The 17mm fisheye isn't very fishey on APS-C either. It does evidence lots of barrel distortion, and it appears to be wider than the 1.5x crop would predict, mostly due to it's fisheye nature, field curvature isn't uniform across the frame, only in concentric circles...
-----Original Message----- >From: Rick Womer <[email protected]> >Sent: Feb 5, 2009 9:56 AM >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: PESO--From the Museum Balcony > >Thanks, Godfrey! > >Methinks your 17mm fisheye won't be very fishy on the 4/3 camera--won't it be >the equivalent of 35mm on a 35mm camera? > >My F 17-24 fisheye isn't very fishy on the istD and K10D. > >Rick > >http://photo.net/photos/RickW > > >--- On Thu, 2/5/09, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[email protected]> wrote: > >> From: Godfrey DiGiorgi <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: PESO--From the Museum Balcony >> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> >> Date: Thursday, February 5, 2009, 9:07 AM >> Both pretty cool photos. >> >> You've inspired me to dig out the Fish-Eye-Takumar 17mm >> f/4 and give it a go on the G1 today. I don't have a lot >> of time to do much shooting, but I'll give it a try at >> the cafe when I'm there for breakfast. >> >> Godfrey >> >> >> On Feb 5, 2009, at 12:23 AM, Rick Womer wrote: >> >> > I might as well make the posting of these >> "official"... >> > >> > One taken with the DA 16-45: >> > >> > >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=8571357&size=lg >> > >> > And another taken with the DA 10-17 fisheye: >> > >> > >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=8571358&size=lg >> > >> > The University Museum's main hall is an amazing >> confection of cast iron, glass, and stone, softened by the >> wooden tables and display cases. >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link >> directly above and follow the directions. > > > > >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >[email protected] >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow >the directions. -- I want to die peacfuly in my sleep like my grandfather, not screaming like the passengers in his car... Will Shriner -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
