Fisheye

[frankie_frank1]

<p>Any suggestion of Fisheye Adapter to Nikkor 50mm f/1.8?</p>

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[minh_nguyen18]

<p>There is the Opteka fisheye available on Amazon but it's not a true fisheye, just gives the effect. It comes with adpaters to fit on 50mm, 52mm, etc...<br>

Here's a link :<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Opteka-Professional-Fisheye-Digital-Camera/dp/B001K5UQX0/ref=pd_bbs_12?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1235262302&sr=8-12"> http://www.amazon.com/Opteka-Professional-Fisheye-Digital-Camera/dp/B001K5UQX0/ref=pd_bbs_12?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1235262302&sr=8-12</a><br>

I used to own a Phoenix adapter (same thing as Opteka) that I purchased at my local photography store here, it works well but its really for the pure fun of having the "fisheye" effect.<br>

Save up for the 10.5mm :)</p>

[JDMvW]

<p>The one good thing about the "fisheye adapter" auxiliary lenses is that they let you "work it out of your system."</p>

<p>Depending on the adapter, they can provide fisheye effects that are close to the real thing except for the one issue of image quality. On the other hand, remember that a fisheye lens--one so labeled by the maker--is one that is NOT rectilinear. That is no effort is made, in fact no effort is wanted, to try to keep straight lines straight. <em>Fisheye </em> is NOT a synonym for "super wide angle" (see <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fisheye_lens">link</a> ). Super or Ultra Wides are rectilinear although they do show distinctive wide angle effects that are obvious, but not the same as what you see through a fisheye lens.<br /> Fisheyes were very popular for a time back in the 70s when they were first introduced (partly to get 180-degree sky pictures for meteorology). The look is fun to play with, but a little of this effect goes a long way with most viewers, hence my advice to buy one of the cheap adapters first and only after playing with the effect, invest in the very expensive true fisheye lenses.</p>

<p>One of the best of these was a Spiratone 0.15X fisheye adapter, but do not buy it if it does not have the adapter ring mount. Spiratone also sold a 7mm actual fisheye lens, but it usually sells for a fair price.</p>