Most impressive set of fisheye lenses, Rafael. I had exactly the same question in my mind as James regarding how you mount the lenses on. It would scare me. Your demos show just how impressive some of these old lenses can be.
Barbara and I explored a 125 acre arboretum on the campus of a nearby university yesterday. We missed peak color, but there was still some hanging on here and there. Fuji X-S10 and 50-135mm.
DeltaSigma wrote:
Fantastic second image. Looks as if it could have been taken on the Moon.
Colin
Thanks. The area is the Swakopmund river and Kuiseb river canyons, and locally known as the moon landscape, so youre on the money there... also the same area Mad Max Fury Road was filmed.
mp356 wrote:
Wooden bridge. Taken with the 55 f3.5 Ai'd. Thanks for looking.
Scott
Love the first one. Looks like you still have some color hanging on. The remnants of hurricane Ian hurt our trees this year by damaging the leaves right before the colors got started well.
Rafael, congratulations on receiving the 10mm OP in a condition that meets your perfecto standards. Awesome piece of glass!
James, excellent captures on your grandson.
Leighton, the sunrise photograph a few pages back is terrific.
A couple from the 17 mile drive at Pebble Beach.
The Lone Cyprus, this old timer is believed to have been seeded around 1750. In February 2019, a severe storm sadly broke the large left limb as can be seen in the photo.
105/2.5 Ai
Bird Rock, popular spot for bird watchers and is also a hot spot for sea lions.
50/2
leighton w wrote:
Love the first one. Looks like you still have some color hanging on. The remnants of hurricane Ian hurt our trees this year by damaging the leaves right before the colors got started well.
Thank you Leighton. These were taken about 10 days ago and the color is almost gone now.
Here are a few photos from early October in the Comox Valley and the visible spectrum, with a theme of "lakeside forest." Credit goes to the 20 f/2.8 Ai-s (x2), the 50 f/1.2 Ai-s (x2), the Fuji X-T4, and the Mitakon Zhongyi Lens Turbo II.
Thanks,
That first image explains it extremely well. Fortunately for me and my wallet - I have no intention of going mirror-less, and all the film gear I had is sold - whew! Dodged that one...
Jim
rafaelcasd wrote:
Simpler than it seems James. The 8mm, 7.5mm and 10mm mirror up fisheyes do not protrude into the camera all that much. They can be mounted on almost any Nikon DSLR by setting the camera to live view, which gets the mirror up and out of the way, use the lens and then remove it before turning the camera off live view. Same applies to the Voigtlander 15mm SL F mount. Do NOT try this with the F mount 2.1cm, it will ruin your camera.
I have to admit this makes me nervous so I avoid the DLSRs for these lenses and just mount them on the Z camera with any F to Z adapter. I choose to use a F to Z adapter with a helicoid as it allows fine tuning of the focusing. These lenses are supposed to be fixed focus but you can improve the image with a little fine focusing using the adapter. On a DSLR it will be fixed focus, no other choice.
leighton w wrote:
Barbara and I explored a 125 acre arboretum on the campus of a nearby university yesterday. We missed peak color, but there was still some hanging on here and there. Fuji X-S10 and 50-135mm.
