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Post by 33dollars on May 9, 2012 14:13:11 GMT -5
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daveh
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Post by daveh on May 9, 2012 15:32:29 GMT -5
A bargain, but it's cheaper to just turn round.
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Post by Deleted on May 9, 2012 16:33:35 GMT -5
If it came with the camera the pentaprism finder on it is worth a lot more than $160. If I remember correctly, the mirror in the camera had to be up because the lens went back into the body so far. It was never meant to be used on a digital camera. I've seen better results from a 6mm on a camera from the period when it was made. Fisheye pictures get old pretty fast however.
W.
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Post by nikonbob on May 9, 2012 17:07:04 GMT -5
Absolutely stunning price for a rare and amazing optic. I agree with Wayne though that fisheye photo get old fast. The 6mm fisheye that needed to have the mirror up to be mounted was this one www.photosynthesis.co.nz/nikon/f656n.jpg which pre dated the model in the link. Bob |
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Post by grenouille on May 10, 2012 2:17:48 GMT -5
A masterpiece in design, beyond words.
Hye
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Post by 33dollars on May 10, 2012 10:27:34 GMT -5
So at 5.2Kg you mount the lens to a tripod. Then mount a camera to the lens.
That's a lotta glass.
True, fish eye lenses do loose some thing with time. I tend to zoom in a bit with mine to use it as a wide angle.
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Post by carl19 on May 28, 2012 17:23:17 GMT -5
I'd much prefer the 13mm f/5.6 ultra wide-angle which Grays Of Westminster recently sold for £25,000 if I had that amount of money to spend on a lens. To be honest, a circular fisheye image has never really appealed to me, but I don't mind the full-frame fisheyes.
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Post by mickeyobe on May 28, 2012 18:17:19 GMT -5
Fish eyes never appealed to me.
That is why I gave up angling years ago.
Mickey
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Post by barbarian on Sept 1, 2012 10:02:41 GMT -5
And you can get wider and sharper using Microsoft ICE and your computer with digitized images.
It's a buggy whip, albeit a platinum one with diamonds.
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