I like the first shot especially. It looks like it could be fun for a
novelty. I cannot justify the cost of a real fisheye for what I'd be doing
with it. All fisheye shots are basically a little goofy. Adorama has the
0.42x adapters new in Pro-optic brand. But there is something about the .25x
that makes me want to try it.
Wayne
----- Original Message -----
From: Roger Wesson <roger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2002 1:39 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] fisheye on the cheap
> I've got a Sunagor 0.42x adaptor that screws onto a 49mm filter thread.
> Turns my 28/2.8 into a circle frame fisheye, and my 50/1.8 into a full
> frame fisheye with tiny bits at the corner chopped off. I've mostly
> used it on the 28/2.8 and it seems like very acceptable quality to me.
> It cost me GBP20. Here's some example shots:
>
> http://www.worldtraveller.f9.co.uk/travel/zambia-malawi/photos/041.jpg
> http://www.worldtraveller.f9.co.uk/travel/lapalma/photos/lp02-s02-24.jpg
>
http://www.worldtraveller.f9.co.uk/travel/australia/2001/photos/greatoceanro
ad/au06-s06-07.jpg
>
> It's a good fun cheap alternative to a real fisheye. Having got used to
> a 0.42x adaptor I wonder if a 0.25x might be a bit extreme? I'd
> recommend trying something similar though.
>
> Roger
>
> Wayne Culberson wrote:
> >
> > Has anyone tried this cheaper alternative for a fisheye, or can give
some
> > evaluation of it? It's a Phoenix 0.25x, new, goes for about $85,
attaches to
> > another lens by the filter threads.
> > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1338026448
> >
> > Wayne
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