I’ve always been a huge fan of fisheye lenses, but I’ve never been able to justify buying one for myself. A fisheye lens is extremely fun to use and offers all sorts of creative possibilities, but, to be honest, I can only do so much with one. Luckily for me, several of my photographer friends have fisheye lenses that I can borrow from time to time. :)
Here are a few shots from a recent stint with Nikon’s 10.5mm Fisheye:
That lens is super sharp, extremely compact and light, and opens up all the way to f/2.8 for easy low-light shooting. If I wanted to, I could easily de-fish the images in Capture NX, but, honestly, why bother. It’s a fisheye! The distortion is fun!
I really want one, but the cost just isn’t in my budget right now. Maybe after I get paid for another gig or something.
Huge thanks to Shawn for letting me borrow the fisheye this weekend!
Forget the fish-eye…you need to get yourself a nice telephoto so you can come birding with me and get photos like this:
http://discourse.seventhcourse.com/2008/07/20/hawks-and-hummingbirds-at-marymoor.aspx
:-)
Anytime you want to borrow my fisheye, you just ask. :)
…until you get your own that is!