Fisheye Fever Club -- Flaunt your fisheye photos!

**WPRESTO** · 03-02-2018, 09:48 AM

Originally posted by MikeStnly

Really like your second shot, gorgeous.

Thank you. It took a lot of time with mouse & keyboard to make it look like that, but no more time, probably, than I used to spend in a darkroom coaxing the best out of a B&W negative - and I didn't have to deal with those chemicals all over my fingers or breathing their miasma.

**pepperberry farm** · 03-10-2018, 08:42 AM - **6 Likes**

**cobbu2** · 03-21-2018, 05:43 PM - **1 Like**

Taken down Av. Isla Verde, San Juan Puerto Rico

18mm f/11 Takumar -Fisheye "Pancake," Yashica TL-Electro, 400TMY-2, HC-110B, Pakon F135 scanner

tim60 · 03-21-2018, 10:54 PM

Originally posted by cobbu2

Taken down Av. Isla Verde, San Juan Puerto Rico

18mm f/11 Takumar -Fisheye "Pancake," Yashica TL-Electro, 400TMY-2, HC-110B, Pakon F135 scanner

First image I have seen from the 18/11. Looks rather soft away from the centre.

**cobbu2** · 03-23-2018, 09:25 AM - **2 Likes**

Originally posted by tim60

First image I have seen from the 18/11. Looks rather soft away from the centre.

I think this was taken at f/16; this lens has no focus ring and just 4 click stops (11, 16, 22, 32) for the aperture. The corners improve slightly as you stop down, but never completely sharpen; here's one at f/22:

Other examples can be found here.

With its unique presentation, and simple features, it's actually quite liberating and fun to use.

Cheers, Allan

**pepperberry farm** · 03-30-2018, 09:00 PM - **6 Likes**

Racer X 69 · 03-30-2018, 11:36 PM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by pepperberry farm

I remember when my folks raised chickens for meat. Each year they would get 50 or 100, and we raised them to the right age and size, and butchered them, filling the deep freezer.

It always seemed so odd how they were so totally comfortable around us.

As if they had inherited the knowledge that this was their lot in life.

Get hatched, scratch at feed and bugs for a few months, then wind up drawn and quartered, in a place similar to the South Pole.

**cobbu2** · 04-04-2018, 01:10 PM - **3 Likes**

Here are 3 while strolling Manhattan this past Sunday in the early afternoon; camera was a Yashica TL-E sporting the good old 18mm f/11 Fisheye Takumar:

Radio City Music Hall

East 44th St. at 3rd Ave:

And The Rink at Rockefeller Center

Expired Plus-X, HC-110B

jack002 · 04-06-2018, 12:21 PM - **3 Likes**

I like to take sky pics with a wide angle lens

flugfiske · 04-15-2018, 12:52 PM - **4 Likes**

Something hard in the forest...
K-3 + DA 10-17

**WPRESTO** · 05-01-2018, 06:44 AM - **8 Likes**

Is that dust inside my lens? Cross-posted from the Alphabet Thread, but I just knew more people would want to enjoy this image.

Jean Poitiers · 05-19-2018, 04:43 AM - **5 Likes**

First outing early this morning with the newly acquired Fish-eye-Takumar 17/4 ... first is with the incorporated red filter. (xpost from K-1 thread)

Jean Poitiers · 05-29-2018, 09:13 AM - **1 Like**

More Fish-eye-Takumar 17/4 fun ... I had to take the land yacht to the Renault dealership to get a new and expensive card key ... a half hour wait, so I had some fun and a few stares, too ...

Racer X 69 · 05-29-2018, 10:28 AM

Originally posted by Jean Poitiers

... I had to take the land yacht to the Renault dealership to get a new and expensive card key ...

Card key?

stevebrot · 05-29-2018, 11:08 AM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by Jean Poitiers

First outing early this morning with the newly acquired Fish-eye-Takumar 17/4 ... first is with the incorporated red filter. (xpost from K-1 thread)

It appears that your church is...ummmmm...under new management

Steve

03-10-2018, 08:42 AM - 6 Likes	#3017
pepperberry farm amateur dirt farmer Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: probably out in a field somewhere... Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 41,664	K-3 with DA 10-17mm f3.5-4.5 ED (IF)

03-23-2018, 09:25 AM - 2 Likes	#3020
cobbu2 Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: May 2013 Location: North Potomac, MD Photos: Albums Posts: 1,427	Originally posted by tim60 First image I have seen from the 18/11. Looks rather soft away from the centre. I think this was taken at f/16; this lens has no focus ring and just 4 click stops (11, 16, 22, 32) for the aperture. The corners improve slightly as you stop down, but never completely sharpen; here's one at f/22: Other examples can be found here. With its unique presentation, and simple features, it's actually quite liberating and fun to use. Cheers, Allan Last edited by cobbu2; 03-23-2018 at 09:40 AM.

