Lomo Fisheye Camera onsale $25.00

[larrydressler]

I was informed of this yesterday I ordered one. Looks like fun and at

1/2 th price I figure it will be a fun toy with spring coming.

 

http://www.dwr.com/productdetail.cfm?id=7484&Prfrm=1&cmp=AFC-

GB9049936277

 

Larry

[._._z]

Good price, and dwr.com is very reputable.

[stephen hazelton]

I've thought about getting one, but already have a fisheye on my SLR. Freestyle carries these as well.

[kerkko_kehravuo]

Has anyone any experience of those Fisheye Lomos?

 

Kerkko K.

[._._z]

A friend has one, as well as the SuperSampler (4 images on one negative, also $25 at

swr.com) -- about what you'd expect from an all-plastic camera.

[skygzr]

It comes with a flash! I'm sure it covers 170 degrees :-)

[kerkko_kehravuo]

Sad case: I did order one. 40 euros here at Old Continent.

 

Kerkko K.

[larrydressler]

Running a roll of cheap 400 negative film through it now with and without flash. I think as long as the flash covers the closest subjects with out too much burn out it should be OK for small rooms besides the viefinder is useless even acording to the manual but I am building a view finder out of a door peaker.

 

Sorry for the Euro problem. I wonder what would happen if North America went to a common currency?

 

Larry

[larrydressler]

Well all I got the film back I posted a few. I am learning that this may be better than I thought. The flash will cover the whole frame that is what suprised me.

http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=574250

 

Larry<div></div>

[duolian]

A different way to use the Lomo Fisheye:

<p><a href="http://www.photo.net/photo/4193895"><img alt="The Wisconsin Supreme Court" title="The Wisconsin Supreme Court" src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/4193895-sm.jpg" align="left" height=200 width=200 border=0></a>A couple of years ago I did some experimenting with using a door peephole as a camera lens -- actually, as an add-on: I would hold it immediately in front of a camera lens and shoot through it. I found that with the proper setting on the real lens, an interesting (albeit technically horrible) <a href="http://webpages.charter.net/dnance/photos/fisheye.htm">faux-fisheye effect</a> could be created. When I saw this thread about the Lomo Fisheye I decided that, for the price, it was worth taking a crack at the same technique, so I got one. <p> Although the Lomo Fisheye comes with a warning on the inside of the attached rubber lenscap that the lens is "not removable" this is not, strictly speaking, true. With a few screwdrivers (more for prying than anything else), pliers, and a small saw, I separated the lens from the body of one, chopped and channeled the housing, and, voila, I had a fisheye lens. I found that simply holding it to the front of the lens on my little Sony Cybershot DSC-S40 worked just fine, yielding a circular fisheye-like image (a "circular crop" removes the surrounding black areas). I have posted <a href="http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=578827">some of the results here</a>, along with some shots of the decapitated lens and the way it is used in combination with the digicam.

[larrydressler]

Dave

After seeing what you did I was wondering. Also I have a ton of old bellows laying around

I am tempted to get a second camera remove the lens then mount it on a t-mount. then I could use it on any slr I wanted. Any ideas?

 

Larry

[kerkko_kehravuo]

I got my Lomo Fisheye. Horrible device, but still plenty of fun. Results are - interesting. Worth of 25 USD for shure, maybe even of 40 euros. I did like it!

 

Kerkko K.