Fisheye
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The top one looks fantastic mate!
Soldato
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Looks very fisheye like, is it the Sigma 8mm?
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I want... Looks like a DSLR version of photobooth for mac lol!
The Canon 15mm f2.8 (with a full frame 5D)
The picture of the London eye was taken from just across the pavement, resting the camera on a bollard. The full resolution image is here:
http://www.tug.com/blog/20071003/full/img_4433.jpg
where you can find the exif
Half a second. f8. ISO 200.
I underexposed it in the field according to the meter (because that's what looked right in the preview screen at the time), then when I came back to the laptop and processed it, I pushed it by a stop or two (because that's what looks right now). I think that when you look at the display on the camera at nighttime, it is easy to miss-judge the exposure.
Andrew
I think that there are some interesting framing tricks to learn with it. It allows you to get a small, nearby object and a large distant object into the same frame, with both in focus. If you can frame the shot so that you don't have straight lines at the edges (because the edge is sky, or foliage or something equaly random), then you can get some interesting compositions without making the fish-eye-ness prodominant. It works better with round subjects rather than square ones.
Andrew
I really like using my fisheye. I always take it up mountains, I find it is great for landscapes. Eg:
(Shame about the lens flare...)
Lens is the Pelen 8mm fisheye
Also they are really good for close indoor shots, like at parties. I feel they have a lot more scope than people realise.
(Shame about the lens flare...)
Lens is the Pelen 8mm fisheye
Also they are really good for close indoor shots, like at parties. I feel they have a lot more scope than people realise.
Gregeff, that shot has very little barrel distortion...did you correct it in post process or is that straight from the lens?
I'm considering a Sigma 10-20mm for my next lens purchase because I want something wide but without the distortion of fisheye.
I'm considering a Sigma 10-20mm for my next lens purchase because I want something wide but without the distortion of fisheye.
It's had a little correction, just to take the black corners away in a program called RectFish.
The origional was like:
You don't get that much visible distortion if you put the horrizon in the centre and there aren't any vertical lines
The origional was like:
You don't get that much visible distortion if you put the horrizon in the centre and there aren't any vertical lines