Fuji Fisheye

[Warwick]

Some shots with the X Pro 2 and Samyang 8mm.

 

 

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Discovery Space Shuttle

 

 

 

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[jlmphotos]

Beautiful images here to illustrate but the fisheye is just not for me....

[Warwick]

The fisheye has massive limitations - it can make things look weird, especially if there are lots of straight lines involved and you point the lens straight at it. I sold my previous fisheye because I got bored with the bendy-lines effect very quickly, but I've since bought another and I think I'm beginning to work out how to use it

 

 

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Tokyo 2016

 

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[lleo]

Nice pics, Japan is awesome. The Gundam... dream of my youth.

Though, yes the fisheye is particular. It's made to stand out from the crowd. So I can imagine if used intensively, can become boring in the long run.

[Warwick]

I think the fisheye has its place - but it has to be used very carefully. If you use it in a room, or anywhere with lots of straight lines, it makes them bendy and weird - especially if the lens is tilted up or down. But for images where you want to emphasise a really powerful and dynamic relationship between a strong subject and the background context, a fisheye can be great. A lot of action sports photographers use them extensively

 

 

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[lleo]

Sure, Warwick. It is a nice lens indeed. But I think a lens you'd get as... third? Or fourth? Not surely even as a second lens. And most important, for me, I'd never try to correct its rounded lines. It's a very personal thought, but why to get a lens like that if one wants to correct the distortion? It's like buying a convertible pretending to build a roof on it.

[Warwick]

Agreed. It's not one of the 'core' lenses in any kit, but sometimes it comes in handy. None of these are corrected:

 

 

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Edited October 4, 2016 by Warwick

[Gaz55]

Nikon10.5mm 2.8 fisheye on XT-2 just got it 

 

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[lleo]

Yep, they are nice. I'll get one, sooner or later, probably a Super Takumar.

[Neil_42]

Ordered the Samayang 8 mm - can't wait to try it out!

[Chayelle]

Well  ????

 

 

Ordered the Samayang 8 mm - can't wait to try it out!

[bitcoin]

Anyone recommend a good wide angle lens for astro-photography? I heard the Fuji 16mm produces a lot of coma along the borders.

[milandro]

12mm Samyang

[Adam Woodhouse]

Ordered the Samayang 8 mm - can't wait to try it out!

 

 

I have that lens.  Picked it up used of Kijiji.  Been happy with it.  Great for creating unique perspectives.  I used it recently for some very close to the line (by the net) of volleyball.  Got some cool shots.

[milandro]

lone chimney 

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[milandro]

but you can also use it like this

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[quincy]

I prefer the second one

[milandro]

the shots were exactly to illustrate the versatility of a lens that can provide both a special effect OR an almost imperceptibly (it isn’t but it could pass for one) “ normal” wideangle picture.

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Vessel, Hudson Yard, NYC

 

 

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