03-30-2018, 09:00 PM - 6 Likes	#3021
pepperberry farm amateur dirt farmer Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: probably out in a field somewhere... Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 41,664	K-3 with DA 10-17mm f3.5-4.5 ED (IF)

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03-02-2018, 09:48 AM	#3016
WPRESTO Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Massachusetts Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 59,104	Originally posted by MikeStnly Really like your second shot, gorgeous. Thank you. It took a lot of time with mouse & keyboard to make it look like that, but no more time, probably, than I used to spend in a darkroom coaxing the best out of a B&W negative - and I didn't have to deal with those chemicals all over my fingers or breathing their miasma.

03-21-2018, 05:43 PM - 1 Like	#3018
cobbu2 Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: May 2013 Location: North Potomac, MD Photos: Albums Posts: 1,427	Taken down Av. Isla Verde, San Juan Puerto Rico 18mm f/11 Takumar -Fisheye "Pancake," Yashica TL-Electro, 400TMY-2, HC-110B, Pakon F135 scanner

03-21-2018, 10:54 PM	#3019
tim60 Pentaxian Join Date: Apr 2011 Photos: Albums Posts: 8,743	Originally posted by cobbu2 Taken down Av. Isla Verde, San Juan Puerto Rico 18mm f/11 Takumar -Fisheye "Pancake," Yashica TL-Electro, 400TMY-2, HC-110B, Pakon F135 scanner First image I have seen from the 18/11. Looks rather soft away from the centre.

03-30-2018, 11:36 PM - 1 Like	#3022
Racer X 69 Moderator Man With A Camera Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: The Great Pacific Northwet, in the Land Between Canada and Mexico Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 28,067	Originally posted by pepperberry farm I remember when my folks raised chickens for meat. Each year they would get 50 or 100, and we raised them to the right age and size, and butchered them, filling the deep freezer. It always seemed so odd how they were so totally comfortable around us. As if they had inherited the knowledge that this was their lot in life. Get hatched, scratch at feed and bugs for a few months, then wind up drawn and quartered, in a place similar to the South Pole.

04-04-2018, 01:10 PM - 3 Likes	#3023
cobbu2 Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: May 2013 Location: North Potomac, MD Photos: Albums Posts: 1,427	Here are 3 while strolling Manhattan this past Sunday in the early afternoon; camera was a Yashica TL-E sporting the good old 18mm f/11 Fisheye Takumar: Radio City Music Hall East 44th St. at 3rd Ave: And The Rink at Rockefeller Center Expired Plus-X, HC-110B

04-06-2018, 12:21 PM - 3 Likes	#3024
jack002 Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Missouri Photos: Albums Posts: 727	I like to take sky pics with a wide angle lens

05-19-2018, 04:43 AM - 5 Likes	#3027
Jean Poitiers Pentaxian Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Lost in translation ... Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 18,076	First outing early this morning with the newly acquired Fish-eye-Takumar 17/4 ... first is with the incorporated red filter. (xpost from K-1 thread)

05-29-2018, 09:13 AM - 1 Like	#3028
Jean Poitiers Pentaxian Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Lost in translation ... Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 18,076	More Fish-eye-Takumar 17/4 fun ... I had to take the land yacht to the Renault dealership to get a new and expensive card key ... a half hour wait, so I had some fun and a few stares, too ...

05-29-2018, 10:28 AM	#3029
Racer X 69 Moderator Man With A Camera Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: The Great Pacific Northwet, in the Land Between Canada and Mexico Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 28,067	Originally posted by Jean Poitiers ... I had to take the land yacht to the Renault dealership to get a new and expensive card key ... Card key?

05-29-2018, 11:08 AM - 1 Like	#3030
stevebrot Otis Memorial Pentaxian Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Vancouver (USA) Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 42,007	Originally posted by Jean Poitiers First outing early this morning with the newly acquired Fish-eye-Takumar 17/4 ... first is with the incorporated red filter. (xpost from K-1 thread) It appears that your church is...ummmmm...under new management Steve