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03/01/2006 04:12:18 PM · #1 |
probably discussed before, but searching these forums is a pain.
I have a limited budget, under $200 for this.
I want a fisheye.
I shoot w/ a canon rebel XT.
Recommendations please. |
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03/01/2006 04:13:52 PM · #2 |
| This is the only one I know of in that range... |
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03/01/2006 04:15:33 PM · #3 |
Damn, that's cheap. I suppose you can't go wrong for the price?
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03/01/2006 04:21:56 PM · #4 |
| I don't know, they call it a fisheye but the pictures look more like a super-wide than a fisheye lens? |
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03/01/2006 04:31:48 PM · #5 |
I just bought the Peleng 8mm f/3.5 Fisheye MC for $220. It has received some decent reviews for a lens in that price range. It produces a 22mm circular image so with my Olympus' 17.3 x 13mm sensor it is full frame, but with the XT's 22.2 x 14.8 mm sensor the corners are slightly cropped. SC member, hardware guru, and Canon user kirbic uses this lens.
edit: typos
Message edited by author 2006-03-01 17:17:42. |
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03/01/2006 04:33:48 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by theSaj:
I don't know, they call it a fisheye but the pictures look more like a super-wide than a fisheye lens? |
I assume that's from the 1.6 crop. There's bound to be more distortion on the edges that get cut off... But there's not much you can do about that... |
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03/01/2006 04:58:23 PM · #7 |
I use the Zenitar.
It's a great wide-angle lens. Sharp from corner to corner on a 1.6 crop dSLR at f/4. Certainly useable at f/2.8.
The fish distortion isn't too noticeable if you keep lines in the middle. There are correction software to remove the fish effect. Pano tools plug-in for PS works great. I think 0,055 was appropriate for the Zenitar (radial shift)
It's a great lens for the $105 I paid for it. But don't go messing with the hood/protection ring. It was crooked some 15 degrees and I opened the screwes, set it straight and screwed in the screws.
One of the screws broke inside. They'r these 1.5mm long tiny screws. Like the saying goes. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. The crooked hood is not a problem on a 1.6 crop camera.
I'll probably sell it forward and get a Zenitar with a native EOS mount. |
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03/01/2006 05:21:51 PM · #8 |
If you want something cheap and with a pronounced fisheye effect, the Peleng 8mm is the way to go. It is right at (a few dollars over) your target price point. It leaves the corneers dark on a 1.6-crop camera, and you can get 'round this by slightly "defishing" which yields a very nice image that's still visibly "fishy."
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03/01/2006 05:43:48 PM · #9 |
Originally posted by tryals15:
Originally posted by theSaj:
I don't know, they call it a fisheye but the pictures look more like a super-wide than a fisheye lens? |
I assume that's from the 1.6 crop. There's bound to be more distortion on the edges that get cut off... But there's not much you can do about that... |
Actually, there is something you can do about it ...
//www.muellerworld.com/dsc4044/relay_system-54.html
:D
More on the parent page: //www.muellerworld.com/peleng/
Scroll down to "Getting the full circle on a digital camera"
Message edited by author 2006-03-01 17:44:50.
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03/01/2006 05:54:35 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by bod:
Originally posted by tryals15:
Originally posted by theSaj:
I don't know, they call it a fisheye but the pictures look more like a super-wide than a fisheye lens? |
I assume that's from the 1.6 crop. There's bound to be more distortion on the edges that get cut off... But there's not much you can do about that... |
Actually, there is something you can do about it ...
//www.muellerworld.com/dsc4044/relay_system-54.html
:D
More on the parent page: //www.muellerworld.com/peleng/
Scroll down to "Getting the full circle on a digital camera" |
I stand corrected. =] |
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03/01/2006 06:09:46 PM · #11 |
Got my Peleng 8mm for $120 on Ebay... Its a fun lens to play with, although 8mm gives a very extreme effect.
Warning: both the peleng or the zenitar are manual focus lenses. My Peleng has a nikon mount so I need an adaptor to use it on the canon body. The aperture is also set manualy |
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03/01/2006 08:04:48 PM · #12 |
Peleng is a fun lens but tough to use outdoors. Every photo has my shadow or the sun in it!!! You truly have to be careful not to get your feet in the photo with it.
Also, don't fear the manual focus part of it, a blind man could focus it pretty darn close. This wide, focus isn't difficult. Anything beyond 2 meters (about 6 feet) is focus to infinity. You only need to focus if your subject (or hyperfocal length...) is less then 6 feet away.
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03/02/2006 03:14:35 AM · #13 |
only lens that fits your constraints is the Zenitar.
Make sure you get the ones with the EOS mount alrady built in. If you get the universal M42 mount, then you have to get an adapter.
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07/23/2006 04:56:19 PM · #14 |
Do these fisheyes fit nikon mounts? I took these with a $30 ebay fisheye crap-o-rama, and while the clarity sucks I now see the need for a fisheye in my bag. Is it worth spending big money for nicer fisheye in your opinion?
Message edited by author 2006-07-23 16:56:51. |
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