On Wed, 28 Sep 2005, Glen wrote:
What fisheye options are there for the *istDS? I'd be interested in hearing
about either circular fisheye lenses or full-frame fisheye lenses. I'm not
too interested in hearing about fisheye lenses made for full-frame use, but
ones especially designed for the digital sensor.
I bought the Zenitar about 6 months back for $110 or so. I ebayed
it directly from a guy in Moscow. So far, I've been very happy with it,
although it's not much wider than the 18-55mm kit lens that came with my
DS. I've taken a few shots with my old film Pentax and it's much more
fishy there. It does operate as a fully aperture-coupled K-lens, but the
M42 versions also exist.
Recently, I bought the Peleng 8mm/3.5. I figure to use it for
some astro-photography mostly. It's only an M42 lens so an adapter is
required. It's also stop-down metering only, and extra-weird at that.
It's got two aperture rings... one to set it, and one to engage it. So
far I've been very pleased with it... almost left a noseprint on it trying
to get my face full-frame. Difficult to keep your feet out of the shot.
-Cory
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* Cory Papenfuss *
* Electrical Engineering candidate Ph.D. graduate student *
* Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University *
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