Fisheye options?

[Jan Brittenson]

Okay, thinned one of the adapters with a Dremel, and it's usable now. The lens shows a fair amount of chromatic aberration, but it cleans up very easily in LR3 using a -40 red/cyan setting. A bit soft around the corners, but perfectly acceptable. Extremely well controlled flare and ghosting.

 

[Jan Brittenson]

In hindsight, I probably should have just bought the Sony...

 

[edwardkaraa]

In hindsight, I probably should have just bought the Sony...

At the beginning I was a bit reluctant to use Sony glass because I had previously used only Zeiss. However, I started to become a fan of the old Minolta look (not to be confused with the look of recent lenses) which include the Sony 20/2.8, 35/1.4G and 50/1.4.

Also fisheyes are very easy to design and most are of good quality because they don't need much corrections.

So, I too would have chosen the Sony.

 

[roweraay]

I have a Sony that I have barely used (as "mint" as they come with retail box and all else that came with it)....not a big fisheye person, even though when I bought it, I had hopes of using it.

Just put mine up for sale in the buy/sell area.

Click here for Link to the listing

 

[Jan Brittenson]

Got a Sony Fisheye - and it's a great little lens. Unfortunately, it won't focus to infinity either. And upon close examination it turns out NONE of my other lenses do either, other than those that will turn past infinity. Time to send the a850 off to Sony...