New Lens

[K9Kirk]

So, I bought a new wi------de angle lens, an Altura 8mm, F3 that I picked up on amazon for $179.99. I guess you have to like fish-eye pics to want this lens and I do. Here are a couple of my first pics with it.

Edit: I would like to add that I took those pics just to see what the lens could do, to see how much subject matter the lens could capture and how it was with low light. I wasn't showing off the pics, just the lens' capabilities. I know it says Noob under my name but that's not to be taken as a noob with cameras. I think some people mistake that.

 

[K9Kirk]

No replies?! C'mon, throw a dog a bone!

 

[shadowlands]

8mm on FX? That's super wide!

 

[K9Kirk]

8mm on FX? That's super wide!

Yes, it is. The better to entice you with, Little Red! (Ha, I kid!) I probably won't use it a lot, just for particular scenes where you would 'really' reeeeally want everything in the pic and with that fish-eye perspective. Actually, I have an 18-55mm and the 18mm is great. I'm thinking now about buying a new lens for astrophotography, something around 14 mm. That would also work well as a standard, wide angle lens that isn't crazy wide like the 8mm is.

 

[Designer]

No replies?! C'mon, throw a dog a bone!

Your choice of subject does not show the lens at its best.

 

[K9Kirk]

No replies?! C'mon, throw a dog a bone!

Your choice of subject does not show the lens at its best.

I just got the lens. I got it in the evening two hours before I took the pic in my driveway and I wasn't going anywhere that night, cut me some slack Jack!
Edit: mostly, I just wanted to show how much this lens could gather, how wide angle it is, I wasn't trying to compose a real good shot.

 

[Designer]

Slack is cut.

 

[Dean_Gretsch]

2 hours is a long time.

 

[K9Kirk]

2 hours is a long time.

Ha! Take a look in Webster's and find the meaning of "condescension."

 

[Josh Birch]

Now get one of the new 40-50MP cameras and crop in to your heart's content!

 

[K9Kirk]

Now get one of the new 40-50MP cameras and crop in to your heart's content!

Will it make a difference when viewing those pics on a 1080p monitor?

 

[zombiesniper]

This would actually work well to keep in the pocket just to get a different look for many types of shots.

I was thinking of picking up a fisheye to mess with in the studio.

 

[Derrel]

Even with 36 MP of raw file to work with,crop-ability these days is incredible...I would imagine a 42- to 47-MP file would be better still...

 

[Josh Birch]

Now get one of the new 40-50MP cameras and crop in to your heart's content!

Will it make a difference when viewing those pics on a 1080p monitor?

As long as the smallest you crop is more than 2000 pixels wide it won't make a difference. That way you can achieve a "simulated" focal range of a wide-to-standard zoom all with that lens.

 

[Photo Lady]

Wow gorgeous ..just total beauty