Fisheye Lens
Jan 6, 2018 14:27:58 #
azi
Loc: Columbia, Marylamd
billnikon wrote:
Depending on what you are looking for this lens is very sharp. If you are not used to this type of lens it may be very helpful to rent first. Fisheye lenses are unlike anything else you would use and takes some practice to get good results. A lot of folks who buy this lens end up storing the lens cause they end up not using it much. This lens has specific uses and does not lend itself to general photography, used correctly it can produce unique perspectives.
great idea. drove off to DC and rented the 10.5 for $49 for the week just in time for my trip to the caribbean. many thanks
Jan 6, 2018 15:45:36 #
My Nikon fisheye is often my second lens when visiting churches and small, tight places in Europe an England. It's small and light and sees everything. If you don't like the fisheye look all the time, LR can straighten up those curvy lines in about one second. Two pictures. One is just a straightened version of the other. It's a little less wide but still way wider than my 12-24 on my D7100.
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azi wrote:
I'm thinking of buying a Nikkor 10.5mm f/2.8 G DX lens to be used with my D7200 for underwater but I'll probably get lots of use on land too. Any one have any comments or suggestions. Any help would be appreciated
Jan 6, 2018 16:29:59 #
Jan 6, 2018 18:11:24 #
flatulence
Loc: Oahu, Hawaii
I'm sure you can use it on land too, but don't you have to keep it wet, as well?
Jan 6, 2018 21:37:34 #
Robert Bailey
Loc: Canada
One of my cameras is a Nikon D7100. I bought a Vivitar (manual focus) 8 mm fish-eye lens
for only $159 on Amazon. It is a lot of fun! It is quite sharp and of course, has tremendous
depth-of-field. It does, however, have a bit of colour "fringing".
for only $159 on Amazon. It is a lot of fun! It is quite sharp and of course, has tremendous
depth-of-field. It does, however, have a bit of colour "fringing".
Jan 7, 2018 14:32:50 #
amfoto1
Loc: San Jose, Calif. USA
Fisheye lenses are pretty specialized. They're interesting to use sometimes... but can get sort of boring after a while.
You will almost certainly need a different lens housing to use a lens with 180 degree angle of view in that underwater housing. You should look into availability of that first... since it may only work with one or two specific lenses.
Don't overlook other brand fisheye lenses... Sigma and Tokina make excellent fisheye too. There also are a number of manual focus fisheye, since they have such great depth of field, you hardly need to focus them at all. Not sure if it would be possible to use those with the housing, though. I doubt you'd see any difference in the images.
You will almost certainly need a different lens housing to use a lens with 180 degree angle of view in that underwater housing. You should look into availability of that first... since it may only work with one or two specific lenses.
Don't overlook other brand fisheye lenses... Sigma and Tokina make excellent fisheye too. There also are a number of manual focus fisheye, since they have such great depth of field, you hardly need to focus them at all. Not sure if it would be possible to use those with the housing, though. I doubt you'd see any difference in the images.
Jan 9, 2018 09:13:13 #
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