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From: "Dirk Wright" <wright@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2000 12:02:22 EST
>Dear All
>
>I've seen a Sigma, 12mm, f8 fisheye for OM second hand (USD280).  I 
tried it
>out on a body in the shop and it produced a round image with about 15% 
of
>the top and bottom cut off leaving black curving edges at the sides.  
The
>horizontal angle of view seemed to be about 150 degrees.
>
>I wondered whether that was what is expected as I've only ever seen 
full
>frame or round image fisheye lenses and the max aperture size seems to 
be
>unusually small.  It's not listed on the Sigma web site.  Is it a one 
off?
>
>Robin M. Allen

I think it's fairly old. It's a "cutoff" type fisheye, I believe, where 
the image is merely chopped by the frame. This may be the one where it 
dissassembles to install a filter.

Be seeing you.


Dirk Wright

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