Makes you wish you had that prototype 8mm fisheye that never made it to market huh?
rg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I can see a slight amount in the tree & building but none in the road. > > I think I picked a bad example. I've just gone and searched through my > archive for another shot at 17mm and it displays obvious "fishiness". So > I'm withdrawing my "pretty much non-existent" comment. Funnily enough > almost all the shots I've made with this lens have been taken at the 10mm FL. > > Cheers, > > Dave > > At 03:40 AM 6/01/2007, Rick Womer wrote: > >>Well, I disagree with Dave. The lens is still quite >>"fishy" at 17mm, and if you look at the curvature in >>the buildings, trees, and road in the second pic, you >>can see it easily. >> >>It's a great lens. I enjoyed the 17-28 so much on my >>(P)Z-1p that I asked for the 10-17 for my birthday, >>and got it. Much fun. >> >>Rick >> >> >>--- David Savage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >>>By 17mm the distortion is pretty much non-existent. >>> >>>Here are a couple of examples of mine (taken in the >>>exact same position): >>> >>>10mm >>> >>> >> >><http://www.arach.net.au/~savage/Misc/Images/IMGP5146_1.jpg> >> >>>17mm >>> >>> >> >><http://www.arach.net.au/~savage/Misc/Images/IMGP5149.jpg> >> >>>HTH >>> >>>Dave >>> >>> >>>On 1/6/07, Gonz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>>>I've seen some nice pics from this lens. W. >>> >>>Hamler's recent "Hot Dog >>> >>>>Heaven" is a prime, err... zoom example. >>>> >>>>My question is related to its fishiness. I've >>> >>>heard that the lens is a >>> >>>>fisheye at 10mm, but loses its "fishiness" as you >>> >>>head towards 17mm, so >>> >>>>that it looks like a rectilinear at 17mm. Anyone >>> >>>have any experience >>> >>>>that could confirm/disprove this? >>>> >>>>Thanks, >>>> >>>>Gonz > > > -- Someone handed me a picture and said, "This is a picture of me when I was younger." Every picture of you is when you were younger. "...Here's a picture of me when I'm older." Where'd you get that camera man? - Mitch Hedberg -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
