Dear Skip
See http://shop.store.yahoo.com/tcclub/nkcpfc-e8.html
and http://www.steves-digicams.com/coolpix_accessories.html
and (BIG):
http://www.steves-digicams.com/accessories/fce8_fisheye2_sample.jpg
18mm? more like 8mm for OM, must be ~1.8mm for Coolpix on wide-angle.
Tom
On Wednesday, September 05, 2001 at 9:32, Skip Williams
<olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote on "Re: Re: [OM] Re: Digital Musings," saying..
> On a Nikon Coolpix, the wide angle adapter is roughly equivilant to a 24mm
> lens. I doubt if there is an adapter that approximates an 18mm lens for a
> digital camera.
>
> Some things you have to do with film cameras.
>
> Skip
>
> >From: Wayne Harridge <wayneharridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >To: "olympus @ Zuiko . sls . bc . ca" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Subject: Re: Re: [OM] Re: Digital Musings
> >Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2001 09:25:35 +1000
> >
> > > Tom A. Trottier <Tom@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > > also because of the way the CCD is, you can't have super wide angle
> > > > lenses, which may or may not be a problem for you.
> > >
> > > Yeah, 183° is kinda limiting....I want 220°!
> >
> >Fisheye is not the same as super wide rectilinear, what if I want the
> >equivalent of
> >an 18mm lens on 35mm ?
It's an accessory lens. You zoom out. See (BIG):
http://www.steves-digicams.com/accessories/fce8_fisheye1_sample.jpg
Tom
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