Fisheye Lens

[Don Hoey]

Stephen,

Just to give an idea of what the 12mm end of the zoom will get you I now have two full frame shots at Hunstanton beach in my gallery. At the 12mm end the picture angle is quoted as 99 deg. Minimum focus distance 11.8" so you can get bags of dof.

In portrait mode you have to be carefull to not get your feet in the frame, and in landscape mode you find people you think are at the side of you, walking unexpectedly into frame due to the wide angle.

In the Tides Out pic I cropped the left side to get rid of a bit of intruding mast and the bottom is cropped to loose my shadow, which can be another problem in a low sun situation.

Don

[Canis Vulpes]

Originally Posted by Don Hoey

Stephen,

Just to give an idea of what the 12mm end of the zoom will get you I now have two full frame shots at Hunstanton beach in my gallery. At the 12mm end the picture angle is quoted as 99 deg. Minimum focus distance 11.8" so you can get bags of dof.

In portrait mode you have to be carefull to not get your feet in the frame, and in landscape mode you find people you think are at the side of you, walking unexpectedly into frame due to the wide angle.

In the Tides Out pic I cropped the left side to get rid of a bit of intruding mast and the bottom is cropped to loose my shadow, which can be another problem in a low sun situation.

Don

When I saw 'tides out' I knew exactly what lens had been used. In my field 99 degrees is not that wide but in photography I am sure it is. I am torn between a fisheye and a superwide but fancy the fisheye slightly more as I can use its distortion or opt to remove in NX. Fisheye is also less expensive but both are like hens teeth on the used market.

[walwyn]

For a quick fish-eye effect go down to your local DIY store and get a door spy-hole, drill hole in lens cap to fit spy-hole, glue spy-hole into lens cap.

[Don Hoey]

Originally Posted by walwyn

For a quick fish-eye effect go down to your local DIY store and get a door spy-hole, drill hole in lens cap to fit spy-hole, glue spy-hole into lens cap.

I think this deserves a bit of a warning. I have just checked and Nikons lens mounting face to the front edge of the mirror in down position is 16mm. Mirror swinging up will take about 3mm off that. These things are about 38mm deep so it is all too easy to mount a bit deep and then kill your camera when tripping the shutter.

Don

[walwyn]

Can you attch a lens cap directly to the lens mounting face? I always clipped the attachment to a 50mm lens.

[Don Hoey]

Originally Posted by walwyn

Can you attch a lens cap directly to the lens mounting face? I always clipped the attachment to a 50mm lens.

OK a bit of misunderstanding on my part. I have one of these somewhere. When I find it I will give it a go.

Don