A fisheye lens is an ultrawide-angle lens that produces strong visual distortion intended to create a wide panoramic or hemispherical image. Much like that of looking through a fish bowl.
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Why shave a cropped-frame fisheye lens instead of buying a full-frame one?
Recently I found people shaving the lens hood off their Nikkor 10.5mm Fisheye which is a DX lens to use it on a full-frame Nikon DSLR. The result is a wider field-of-view but not even completely ...
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How to capture globe-shaped photograph?
I am a beginner photographer. How to capture this kind of photograph. Any technique?
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Is lens focal length specified considering the effect of barrel distortion on field of view?
Given a NIKON 14mm f/2.8D ED AF Ultra Wide-Angle Nikkor Lens on a full-frame sensor, in theory the field of view is HFOV: 104° x VFOV: 81°. However this lens exhibits noticeable barrel distortion ...
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How would one use filters with the “bulb”-like shape front element lenses?
I am toying with the idea of picking up either the Samyang/Rokinon 14mm f/2.8 IF ED UMC or the 8mm f/3.5 Aspherical Fisheye lens.
These lenses have a built-in petal-shape hood and a "bulb-like" front ...
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What software should I use for converting fisheye photos to normal rectilinear photos?
Can you recommand me a software for doing this job? I shoot using Sigma 8mm lens and I would like to be able to obtain a normal image out of that. The camera is canon 550D.
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How does the Lensbaby Scout perform as a cheap fisheye lens?
I'm interested in the Lensbaby Scout since it seems like a cheap fish-eye option, but I am unsure how it performs. What about the lens's quality (build quality, image quality, and optical quality)?. ...
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Extreme Wide-angle / affordable fisheye lens for Canon T2i
I'm looking for an extreme wide-angle/fisheye lens for my canon t2i, but am not sure what to get. I've heard the sigma 8mm is pretty good an obviously the canon 8-15mm f4 L as well, but that over a ...
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Defish GoPro images consistently
I am looking into using a GoPro camera for sail curvature measurements. For this the distorted fish-eye image needs to be transformed into a rectilinear image consistently.
I know solutions exist ...
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Cheap panoramic setup
I'm looking for a cheap panoramic 360x180 (approx. don't mind the "feet" as long as it's close) setup with decent resolution. I weighed my options and thought up the following:
cellphone with ...
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What's the best fish eye lens money can buy for canon full frame body?
I'm looking for a fish eye lens to use with my 5d.
The alternatives I can see are canon 8-15L f/4 and canon 15 f/2.8.
Canon 15mm is a prime and it has a faster aperture, while 8-15 is an L lens.
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wide angle and macro lens converter or adapter
I'm new to the world of photography and also have a pretty tight budget, so I'm interested if anyone has tried using a wide angle + macro lens converter/adaptor such as this (Forum discussion about ...
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Are there any free or better alternatives to Fisheye-Hemi?
I've been tempted to get a fisheye lens (The Nikon 10.5 DX specifically), and have seen the Fisheye-Hemi plugin for "normalizing" fisheye images.
Does anyone have experience of using the plugin or ...
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What is the proper exif tag to mark a lens as a fisheye?
I'm shooting panoramas with a manual 8mm fisheye lens on my Canon 60D DSLR (APS-C, 1.6x crop factor).
Since the camera cannot talk to the lens, the exif data in the pictures is all wrong. I know how ...
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What can a fisheye lens be useful for?
I have a variety of lenses in my camera kit. One that I do not have, and has me curious, is a fisheye lens. I mostly understand what it does: it captures an image with distortion similar to what you ...
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How wide can a lens be before it begins to produce distortion?
Some lenses will produce distortion near a photo's edges (lines that should be straight begin to curve). Fisheye lenses definitely do this, and some ultra-wide lenses will do this too. I like wide ...
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Why don't more people use fisheye lenses as a cheap wide angle lens?
From my understanding, a fisheye lens usually has a coverage of 180 degrees or close to it. Given the extreme coverage and the availability of software that can turn fisheye images back to a ...
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What are the best fisheye lenses one can still buy that are full frame on 35mm film?
The vast bulk of fisheye lenses produced now are targeted at digital image sensors and so they aren't full frame on 35mm film. What are the best fisheye lenses that one can still buy reliably that are ...
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Can anyone identify this lens?
I read once, in a book, about a lens that was an "inverse fisheye". Basically a hemispherical mirror mounted at one end of a glass tube.
I can't remember what it was called, nor can I find any ...
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What lens should i buy for my vacation?
I am going on a cruise to Greece and Italy this summer, I really wanted to buy a new Canon lens for my t2i but i am confused whether to buy the 17-40 f/4.0 or the 15mm 2.8 fisheye. Any help?
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Is it worth buying cheap lens attachments for my camera?
I'm considering buying a fisheye/wide-angle modifier. The brand-name modifier costs around £150 for a single wide-angle modifier which also requires an adapter ring. I've also seen, on ebay, kits ...
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Fisheye Image Quality: Improves with Price?
Using a little Opteka fish attachment, I've gotten some very cool shots. The problem is that all shots get, of course, progressively less sharp as you move out from the center. I know that this is to ...
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Fisheye Lens for Minolta MD mount
Where can i get a minolta fisheye lens (MD Mount) for around 150 dollars or less. Or can i get a lens that gives some of the distorted perspective of a fisheye lens for around the same price?
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Fisheye extension lens
I want to experiment a little with fisheye lens and ultra wide angle. But I don't want to spend a lot of money on something I don't know if I will be using. Are this lenses OK for experimenting and ...
