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Fish Eye Lenses

Anonymous Sun 17 May 2020 16:46:44 No.3655715 View View Reply Original Report

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are fish eye lenses a meme?
any examples of proper use of fish eyes?
anyone have experience with them?
or just post what you have. thanks.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 17 May 2020 17:34:54 No.3655750 Report

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>are fish eye lenses a meme?
Yes.
>any examples of proper use of fish eyes?
No.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 17 May 2020 18:19:48 No.3655760 Report

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>>3655715
Meme status: very much meme
If you’re taking pictures of punk bands or skate/snowboarders is the only application I’ve seen it fit.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 17 May 2020 19:03:27 No.3655786 Report

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>>3655715
The only use I've gotten out of owning a fish eye was for videos/vlogging, all the photos I took with it looked shit.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 17 May 2020 20:26:25 No.3655821 Report

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fisheyes are a novelty, but a very fun one. they're not general purpose lenses obviously so they force you to think in a different way and plan your shot, which can be fun. if you want to give one a try, get a cheap one and see if you like it. no sense paying out the ass for one.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 17 May 2020 20:34:52 No.3655826 Report

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>>3655715

I have never seen fisheye lenses used well, so they're a meme till I'm proved to be wrong.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Mon 18 May 2020 15:45:32 No.3656322 Report

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Dunno, got 7Artisans 7,5mm - it's fun to use.
My samples:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/linebrell/albums/72157694736917011

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 18 May 2020 16:55:26 No.3656371 Report

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>>3656322
How did you get IR filter on it?

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Anonymous Mon 18 May 2020 19:03:15 No.3656425 Report

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>>3656371
I made camera body conversion.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 18 May 2020 19:38:23 No.3656442 Report

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>>3656322
Pretty good overall. I thint few would look great defished. Played with that already, or does the lens handle it poorly?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 18 May 2020 20:34:00 No.3656464 Report

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https://youtu.be/un3NkWnHl9Q
You may not like it, but this is what peak fisheye performance looks like

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Anonymous Mon 18 May 2020 20:51:13 No.3656472 Report

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>>3656442
No corrections, images usually looks less fisheyed if you keep horizont line straight and in the middle.
For example - old photo with Samyang 8mm

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 18 May 2020 21:21:06 No.3656498 Report

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>>3655715
>are fish eye lenses a meme?
Full circular fisheye lenses look weird. That said, quite a few very small lenses are somewhat fisheye-y and rectilinearized in software, they have their uses for cheap small lenses.

IMO what is more directly usable are stereographic fisheye lenses:
https://pixelpeeper.com/lenses/?lens=13724

They can be a good compromise when rectilinear lenses are bigger/more expensive/...

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 18 May 2020 21:27:44 No.3656503 Report

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>>3656498
Cherry-picked examples:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/50987467@N00/46374616894/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/50987467@N00/47098142521/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/50987467@N00/46379118924/

This projection is just not hard to visually parse for most people, and has few effects that are "obnoxious" as such.

Still not saying it's as good as a perfectly sharp rectilinear image, but I've also not met many people who immediately hate the images. Many don't immediately consciously notice anything other than "it's wide", even. And you can correct further.

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BurtGummer !!1cdp+8vuoOY Mon 18 May 2020 21:32:55 No.3656509 Report

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They're pretty fun to play with.

Some fisheye lenses have software which specifically caters to them.

But in hindsight I'd rather have saved up for a super-wide rectilinear lens which keeps the distortion to a minimal.

Fisheye tends to reduce image sharpness because its having to capture such a wide image. Samyangs 12mm is 180 degrees.

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BurtGummer !!1cdp+8vuoOY Mon 18 May 2020 21:34:50 No.3656510 Report

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BurtGummer !!1cdp+8vuoOY Mon 18 May 2020 21:36:56 No.3656513 Report

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BurtGummer !!1cdp+8vuoOY Mon 18 May 2020 21:38:05 No.3656514 Report

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Anonymous Wed 20 May 2020 19:00:24 No.3657794 Report

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>>3655715
I always have fun shooting with mine.
It's a great lens to experiment with different angles in my opinion.
I like to get low to the ground or up high when shooting with a fisheye lens.
They're also great for shooting inside of small enclosed areas.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 20 May 2020 19:06:09 No.3657797 Report

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>>3656322
Anon you're great!

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/\M8U5H !!guVpjnrOiJG Wed 20 May 2020 19:29:02 No.3657809 Report

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>>3656513
>rounded the horizon

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Anonymous Thu 21 May 2020 23:41:34 No.3658552 Report

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>>3655715
>any examples of proper use of fish eyes?

yes, go shoot some porn and film girls asses
thats all fisheye lens is useful for

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Anonymous Fri 22 May 2020 12:21:25 No.3658856 Report

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yes fisheye lenses are a meme

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 25 May 2020 17:54:56 No.3660750 Report

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I think they can look good if the subject isn't close
but animal closeups work
Or maybe it's just that I dont want someone's bigass nose in my face

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Anonymous Mon 25 May 2020 20:58:38 No.3660845 Report

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I like having a cheap one around for lazy shots of a whole room

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Anonymous Mon 25 May 2020 21:04:46 No.3660848 Report

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>>3655715
You'll only make it if you'll ever find a use for this lens.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 25 May 2020 21:09:42 No.3660853 Report

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>>3660848
Tilt shift lenses are so fucking useful I wished I had one in a lot of situations. You can achieve some really interesting compositions with them. I haven't had the chance to pick one up yet because I shoot FF Nikon and I want the 19mm which isn't exactly cheap

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 26 May 2020 01:43:01 No.3660981 Report

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OP here. Thanks for all of the inputs from /p/. I bought a cheap one to see it for myself and it would definitely take practice to get a decent looking image. pic related is test-crap but just to show how wide it came to be

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 31 May 2020 23:59:00 No.3664125 Report

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There should be a way in theory to convert fisheye to vr180 mono. To get that move around look in facebook. But I think it needs to be in square format. Anyone try anything like that?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 02 Jun 2020 19:36:48 No.3664889 Report

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>>3656472
I miss my Samyang 8mm, was my fav lens when I still had my Nikon.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 02 Jun 2020 20:05:42 No.3664894 Report

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Most of them are but there's this one fisheye that can focus down to 1cm (I think). That's an experimentator's heaven if you like macro.

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