Can you mount a fisheye lens in reverse with a reversing ring?

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I'm new to reversing rings and wondering what would happen if you tried to reverse-mount a fisheye lens. Is this possible, and are there any practical issues with doing it?

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Generally you can't. Most fisheyes have convex/bulgy front elements and no filter threads. E.g., the Samyang/Rokinon 8mm f/3.5:

It can't take any screw-on filters. Which means there's no way to screw on a macro reversal ring.

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Usually, no. A reversing ring normally screws into the lens’s front filter threads so the lens can be mounted backward on the camera. Most fisheye lenses have a large protruding front element and often don’t have standard front filter threads at all. Because of that, there’s typically nowhere to attach a normal reversing ring. In practice, most fisheyes are not suitable for reverse mounting this way.

Can you mount a fisheye lens in reverse with a reversing ring?

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