D700 and a Zenitar 16mm...again

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p.1 #1 · D700 and a Zenitar 16mm...again

Alright, I thought I would give the Zenitar Fisheye($150 lens) another try to see if the last go around was just a fluke.
Man what a cool little lens. It is sharp from f2.8 up. Here a is a shot I did to see what it would look like de-fished.
Again, I'm not a landscape guy but this thing makes me want to get out and see what I can do with it. These were defished with NX.

Fishy

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Defished

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Thanks for looking.
Darren

Oct 25, 2008 at 04:49 AM

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p.1 #2 · D700 and a Zenitar 16mm...again

what a fun $150 experiment!! I like it thanks

Oct 25, 2008 at 06:00 AM

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p.1 #3 · D700 and a Zenitar 16mm...again

I'm also interested with this lens for the longest time. Did you use fisheye hemi to defish the picture? Have you used it for indoor shots?

Oct 25, 2009 at 01:29 AM

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p.1 #4 · D700 and a Zenitar 16mm...again

Wow, what a nice little lens and such a good price. Makes me wonder why I should save for the Nikkor.

Oct 25, 2009 at 02:47 AM

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p.1 #5 · D700 and a Zenitar 16mm...again

I got one after seeing your last post Darren....

Taken at a Buffalo game about a month ago

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I think its great for a cheap little toy.....

Oct 25, 2009 at 02:51 AM

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p.1 #6 · D700 and a Zenitar 16mm...again

For $150, cool little lens. I can't believe people really bought Owens jerseys,

Oct 25, 2009 at 03:17 AM

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p.1 #7 · D700 and a Zenitar 16mm...again

monochrome wrote:
I can't believe people really bought Owens jerseys,
That's what jumped out at me. And there I was thinking I'd feel sorry for Buffalo fans when they lose their NFL team.

Oct 25, 2009 at 03:20 PM

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p.1 #8 · D700 and a Zenitar 16mm...again

Yeah, I think it's only a little ways away for Toronto to get it.

Oct 25, 2009 at 05:15 PM

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p.1 #9 · D700 and a Zenitar 16mm...again

tmark wrote:
monochrome wrote:
I can't believe people really bought Owens jerseys,
That's what jumped out at me. And there I was thinking I'd feel sorry for Buffalo fans when they lose their NFL team.

Are the Bills going somewhere? I am originally from Buffalo, but had not heard anything about this. Care to elaborate?

Oct 25, 2009 at 07:01 PM

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p.1 #10 · D700 and a Zenitar 16mm...again

It's just that the Bills have started playing regular seasons games in Toronto.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/columns/story?columnist=garber_greg&id=3740298

Read the last paragraph in the story.

Oct 25, 2009 at 07:11 PM

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p.1 #11 · D700 and a Zenitar 16mm...again

Where did both of you Darrens buy your 16mm? I'd like to get one for my D700. Checking eBay I'm seeing goshotcamera (USA) and moscowphoto (Russia). Any other options?

TIA.......Don

Oct 25, 2009 at 08:57 PM

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p.1 #12 · D700 and a Zenitar 16mm...again

seems to be definitely worth the money !

Guy

Oct 25, 2009 at 09:33 PM

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p.1 #13 · D700 and a Zenitar 16mm...again

I bought off of goshotcamera for $185 shipped to Buffalo

worth the coin IMO

Oct 27, 2009 at 07:20 PM

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p.1 #14 · D700 and a Zenitar 16mm...again

dgcrane wrote:
I got one after seeing your last post Darren....
I think its great for a cheap little toy.....

Thanks Darren.

I can’t believe this thread is still alive. It was revived almost a year to the day. I really like this lens. It is one of my sharpest and contrasty lenses that I have.
I bought mine here on FM for around $125 but it had a broken lens cap so I bought a Nikon 10.5mm cap and modified it to fit. Here is one from this weekend taken at the new Cowboys stadium. The stadium is one of the most amazing sites that I have ever seen. Oh yeah and the Cowboys won !
Here is a shot with the lens from this weekend.
Thanks,
Darren

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