Re: [OM] Do 21mm Zuiko's give you fish-eye effect?

[John Prosper]

Rectilinear means the lens has been corrected for barrel distortion: this is 
unlike fisheye lenses which lack this cvorrection.
John



> From: "Mickey Trageser" <mickeytr@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Is rectilinear equal to full frame? The Tokina 17mm is full frame.
> -Mickey
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Paul D. Farrar" <farrar@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2001 5:39 PM
> Subject: Re: [OM] Do 21mm Zuiko's give you fish-eye effect?
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> > At 04:55 PM 1/18/01 -0800, you wrote:
> > >I'm trying to find the widest lens that still yields a flat image...
> > >24mm?  Or does 21mm yield still, a flat image?
> > >
> > >Thanks!
> > >Albert
> >
> > It's rectilinear.
> > The widest rectilinear is the Voigtlander 12mm.
> > The widest rectilinear SLR lens is the Nikkor 13mm.
> > The widest rectilinear Zuiko is the 18mm.
> > I'm not sure if the Sigma 14mm was available in OM mount. There is a 
> 17mm
> > Tamron.
> > This assumes the lenses actually have the focal length marked. 3rd party
> > makers sometimes exaggerate a bit.
> >
> > Paul
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