme measure, Fisheye-Nikkor is capable of covering the area 24x36mm image.
Lens which has a weight of 5.2 kg was first introduced in 1970 at the Photokina event in Germany. One of which is designed to produce special effects when used to take portraits and architecture.
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