On Mon, 3 Mar 2008, Charles Robinson wrote:
> On Mar 3, 2008, at 17:06, Timber wrote:
>
>> Charles Robinson wrote:
>>> Zenitar 16mm
>>>
>> Could you share your opinion about this lens? I am planning to buy one
>> MC Zenitar f2.8 16mm and any comment would be welcomed. The best would
>> be if you can link some PEF files with this lens :D
>>
>
> I have no PEF files with it, sorry.
>
> I REALLY loved this lens when I used it on film. I became less-than-
> excited about it on Digital. I kept reading over and over how many
> people enjoyed it, and I just wasn't feeling the excitement.
>
> But I decided to try it out more and more often, just to see if I was
> missing something. After about a year of fiddling around with it, I
> *do* get in the mood to grab it every now and then to capture a tight
> spot.
>
> Most of the "bendy" photos on this page are from the Zenitar
>
> http://charles.robinsontwins.org/photos/2008/kitchen_wall/
>
> And when I'm in a small space like a two-seat airplane, it's handy for
> self-portraits:
>
> http://charles.robinsontwins.org/photos/2008/SanFrancisco/pages/page_79.html
>
> So it's gone from being a lens I LOVE to a lens which is "convenient
> from time to time". I no longer want to get rid of it, like I was
> planning on doing about a year ago.
>
> -Charles
>
I got this lens for my -DS after reading all about it online. I
agree that it's not quite as exciting as a fisheye with the 1.5x crop.
It's more like a regular ultra-wide with bad barrel distortion. Since
it's the fastest wide I've got however, I tend to use it for that when
light's low. Besides, with the panotools, it's not too hard to convert
from fisheye to rectilinear if you can't handle it for a shot. It's
fairly heavy, has a somewhat "exposed" front element, and has a tendency
to flare in bad situations.
Since nobody provided a PEF, I've got one available. This one was
taken in pretty challenging conditions of flat lighting under a canopy.
You can see some flare and CA where the bright sky goes through the
canopy. I've also included the same image converted to a rectilinear
projection via panotools. This was probably taken about f/8.
http://filebox.ece.vt.edu/~papenfuss/imgp1714_small.jpg
http://filebox.ece.vt.edu/~papenfuss/imgp1714.jpg
http://filebox.ece.vt.edu/~papenfuss/imgp1714_rectilinear.jpg
http://filebox.ece.vt.edu/~papenfuss/imgp1714.pef.zip
Cheers,
-Cory
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* Cory Papenfuss, Ph.D., PPSEL-IA *
* Electrical Engineering *
* Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University *
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