michael_matsil Posted October 20, 2004 Share Posted October 20, 2004 Is there a fish eye lens for the M system? It seems that VC has a 12 and 15mm but they are both rectiinear. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshroot Posted October 20, 2004 Share Posted October 20, 2004 get an adapter and put an SLR fisheye lens on the camera. You'll have to scale focus. But with the huge DOF, it shouldn't be a problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al_kaplan1 Posted October 20, 2004 Share Posted October 20, 2004 Spiratone and others used to make fisheye converter lenses that weren't half bad, and even made a fisheye viewfinder. I also had a 12mm T-mount fisheye prime at one time that used to have two curved ends on the photo because it covered about a 30mm circle. None of these were truly crisp, but they were fun! For a bunch of years every time I shot a wedding in a church with a balcony I'd try to get a fisheye shot during the ceremony from up there. I used a converter lens on my Hassleblad 500CM. It gave me about a 40mm circular image on the negative with the 80mm lens. The people always bought it, ALWAYS! Then fisheyes got "over done", auto focus/auto exposure SLR's didn't lend themselves to slow T-mount fixed focus optics, Hasselblads, being "primitive film cameras" used "expensive film", and the world changed! Check the auction site. They do turn up from time to time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephen hazelton Posted October 20, 2004 Share Posted October 20, 2004 I just got a Zenitar 16mm fisheye lens for my K1000 and have been having fun with it. But I don't know that there'd be much point to using it on a rangefinder- it does help to see the image you're shooting, and you can pick up a manual SLR cheaper than you could any kind of viewfinder. Common problems with fisheyes are flare and shadows (of yourself) in the image, and an SLR would help in either case. My first thought when I got my fisheye (which is 16mm) is that it isn't that much different from my 17mm rectilinear lens- given the choice, I'd probably go with the 12 or 15mm rectilinear rather than the fisheye.<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nasmformyzombie Posted October 21, 2004 Share Posted October 21, 2004 I use a Minolta lens to Leica M adapter (Leitz made) with a Minolta f2.8 Fisheye lens and Voigtlander 15mm finder. OK for chuckles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_neuthaler Posted October 21, 2004 Share Posted October 21, 2004 16mm Zeiss Hologon 1:8 often adapted for Leica M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordi_boada Posted October 21, 2004 Share Posted October 21, 2004 Some days ago someone offered a Nikon fisheye (7.5 f5.6), modified to fit Leica M mount in the great auction site. You can see it at http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=3341&item=3847122316&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael_matsil Posted October 21, 2004 Author Share Posted October 21, 2004 Thanks everyone. Now that I know more, I'll probably stay away from adapting the much larger SLR fish eyes. If I decide I want something real wide, I'll probably take Stephen H's advice and go with the rectilinear 15 from VC. Does anyone know the Voigtlander website....I can't seem to find it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank_meeker Posted October 21, 2004 Share Posted October 21, 2004 www.cameraquest.com is one. Good luck! Frank M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roger_michel Posted October 21, 2004 Share Posted October 21, 2004 a rectilinear WA is no substitute for a fisheye. they are really very different lenses. decide if you want the fisheye look. having said that, isn't there a "fisheye" feature in the latest iteration of PS?? or is it a plugin?? either way, i think you can get a fisheye look in post-processing. i suppose such technology works best with a WA shot, but i don't really know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael_matsil Posted October 21, 2004 Author Share Posted October 21, 2004 Sure, Roger....I know the difference. I'm just thinking out loud in this thread....thanks for indulging me :-) Does anyone have any image examples of the 12 or 15mm VC lenses? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew n.bra hrefhttp Posted October 21, 2004 Share Posted October 21, 2004 I use a <b>Leica R 16mm Fisheye-Elmarit lens</b> on my Leica Ms for shooting QuickTime VR panoramas. Been doing so for years. It's mounted onto the camera using a Novoflex Leica R->M lensmount adapter ring.<p> It's a full-frame fisheye. Very good flare control (especially when shooting in to the sun). Focus is a non-issue (it's always set to 3m). At f8 or f11 it's incredibly sharp from corner to corner.<p> You can see photos of my M+fisheye rig in the Leica FAQ at:<p> <a href="http://nemeng.com/leica/003f.shtml"> http://nemeng.com/leica/003f.shtml</a><p> You can see the end result, high-resolution QuickTime VRs, on my site at:<p> <a href="http://4020.net/vr/">http://4020.net/vr/</a> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael_matsil Posted October 21, 2004 Author Share Posted October 21, 2004 Thanks Andrew. Those QTVR's are definitely a "higher and better use" of a fisheye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boris_bulldog Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 <p>Kenko makes a 37MM fish eye conversion lens that I use with my D-LUX 6 and then I got 39MM to 40.5MM step up and 40.5MM to 37MM step down to accept the Kenko lens on my Leica M3.<br> Pic taken with my Leica M3 50MM Summicron f2 1/60 Kodak Tri-X 400-</p> <p>http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee197/borisbulldog/IMG_0282_zpse89aa170.jpg</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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