Re: One all purpose zoom for travel in Spain.

Len_Gee wrote:

gary0319 wrote:

I have become a great fan of using fisheye lenses for ultrawide, especially the small Samyang/Rokinon 7.5mm manual that can be had for really a small price. I traveled with my Rokinon 7.5mm for a couple of years before opting for the Oly 8mm Pro.

Some from the Rokinon.....

Thanks.

Very nice photos. I could not tell they were shot with a fisheye.

I use an iPad with Photo or Snapseed to edit photos if needed. JPEG shooter. Strictly an enthusiast family/vacation snapper.

When using the Samyang/Rikinon is it entirely manual? Set exposure using aperture, and shutter speed?

Aperture is set on the lens, manually. Shutter speed and ISO are properties of the camera body and set there.

Leave on infinity focus, use exact focus, or use hyperfocal distance scale method?

The easiest way (as in all of these photos) is to crank the focus all the way to infinity and than back off just a smidge. This basically gets everything in focus from about 3 feet to infinity. If there is something closer, adjust the focus ring on the lens...focus peaking is a great help in getting close things into focus.

Is there easy software to make the images rectilinear? if I may ask, what software did you use or recommend to make the horizon straight?

The easiest way to get the horizon straight is to just set the horizon in the middle of the image in the EVF. If you want more sky or more land, tilt the camera around the axis of the horizon (keeping the horizon in the middle of the frame). It takes some practice, but soon becomes second nature.

If you do need to defish, Photoshop as some good tools to do it. I think there are also some other software packages that do the job

Thanks.

Fisheyes are great fun, and really get my artsy-fartsy side going