Hi gang! Anyone got a 16mm/3.5 in good condition that they want to sell?
I need two if I can get them! Thanks. Paul.
Denton Taylor wrote:
>
> At 01:41 PM 10/18/98 -0700, you wrote:
> >"I've been playing with my new toys this morning. The 16/3.5 is, well,
> >interesting! I'm sure I'll be able to put it to good use, but I'll need
> >to think about it..."
> >
> >I used to use the full-frame fisheye (say that 3 times, fast) quite a
> >bit (especially when I was travelling for Bendix). It has several
> >obvious uses:
> >
> >1. When you just _have_ to get everything in.
> >
> >2. When you deliberately want to distort the image.
> >
> >3. When the lines and shapes in the image become more "interesting"
> >because of the distortion.
> >
> >Page 113 of "The OM System Lens Handbook" shows an example in which the
> >distortion is not visible at all!
> >
>
> Yeah, the trick, if you want to just use it as a super wide-angle, is to
> keep lines out of the corners. In the shot you mention, mostly sky and
> grass is in the corners of the image, so there's nothing to distort...
>
> For the real fish-eye flavor, try a shot of a row of office buildings, or
> similar, and then you'll see distortion.
>
> BTW, Pop Photo had an interesting article a couple months ago about using a
> 16 fish as a super-wide angle. Their technique was to crop a strip thru the
> middle of the image, throwing out the corners, and therefore any
> accompanying distortion...
>
> Regards,
>
> Denton Taylor
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