Fisheye Fever Club -- Flaunt your fisheye photos!

08amczb · 08-31-2018, 03:14 PM - **7 Likes**

jcdoss · 09-04-2018, 02:19 PM - **3 Likes**

K2 & K17/4 Fisheye on Fujifilm ProPlus 200

**goatsNdonkey** · 09-11-2018, 10:46 AM - **2 Likes**

Samigon 180-Degree Fish-eye lens + Sears Auto f2 50mm + K10D + black-and-white conversion

(cross-posted in Black-and-white / Monochrome thread)

**Weevil** · 09-17-2018, 03:45 PM

With my lack of planning and experience for making starscapes, I forgot to take one separate picture of the foreground without the Astrotracer enabled, hence the visible blur, but helped not getting star trails in this near 2-minute exposure. The foreground was "light-painted" with my flashlight.

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Pentax K-3ii + SMC Pentax-DA 10-17mm F3.5-4.5 Fish-Eye ED [IF] @ 10mm
113s [Bulb / Astrotracer], ƒ/4.5, ISO 1600

La voie lactée sur la rivière Ausable / The Milky Way over Ausable River
(x-posted)

jack002 · 09-18-2018, 07:07 AM - **3 Likes**

**goatsNdonkey** · 09-30-2018, 06:28 PM - **3 Likes**

Circular Fish-eye Flair.

This is actually from the first few tests of the Samigon FE on a film camera. It was designed to be on a the normal lens of a film camera to make circular fish-eye images. Until now, I've only used it on digital bodies, getting either rectangular images or ones with only circle arcs at the corners or ends. I should be stopped down about a half-stop more, according to the lens instructions, but was going with what the light required. The flare-starburst outside of the image circle was a complete surprise, though I was aware of the sun being right at the fringe of what I was framing.

Samigon 180-Degree Fisheye, at f11
Super Takumar f1.4 50mm (host lens)
Spotmatic SP, at 1/250 sec.
Rollei Superpan 200

(cross-posted)

**brightseal** · 10-02-2018, 09:18 AM - **12 Likes**

Da 10-17

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**goatsNdonkey** · 10-03-2018, 04:07 PM - **1 Like**

Barnyard with donkey silhouette.

Samigon 180-Degree Fisheye lens, at f11
Super Takumar f1.4 50mm (host lens)
Spotmatic SP, at 1/250 sec.
Rollei Superpan 200

northcoastgreg · 10-03-2018, 04:52 PM - **8 Likes**

F 17-28, Pentax K-1, @17mm:

**WPRESTO** · 10-31-2018, 03:45 PM - **3 Likes**

Almost a month without a post on this thread.
Samyang fish-eye on Panasonic GX8, atrium of the Table Bay Hotel, Cape Town.

northcoastgreg · 11-01-2018, 06:41 AM - **2 Likes**

Stone Lagoon with the F 17-28:

**WPRESTO** · 11-06-2018, 07:03 AM - **4 Likes**

Same Samyang fish-eye and Pany GX8 as I used in the photo just above. Looking straight up from inside a gully or canyon.

northcoastgreg · 11-06-2018, 08:22 AM - **3 Likes**

With the F 17-28:

**JensE** · 11-06-2018, 01:47 PM

Originally posted by northcoastgreg

With the F 17-28

Excellent composition! I really like how you managed to use the wide end of the 17-28mm to create a very natural sense of scale, avoiding the extreme perspective distortion of rectangular projections for such wide angles, while still keeping the bent lines under control.

northcoastgreg · 11-07-2018, 08:44 AM - **4 Likes**

Originally posted by JensE

Excellent composition! I really like how you managed to use the wide end of the 17-28mm to create a very natural sense of scale, avoiding the extreme perspective distortion of rectangular projections for such wide angles, while still keeping the bent lines under control.

Thanks. That's the way to try to get the most out of fisheye lenses --- try to conceal the distortion embedded in the lens as much as possible. Another image of the same bridge:

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09-11-2018, 10:46 AM - 2 Likes	#3093
goatsNdonkey Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Fulton County, Illinois Posts: 3,736	Samigon 180-Degree Fish-eye lens + Sears Auto f2 50mm + K10D + black-and-white conversion (cross-posted in Black-and-white / Monochrome thread)

09-17-2018, 03:45 PM	#3094
Weevil Site Supporter Join Date: May 2012 Location: Near Montréal, Québec Photos: Gallery Posts: 4,445	With my lack of planning and experience for making starscapes, I forgot to take one separate picture of the foreground without the Astrotracer enabled, hence the visible blur, but helped not getting star trails in this near 2-minute exposure. The foreground was "light-painted" with my flashlight. ======= Pentax K-3ii + SMC Pentax-DA 10-17mm F3.5-4.5 Fish-Eye ED [IF] @ 10mm 113s [Bulb / Astrotracer], ƒ/4.5, ISO 1600 La voie lactée sur la rivière Ausable / The Milky Way over Ausable River (x-posted)

09-18-2018, 07:07 AM - 3 Likes	#3095
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09-30-2018, 06:28 PM - 3 Likes	#3096
goatsNdonkey Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Fulton County, Illinois Posts: 3,736	Circular Fish-eye Flair. This is actually from the first few tests of the Samigon FE on a film camera. It was designed to be on a the normal lens of a film camera to make circular fish-eye images. Until now, I've only used it on digital bodies, getting either rectangular images or ones with only circle arcs at the corners or ends. I should be stopped down about a half-stop more, according to the lens instructions, but was going with what the light required. The flare-starburst outside of the image circle was a complete surprise, though I was aware of the sun being right at the fringe of what I was framing. Samigon 180-Degree Fisheye, at f11 Super Takumar f1.4 50mm (host lens) Spotmatic SP, at 1/250 sec. Rollei Superpan 200 (cross-posted)

10-03-2018, 04:07 PM - 1 Like	#3098
goatsNdonkey Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Fulton County, Illinois Posts: 3,736	Barnyard with donkey silhouette. Samigon 180-Degree Fisheye lens, at f11 Super Takumar f1.4 50mm (host lens) Spotmatic SP, at 1/250 sec. Rollei Superpan 200

10-03-2018, 04:52 PM - 8 Likes	#3099
northcoastgreg Pentaxian Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Northern Michigan Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 6,174	F 17-28, Pentax K-1, @17mm:

11-01-2018, 06:41 AM - 2 Likes	#3101
northcoastgreg Pentaxian Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Northern Michigan Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 6,174	Stone Lagoon with the F 17-28:

11-06-2018, 08:22 AM - 3 Likes	#3103
northcoastgreg Pentaxian Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Northern Michigan Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 6,174	With the F 17-28:

11-06-2018, 01:47 PM	#3104
JensE Site Supporter Join Date: Dec 2015 Location: Leipzig Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 1,970	Originally posted by northcoastgreg With the F 17-28 Excellent composition! I really like how you managed to use the wide end of the 17-28mm to create a very natural sense of scale, avoiding the extreme perspective distortion of rectangular projections for such wide angles, while still keeping the bent lines under control.

11-07-2018, 08:44 AM - 4 Likes	#3105
northcoastgreg Pentaxian Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Northern Michigan Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 6,174	Originally posted by JensE Excellent composition! I really like how you managed to use the wide end of the 17-28mm to create a very natural sense of scale, avoiding the extreme perspective distortion of rectangular projections for such wide angles, while still keeping the bent lines under control. Thanks. That's the way to try to get the most out of fisheye lenses --- try to conceal the distortion embedded in the lens as much as possible. Another image of the same bridge: