gravity-slave
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I went to the camera shop yesterday to 'just have a look' as super-wide zooms. Tip - if you are 'just looking', leave the plastic at home 
I had my eye on a 10-20mm Sigma to compliment the wide end my 17-55 DX. A lot of my shooting is of downhill mountain biking, bmx etc. At downhill events in the woods, all the action happens at really close quarters.
If you read the thread title, you'll guess that the shop didn't have it in stock and you'll know what's coming next! They did have the Tokina 10-17mm fisheye at a very reasonable price.
I fired off a few test shots and the build felt fantastic. Zoom ring is smooth and the focus snappy enough.
I've always been really intrigued by fisheye photopgraphy so decided to give it a go. I was, and still am, really in two minds about how much I'll use this and if I can justify the cost! However, since the Tokina is not a dedicated fisheye and looses most of the distortion as you zoom up to 17mm, I felt it was a lot more flexible for me.
One of my goals is to become more studied in my photopgraphy, picking subjects, visaulising shot and getting it right. To this end, a fisheye is a pretty brutal tool - without discipline, shots will look horrible! Certainlly not one for casual snaps or an effect to overdo.
Saying that, I fired off a couple of test shots without too much thought for composition or subject - I just popped out between rain showers...
D200 ~ 10-17 @ 10mm ~ ISO 100 ~ 1/80 ~ f6.3
D200 ~ 10-17 @ 10mm ~ ISO 100 ~ 1/80 ~ f6.3
Both had a surprising degree of chromatic abberation (purple fringes), which at first I was really shocked by. See below for full size crops:
Now the confession - both of the scenes above have been corrected for CA in photoshop. Here's the window again, once 'fixed' (it actually looks a bit green now)
Overall, I am quite happy. It's no doubt a decent lens that I need to adapty and grow into.
One concern is the CA. However, this is easily fixed in Photoshop so unless anyone can persuade me I have a lens with a quality issue and this is not typical, I'm on learning curve!
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I had my eye on a 10-20mm Sigma to compliment the wide end my 17-55 DX. A lot of my shooting is of downhill mountain biking, bmx etc. At downhill events in the woods, all the action happens at really close quarters.
If you read the thread title, you'll guess that the shop didn't have it in stock and you'll know what's coming next! They did have the Tokina 10-17mm fisheye at a very reasonable price.
I fired off a few test shots and the build felt fantastic. Zoom ring is smooth and the focus snappy enough.
I've always been really intrigued by fisheye photopgraphy so decided to give it a go. I was, and still am, really in two minds about how much I'll use this and if I can justify the cost! However, since the Tokina is not a dedicated fisheye and looses most of the distortion as you zoom up to 17mm, I felt it was a lot more flexible for me.
One of my goals is to become more studied in my photopgraphy, picking subjects, visaulising shot and getting it right. To this end, a fisheye is a pretty brutal tool - without discipline, shots will look horrible! Certainlly not one for casual snaps or an effect to overdo.
Saying that, I fired off a couple of test shots without too much thought for composition or subject - I just popped out between rain showers...
D200 ~ 10-17 @ 10mm ~ ISO 100 ~ 1/80 ~ f6.3
D200 ~ 10-17 @ 10mm ~ ISO 100 ~ 1/80 ~ f6.3
Both had a surprising degree of chromatic abberation (purple fringes), which at first I was really shocked by. See below for full size crops:
Now the confession - both of the scenes above have been corrected for CA in photoshop. Here's the window again, once 'fixed' (it actually looks a bit green now)
Overall, I am quite happy. It's no doubt a decent lens that I need to adapty and grow into.
One concern is the CA. However, this is easily fixed in Photoshop so unless anyone can persuade me I have a lens with a quality issue and this is not typical, I'm on learning curve!
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http://www.gravity-slaves.co.uk/pics/
http://gravity-slave.deviantart.com/gallery/
