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Magnetic Circular Fisheye ?

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pistonep@hotmail.com - 16 Jul 2007 13:47 GMT
Hi,
first I want to apologize for my poor english :)
I would like to try a fisheye to play with these kind of pictures.
Unfortunaly I found some fisheye models far too expensive for me and I
can t actually afford a new camera.
I have heard of cheap magnetic lens that fits on many cameras.
For my first tries, the photo quality is not really a problem.
So I just need to know if magnetic circular fisheye lens exists.
Thanks for your help
Regards.
Ken Hart - 17 Jul 2007 04:58 GMT
> Hi,
> first I want to apologize for my poor english :)
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> Thanks for your help
> Regards.

There are accessory lenses that fit in front of the regular camera lens.
Usually they screw into the filter threads, some have other means of
attaching to the camera. These lenses are fairly inexpensive, but they are
not the best quality. I don't think "fisheye" lenses are available in this
type, I've only seen lenses that were slightly wide angle or telephoto.
You don't say what type camera you are using. If it is an interchangeable
lens camera, you will get the best results using an actual fisheye lens
rather than an attachment. But don't let anyone stop you from experimenting!
Matthew Winn - 17 Jul 2007 08:24 GMT
> > So I just need to know if magnetic circular fisheye lens exists.
>
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> not the best quality. I don't think "fisheye" lenses are available in this
> type, I've only seen lenses that were slightly wide angle or telephoto.

They are available: <http://photonotes.org/reviews/fisheye-adapter/>
is a description of one. The quality is low. I'm not sure how truly
fisheye they are. To judge by some of the pictures the worst of them
are just wide-angle adaptors with dreadful barrel distortion.

> You don't say what type camera you are using. If it is an interchangeable
> lens camera, you will get the best results using an actual fisheye lens
> rather than an attachment. But don't let anyone stop you from experimenting!

I find full-frame fisheyes are best, as a sequence of circular
pictures rapidly becomes tiring.

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