wickedmartini Posted February 11, 2005 Share Posted February 11, 2005 I'm looking for a cheap fisheye attachment that I have seen in the past. It is relatively inexpensive and produces a true fisheye circular image and I belive it mounts to the front of a lens like a standard filter would. Sound familiar to anyone? Any links, sample images or suggestions are appreciated... Thank you! Michael D. D'Avignon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephen hazelton Posted February 11, 2005 Share Posted February 11, 2005 Whether it produces a circular image depends on the lens you put it on. 50mm lens gives full-frame, 24mm gives circular image, maybe 35mm does. Anyway, I've seen a gob of them on ebay while looking for real fisheye lenses. You might also try B&H. The things cost about $40 and for about $120, you can get a REAL fisheye, Zenitar, which is what I'd recommend. I have one of the fisheye converters and haven't used it in ages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken_jeanette Posted February 11, 2005 Share Posted February 11, 2005 They are available from Porter's camera, the catalog seller.www.porters.comthey will send you a catalog of photographic stuff, and I know it was in the current catalog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fmueller Posted February 11, 2005 Share Posted February 11, 2005 I agree that these fisheye adapters deliver pretty poor quality. Any real fisheye lens, including the Zenitar, would likely be better. However, the Zenitar will do you no good if for some reason you want a circular fisheye image, since it's a full frame fisheye lens. The adapter will give full frame image when attached to a 50mm lens, and a circular image when attached to a 24mm lens. 35mm and 28mm are kinda inbetween. The following shot was taken using a 28mm:</p> <img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/3105019-md.jpg" alt="fisheye example image"></p> <i>Minolta XD-7, MD 28mm f/2.8, no-name 0.42x fisheye auxilliary lens</i> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rich_deferrari1 Posted February 11, 2005 Share Posted February 11, 2005 Michael -I had two of these -if I can find them {probably!} I would entertain an $offer or a trade. Thank you -RichD RDeFerrari@aol.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wickedmartini Posted February 11, 2005 Author Share Posted February 11, 2005 Rich, Pop me an e-mail and we can talk... wickedmartini@yahoo.com... Thank you everybody..! mdd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h._p. Posted February 12, 2005 Share Posted February 12, 2005 I'm told by an aquaintance that the cheapest solution is to buy a spare lens cap for your lens and a door security viewer. Cut a hole in the lens cap and glue the security viewer in place. Instant fisheye! He claims that the quality is about the same as you get from the fisheye adaptors for about a third of the cost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ron c sunshine coast,qld,a Posted February 12, 2005 Share Posted February 12, 2005 They are nowhere near as good as the true fisheye lenses-even the cheapish zenitar. <br>They are however excellent for having fun with + as a bonus they give a very handy variable effect on zoom lenses. <br>Here is a quick snapshot taken with one <P>http://members.dodo.net.au/~l8r_ron/pages/sarah.html <p>Notice the strong bluring towards the edges! <BR>I've used quite a few cheap fisheye converters and this is slightly below the average quality you can expect.If you buy a reasonably decent new one it will be a little better than this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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