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Wide, wide Sweden (DA18-55 on an ME Super) · 09:05 AM

Not a completely compatible set-up: always tiny aperture, image circle doesn't cover the entire frame at the widest settings, etc... But it's the cheapest 18mm lens for a film camera you can find! Metering is still perfect. I quite liked many of the pictures. All ME Super with Superia 200.

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daacon · 04-30-2009, 12:00 PM

Not a fan of the cirlce with the FF but quite like what is inside there - ncie shots.

deadwolfbones · 04-30-2009, 01:22 PM

I think it's a very cool effect myself. Nice series!

brkl · 04-30-2009, 02:06 PM

Thanks! The circle is present because I wanted to get the absolute most out of the wide angle view. I don't have prints of these yet (I'm about to move and don't want to mail them), but when I get prints done, I _may_ crop the pictures. Or maybe not! Depends on the pic. I think it works on

that one for instance. In any case there's a lot of latitude in what kind of aspect ratio I want.

kevinschoenmakers · 04-30-2009, 02:12 PM

I like both the effect of the circle and the pictures. Did you have to use a tripod for all of them?

brkl · 04-30-2009, 03:21 PM

Thanks, kevin

I don't own a tripod! A few of them have been taken by setting the camera on various surfaces, though. The one from the church was something like half a minute.

elkarrde · 05-01-2009, 10:26 AM

try unzooming your DA18-55 to 20mm - you'll get slightly less wide angle, but you'll loose black borders.

Jonson PL · 05-01-2009, 11:03 AM

Fun stuff

brkl · 05-01-2009, 04:46 PM

Thanks!
Quite many of the pictures I took were around 20-22mm and not 18mm. But I knew I'd get the black borders. The goal was to get as wide a view as possible with this equipment.

gawan · 05-02-2009, 11:26 AM

Nice shots, looks like one can use the heavy vignetting as an artsy effect!

jgredline · 06-08-2009, 08:11 PM

I like it!

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04-30-2009, 12:00 PM	#2
daacon Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Alberta,Canada Photos: Gallery Posts: 20,914	Not a fan of the cirlce with the FF but quite like what is inside there - ncie shots.

04-30-2009, 01:22 PM	#3
deadwolfbones Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Santa Fe, NM Posts: 7,451	I think it's a very cool effect myself. Nice series!

04-30-2009, 02:06 PM	#4
brkl Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 497 Original Poster	Thanks! The circle is present because I wanted to get the absolute most out of the wide angle view. I don't have prints of these yet (I'm about to move and don't want to mail them), but when I get prints done, I _may_ crop the pictures. Or maybe not! Depends on the pic. I think it works on that one for instance. In any case there's a lot of latitude in what kind of aspect ratio I want.

04-30-2009, 02:12 PM	#5
kevinschoenmakers Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Shanghai Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,509	I like both the effect of the circle and the pictures. Did you have to use a tripod for all of them?

04-30-2009, 03:21 PM	#6
brkl Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 497 Original Poster	Thanks, kevin I don't own a tripod! A few of them have been taken by setting the camera on various surfaces, though. The one from the church was something like half a minute.

05-01-2009, 10:26 AM	#7
elkarrde Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Zagreb, Croatia Posts: 387	try unzooming your DA18-55 to 20mm - you'll get slightly less wide angle, but you'll loose black borders.

05-01-2009, 11:03 AM	#8
Jonson PL Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Copenhagen Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,842	Fun stuff

05-01-2009, 04:46 PM	#9
brkl Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 497 Original Poster	Thanks! Quite many of the pictures I took were around 20-22mm and not 18mm. But I knew I'd get the black borders. The goal was to get as wide a view as possible with this equipment.

05-02-2009, 11:26 AM	#10
gawan Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Helsinki Photos: Gallery Posts: 5,400	Nice shots, looks like one can use the heavy vignetting as an artsy effect!

06-08-2009, 08:11 PM	#11
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