Wideangle/Fisheye

d3dsrc.com · Oct 15, 2002

I have a quick question about whats the most extreme fisheye lense I can get... Well not 360 degrees but I want to use it for some xtremesport pictures and I need something that doesnt blur to much and still provides me with that sweet round shape...

Thank you

Phillips40 · Oct 15, 2002

Here's what the Sigma 15mm 180 degree fisheye looks like on the D60:
http://digicaminfo.com/d60/wide%20world.htm

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Frank Phillips
http://www.digicaminfo.com

d3dsrc.com said:
I have a quick question about whats the most extreme fisheye lense
I can get... Well not 360 degrees but I want to use it for some
xtremesport pictures and I need something that doesnt blur to much
and still provides me with that sweet round shape...

Thank you

Alan Smallbone · Oct 15, 2002

Phillips40 said:
Here's what the Sigma 15mm 180 degree fisheye looks like on the D60:
http://digicaminfo.com/d60/wide%20world.htm

That is nice but the Sigma is not 180 degrees except on a diagonal or something like that, Sigma does make a full frame fisheye, look at the 8mm full frame fisheye. I don't know if with the multiplier you will still get the full frame but you should get some place close.

http://www.sigmaphoto.com/html/Fixed.htm

Alan

randy corbin · Oct 15, 2002

what lens, camera combo did you use on the shot with the pinnacle golf ball?

Guillaume in Paris · Oct 15, 2002

Any 8mm circular fisheye will give a cropped image with the multiplier: he'll get a circle with no top or bottom... not very useful. He'll have to crop this circle to the size of a full-frame 15mm fisheye. Ok, this way, he'll have a true 15mm fisheye view but with a nice loss in resolution...!

Andrew Cawte · Oct 15, 2002

A company called Coastal Optical Systems makes a 4.8mm fisheye designed specifically for digital SLRs, and they do make an EOS mount version. Check here: http://www.coastalopt.com/prod_a03.htm

The diameter of the circle is 14.9mm and the viewing angle is 185 degrees - it sounds ideal if you can stretch to the $4495 asking price

A.

d3dsrc.com said:
I have a quick question about whats the most extreme fisheye lense
I can get... Well not 360 degrees but I want to use it for some
xtremesport pictures and I need something that doesnt blur to much
and still provides me with that sweet round shape...

Thank you

SB Lim · Oct 16, 2002

I have the same lens, and while I like it very much, I should say that it does not have the "fisheye" effect you get using a film SLR without the focal length multiplier. In fact I've had comments to the effect that the pictures I take with this lens look like a wide angle lens with very bad barrel distortion. Since I take mostly kids and stuff, rather than architecture, that's fine. The distortion simply adds fun to the equation.

Phillips40 said:
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Frank Phillips
http://www.digicaminfo.com

d3dsrc.com said:

I have a quick question about whats the most extreme fisheye lense
I can get... Well not 360 degrees but I want to use it for some
xtremesport pictures and I need something that doesnt blur to much
and still provides me with that sweet round shape...

Thank you

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SB Lim · Oct 16, 2002

This is fisheye using film camera:

This is "fisheye" on the D30:

SB Lim said:
Phillips40 said:

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Frank Phillips
http://www.digicaminfo.com

d3dsrc.com said:

I have a quick question about whats the most extreme fisheye lense
I can get... Well not 360 degrees but I want to use it for some
xtremesport pictures and I need something that doesnt blur to much
and still provides me with that sweet round shape...

Thank you

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d3dsrc.com · Oct 16, 2002

oh yeah, this is what I was looking for, thanks!

Alan Smallbone said:
Phillips40 said:

Here's what the Sigma 15mm 180 degree fisheye looks like on the D60:
http://digicaminfo.com/d60/wide%20world.htm

Click to expand...

That is nice but the Sigma is not 180 degrees except on a diagonal
or something like that, Sigma does make a full frame fisheye, look
at the 8mm full frame fisheye. I don't know if with the multiplier
you will still get the full frame but you should get some place
close.

http://www.sigmaphoto.com/html/Fixed.htm

Alan

d3dsrc.com · Oct 16, 2002

damn... ro bad my wallet dont agree...

Andrew Cawte said:
The diameter of the circle is 14.9mm and the viewing angle is 185
degrees - it sounds ideal if you can stretch to the $4495 asking
price

A.

d3dsrc.com said:

I have a quick question about whats the most extreme fisheye lense
I can get... Well not 360 degrees but I want to use it for some
xtremesport pictures and I need something that doesnt blur to much
and still provides me with that sweet round shape...

Thank you

Click to expand...

Imp- · Oct 16, 2002

Thanks for the info SB. I just posted a question on that minutes ago here: http://www.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1019&message=3583786

That's what I was afraid of, fisheye on a D30 will not produce as dramatic results as it would on a film camera. Since I want the distortion, I'd probably be better off buying one for my film camera instead of my D30.

SB Lim said:
This is "fisheye" on the D30:

SB Lim said:

Phillips40 said:

--
Frank Phillips
http://www.digicaminfo.com

d3dsrc.com said:

I have a quick question about whats the most extreme fisheye lense
I can get... Well not 360 degrees but I want to use it for some
xtremesport pictures and I need something that doesnt blur to much
and still provides me with that sweet round shape...

Thank you

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Phillips40 · Oct 16, 2002

Randy, I used the same Sigma 15mm 180 degree (diagonal) fisheye that is the subject of this discussion with a D60. The lens was probably less than 3 inches away from the ball. Shot for 1/20 at f/16, ISO 100, about 5 in the afternoon with the sun behind/right of the camera.

--
Frank Phillips
http://www.digicaminfo.com

randy corbin said:
what lens, camera combo did you use on the shot with the pinnacle
golf ball?

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