A Fisheye Christmas

[John 2]

The view through a fisheye lens is not to everyone's taste but for what its worth..............

 

[mjcmt]

I like these shots. What lens and camera John?
In the '80-90s I wished for a Nikkor 16mm fish eye lens for my F3, but never got one.

 

[Jeff15]

Very different, nice shots....

 

[RVT1K]

The view through a fisheye lens is not to everyone's taste but for what its worth..............

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Very nice.
I have tons of fun with my fisheye lens.

 

[RVT1K]

I like these shots. What lens and camera John?
In the '80-90s I wished for a Nikkor 16mm fish eye lens for my F3, but never got one.

I have a Pro-Optic 8mm f/3.5 fisheye that I have used on several Nikon bodies including my old D90 and my current D3 and D4.
It takes surprisingly sharp shots and, if you step it down to f/8 or so, it has almost infinite depth of focus. It focuses super-close so you can take some very dramatic shots with it.
Very inexpensive for what you get.
Fully manual but that's part of the fun.

 

[smoke665]

I like the extra interest created by the distortion.

 

[PJM]

They are kind of cool. I like them.

 

[jeffashman]

Wonderful shots!

 

[MitchP]

A nice holiday scene. Well done!

 

[John 2]

Thanks all for the comments. I'm a bit late in replying. It's that time of year.

@mjcmt, it's a Samyang 8mm fisheye on a Fujifilm X-T1 body. I believe Samyang are marketed as Rokinon in the US. It is a really good performer but manual of course. However, its DOF is such that focussing is not an issue.

@RVT1K, I,m sure like me you have a few shot that include your toecaps.

 

[Photo Lady]

love these shots..

 

[Warhorse]

Very nice John, I need to get out with my 10-24mm more often.

 

[RVT1K]

Thanks all for the comments. I'm a bit late in replying. It's that time of year.

@mjcmt, it's a Samyang 8mm fisheye on a Fujifilm X-T1 body. I believe Samyang are marketed as Rokinon in the US. It is a really good performer but manual of course. However, its DOF is such that focussing is not an issue.

@RVT1K, I,m sure like me you have a few shot that include your toecaps.

I believe that Samyang, Rokinon, and Pro-Optic are all the same company just marketed differently.

The near limitless DOF allows all kinds of fun.

And there is more than a little risk of capturing your own feet!