Fisheye Fever Club -- Flaunt your fisheye photos! - Page 32

troyz · 10-20-2009, 10:44 PM

Originally Posted by stevebrot

Troy,
Thanks for the film shots from the Zenitar. It is a good lens on APS-C, but truly fun in the 35mm format. Are your pictures from the North Cascades and Methow Valley (Highway 20) by any chance?

Steve

Yes! The first picture is from the Washington Pass overlook and the second was taken just north of Winthrop.

stevebrot · 10-20-2009, 11:30 PM

Originally Posted by troyz

Yes! The first picture is from the Washington Pass overlook and the second was taken just north of Winthrop.

I thought so. It has been 24 years since I last visited the area, but have fond memories none-the-less.

Steve

*reeftool* · 10-24-2009, 07:41 PM

I usually shoot rowing shots with a long lens but the 10-17 can easily get a 4 or 8 person shell it the frame from a very close distance. This was shot straight down from a bridge at the Head of the Fish Regatta today in Saratoga, NY. Some of the bridge got into the shot and was cropped out. I wanted to try more but it was pouring rain most of the day. The forecast is much better for tomorrow.

Frank B · 10-24-2009, 11:24 PM

Went to the San Diego Maritime Museum this morning. The DA10-17 FE seemed appropriate. Here's the torpedo room of the Russian submarine.

That 10mm field of view comes in really handy in the tight spots.

Here's the periscope of the USS Dolphin.

Those were all shot handheld at 10mm at ISO 800 on a K20D (as jpgs).

This next shot isn't a fisheye at all, but I'm sure someone is wondering what the view through that periscope looked like. Taken with DA35 Macro.

More images here on my SmugMug site:

San Diego Maritime Museum - Frank B. Baiamonte's Photos

pHREDD D · 10-26-2009, 03:18 AM

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until I viewed this thread...

...needless to say I've now own a DA10-17mm and I've never had so much fun photographing - thanks to you guys!

Banjo · 10-26-2009, 11:21 PM

Originally Posted by pHREDD D

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until I viewed this thread......needless to say I've now own a DA10-17mm and I've never had so much fun photographing - thanks to you guys!

So did I, until I got one!

I particularly like this one (#3): taken at Victor Harbor on the causeway of the horse-drawn tram? (I'm near-Adelaide based myself)

Very nice.

pHREDD D · 10-27-2009, 01:52 AM

Yes horse and tram at Victor Harbor. I also found it very difficult not to get my shadow in the shot although not a problem with the other 2 shots. (pretty amazing to hold a camera an arm's length from a show ride and get the entire ride in view!!!)

Banjo · 10-27-2009, 07:59 PM

Originally Posted by pHREDD D

Yes horse and tram at Victor Harbor. I also found it very difficult not to get my shadow in the shot although not a problem with the other 2 shots. (pretty amazing to hold a camera an arm's length from a show ride and get the entire ride in view!!!)

Actually, mine is a Takumar S-M-C M42 mount 4/17 Fisheye, which I use on either an Asahi Pentax SP-F or an Asahi Pentax SV. Although the SP-F has onboard metering and the SV doesn't, I tend to hand-held meter in either case, using a spot-meter, as the very wide angle of the lens can give unsatisfactory results using built in metering.

I also find it difficult to keep my shadow (as well as bits of my body, e.g. feet and knees) out of the shot, especially as I need to look through an optical viewfinder pressed to my eye to take the shot.

Despite my best efforts, they keep creeping into the frame.

I must visit Victor and try my luck.

Groucho · 11-17-2009, 08:00 PM

It's been three weeks since the last post, time to bump this thread again.

Here's some shots from a couple recent short stop into New York City... all with my K20D and 10-17mm.

That's enough for a bump... there's lots more in the collection though.

*reeftool* · 11-18-2009, 10:31 AM

A very nice series, Groucho. I've been in a seasonal slump of sorts, with all the gray days and rain and haven't shot a thing. Time to get out.....

*hinman* · 11-18-2009, 11:43 AM

It is always a fun lens to go to museum with my family

@10mm

@10mm

The side distortion adds to the futuristic design of an exhibit hall.

@14mm

And I even tried it on landscape at 17mm

@17mm

@17mm

It is definitely my fun lens to bring my boys to museum and I find it great even in indoor setting, the PF works to advantages in tech museums that purple actually may look cool.

Thanks,
Hin

elliott · 11-19-2009, 07:14 PM

I got the Rokinon (Samyang) 8mm f3.5 today, just playing with it now, never had a fisheye before.

Groucho · 11-20-2009, 01:21 PM

Originally Posted by reeftool

A very nice series, Groucho. I've been in a seasonal slump of sorts, with all the gray days and rain and haven't shot a thing. Time to get out.....

Thanks! Being in Rochester, I know all about those gray days.

I rarely get time to get out and shoot anything and it's pitch-black by the time work is over... even with new lenses to play with, I have been having a real hard time getting anything done!

troyz · 11-20-2009, 04:12 PM

Yeah, gray in Seattle also. It's good library weather, though. . .

K20D, Sigma 8mm Elliptical Fisheye, 1/6s f/5.6 iso400

K20D, Sigma 8mm Equirectangular Fisheye, 1/10s f/5.6 iso400

Frank B · Yesterday, 12:43 AM

Did someone say Seattle? Here's a shot of the Northern Lights Dome Room at the Arctic Club Hotel (Doubletree) on the corner of Third and Cherry downtown Seattle.

Here's one of the guest rooms.

Both shots at 10mm on DA10-17 Fisheye.