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June 16th 13, 09:11 PM posted to rec.photo.equipment.35mm
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Help!! Looking Manual (or Auto) 12-14mm Fisheye full format 35mm lowest F# possible
On Sat, 15 Jun 2013 11:51:19 -0700, Savageduck
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: On 2013-06-15 09:25:16 -0700,
said:
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: I can find the Nikkor 14mm f2.8 but I'd REALLY like something with fair
: to excellent image quality (point spread OK) AND a low F# ... lower
: than 2.8. HELP!?? Vintage lenses OK.
:
: Why do you need a "fish-eye" faster than f/2.8?
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: The Nikkor 14mm f/2.8 is not a "fish-eye" it is an ultra-wide angle
: lens. There is more to a "fish-eye" lens than just being a wide angle.
: Typically the idea is to capture a 180 degree field of view and that is
: usually attained by a combination specialized lens construction
: imparting a spherical distortion beyond that imparted by an ultra-wide
: angle.
I'm far from an expert in optics, but I was under the impression that it's the
other way around. I.e., an ultra-wide-angle rectilinear lens requires more
drastic corrections, because ultra-wide lenses naturally tend to be fisheyes.
Am I misinformed? (The Wikipedia article is vague on that point and can be
read either way.)
Bob
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