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Re: One all purpose zoom for travel in Spain.

Started Feb 15, 2020 | Discussions thread
gary0319
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Re: One all purpose zoom for travel in Spain.

Edman007 wrote:

gary0319 wrote:

I can appreciate that the fisheyes aren’t the best for architecture.

I sold my Rokinon in favor of the Olympus 8mm f/1.8 Pro FE/Rectilinear. If used on an Olympus body that does the in-Camera conversion you get either a 5.5mm. 7mm or 9mm non fisheye image. Works wonderfully for architecture, cathedrals and museums...and it is really small. The only drawback is it is kind of pricey at about $900.

Straight Fisheye

In camera converted to 5.5 Rectilinear

Another at 5.5mm

I wasn't aware you can do in camera conversions with the 8mm Pro FE, missed this somehow.

Do you get a rectilinear RAW file as well?

The raw file is FE, however if one uses the Olympus Workspace software for the raw conversion, it uses the Olympus JPEG algorithm and therefore mirrors almost exactly the in camera JPEG. These images are from that WS conversion.

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