Right now, immersive environments, panoramas, e.g.
http://www.ottawa.com/nethub/biz_site/BSRenderer.mpl?source=0&fullpage
=2&template_id=507 or
http://www.virtualguidebooks.com/CentralCalif/BigSur/Lucia/BigSurStorm
L.html
Better than multiple stitching.
Also, you can use Photoshop or other programs to un-fisheye the
result and have corrected pix of that building that's too close for
your 17mm rectilinear lens.
For this stuff, you really need all the pixels that film can provide.
The question really is, are you a wide-angle or a telephoto kind of
person?
Tom
On Tuesday, September 25, 2001 at 16:09, andrew fildes <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote on "Re: [OM] 8mm 2.8 fisheye up on Ebay," saying..
> I used a full circle fisheye image for a company brochure er, good
> grief, 33 years ago! They were new and unusual then for sure. (So was
> I). I think I was trying to say (badly) that it's hard to imagine
> having a regular use for one. At the price, I'd have to be very
> convinced or in need of a tax sink to actually consider owning one,
> beyond the fascination with it as an object in itself. More the sort
> of thing you'd rent? AndrewF
>
> >If you can't imagine a reason for having one, you won't use it.
> >
> >David was not the only list member with an 8/2.8, there were at least
> >four that I am sure of.
> >
> >I have probably owned my 8/2.8 for 10 or 12 years. Every now and then
> >a project comes up where this lens' unique perspective on the world
> >comes in just right. The novelty might have worn off on you, but to
> >the public it is a new and unusual image.
> >
> >Mine just produced the cover shot for an annual report for one of my
> >clients. It is a night shot of their facility. I probably utilize it
> >for a commercial shoot about every 18 months.
> >
> >Having it in my equipment room, I look for reasons to use it.
> >
> >Mark
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "andrew fildes" <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2001 11:21 PM
> >Subject: Re: [OM] 8mm 2.8 fisheye up on Ebay
> >
> >
> >> A shift I could use and use but I can't really think of a use for a
> >> full circle fisheye once the novelty has worn off. Seriously
> >> expensive toy, but....what is the point? AndrewF
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