Hello David, It is possible to take images that don't look extreme in the "fisheye" look. You do have to be careful with the subject matter and how you frame the scene. Here are some examples that I would consider to not have that cheap trick look:
http://www.daytonphoto.com/Galleries/gfm/imgp9428.htm http://www.daytonphoto.com/Galleries/gfm/imgp9572.htm http://www.daytonphoto.com/Galleries/gfm/imgp9581.htm http://www.daytonphoto.com/Galleries/gfm/imgp9596a.htm http://www.daytonphoto.com/Galleries/Misc/0037-07.htm BTW, one great feature of the Pentax 17-28 fisheye zoom is that you can vary the strength of the distortion by zooming in and out. -- Best regards, Bruce Wednesday, October 27, 2004, 6:57:59 AM, you wrote: DZ> Is it possible to take normal looking pictures with such DZ> fisheye without immediately noticing that the fisheye was used, so DZ> no DZ> curved lines. Are there any examples of such use ? Pictures DZ> ? I could not find anything on the net about this, all the DZ> pictures DZ> have cheap trick look. >> > > for the MZ-S. Just remember that there are only so many uses for a >> > > fisheye as compared to, say a 50/1.4.
