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Subject: Re: [OM] Something Fishy This Way Comes
From: Philippe <photo.philippe.amard@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2019 08:39:40 +0200
link won’t work here :-(

Amities

Philippe



> Le 17 juin 2019 à 07:03, Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> a écrit :
> 
> I've owned UWA lenses for many years, OMZ 18/3.5, 17-35 for Canon, Oly 9-18, 
> Laowa 7.5/2 and Panny 7-14 for µ4/3.
> 
> But they have soooo often not been wide enough. Familiar? For distant 
> landscapes, my solution has long been to shoot a series of overlapping shots 
> to merge into a panorama. Some work well in PS, others, not so much - weird 
> perspective. Hugin takes care of that, but what a pain to use. I have to 
> relearn the UI most times.
> 
> MikeL gave me the clue, with a Fisheye shot he had corrected.
> 
> The next step was finding the Imadio Fisheye-Hemi plugins for PS.
> 
> I've had a Panny 8/3.5 Fishy for almost 18 months. In that time, leaving out 
> tests to see it worked, I've shot only 83 photos with it. I've carried it 
> around (tiny, light) for many days of shooting without using it. And yet, 
> when it's right, there's no substitute.
> 
> When corrected using Fisheye-Hemi, the horizontal FoV is about 150º. With a 7 
> mm rectilinear lens, it's about 100º. BIG difference!
> 
> I was reminded of this again in Capitol Gorge in Capitol Reef NP a couple of 
> weeks ago. I wanted really wide shots, but was pretty sure that stitched 
> panos, done in my casual, hand held style, would be a big pain to process, if 
> they worked out at all. So I shot with the Fishy lens and corrected them to 
> (close to) rectilinear in post.
> 
> Here's a big set of examples, starting in Capitol Gorge, and wandering to 
> Bryce NP, Mendocino and Bhutan. <cid:part1.83CFBE31.189DB036@gmail.com>
> 
> Three could be done easily with a pano merge, and I do have the shots for 
> them. If I ever need high rez versions, I can make them. But for the web or a 
> book, these are perfect.
> 
> The Bhutanese farmhouse lunch shot I know wouldn't be done any other way. 
> Perhaps the gorge shots could be done well with a fancy pano head, that 
> rotates around the lens center on a tripod. I'll never know. I was there to 
> walk the gorge, experience it, not spend most of limited time with good light 
> on a few panos and hike only part of the gorge, carrying an extra bunch of 
> heavy gear..
> 
> Fishy Moose
> 
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> What if the Hokey Pokey *IS* what it's all about?
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