Fisheye Lenses

[Eastw77]

Hi all, a quick question, what are fisheye lenses used for?

 

[DSLR noob]

really W---I---D---E shots.

 

[Alex_B]

really W---I---D---E shots.

well, you get almost the same width also with rectangular lenses.

but the fisheye has the special fisheye distortion, which can be useful for purposes of image composition and impression.

 

[Snyder]

I use a 16mm Nikkor Fisheye ALOT! I luv that lense, I can get very creative composing a shot.

 

[Garbz]

http://www.flickr.com/groups/36476633@N00/ posting photos in the fisheye group on flickr that's what