>Be me, research fisheye lenses.>Look online how people put them into use>It is all just skateboard related contentSure, there are some who are able to find creative purposes, but it seems to me like whenever someone intends to show what a fisheye lens is capable of all they can think of is taking photos and videos of skateboarding. How strange! Just because some faggots in America used them for that purpose in the 90s.
Ya'know back during the late 19th century it would have been a dream if someone could get a perfect real looking image, and now we have been ungrateful of this gift we've been given. We literally have been given a device that can make an image out of particle energy.
>>4311178>le heckin' magic of modern technologyshut the fuck up faggot
>>4311172take a photo of a girl with big platform shoes sitting on the ground with her feet sticking out and her head being really tiny
>>4311186I actually felt slight rage reading that.
>>4311172>8-15mm autofocuswhy even have a zoom range? and why the fuck would you need autofocus for something this short?
>>4311193because people would call the lens shit if it didn't have AF
>>4311201i think its because all the lenses in this lineup are AF lenses and so it needs to be an AF lens or canon can't sell it
>>4311172put your big nose dog on a skateboard
>>4311203Well, Canon did make 9 other manual focus lenses for the EF mount (macros and tilt shift). They weren't actually labelled as EF lenses but the only thing they lacked was AF.
>>4311172https://www.juzaphoto.com/recensione.php?l=en&t=canon_8-15_fisheye#fotoesempioscroll down and you can take a look at a lot of samples from that lens in all kinds of situations
>>4311178kys
>go on youube and watch videos on photography >hipster lofi bullshit music >shoehorned in vlog unrelated to what the video is about to pad the video length >rgb lights for backdrop and/or product shots >sponsored or exclusive access >selling their whateverthefuck presets for other unimaginative fucks >"film like"as for the reviews, nobody ever talks about just how bad the fujifilm x app is, the half resolution raws, arbitrarily missing controls during video and half retarded menu design. everyone shills the x-s20 but nobody actually uses it despite it having the most reasonable specs and the best ergonomics of any fuji aps-c body. i have this camera and im glad i bought it, but the lack of any documentation or discussion besides user manual and "is this camera good? -yes." reddit posts is appalling
people in general are followers
>>4311347the pandemic proved this beyond any reasonable doubt. in fact its worse. the followers expect all others to follow too
>>4311213how did they get it under water
>>4311193>why even have a zoom range?So it can also serve as a full frame fisheye for APS-H and APS-C bodies.
What other use case can you think of?Perhaps an ultra wide (and distorted) landscape shot, but then a 15 mm range lens would do better.
>>4311178>someone could get a perfect real looking imageWe all know that someone is not you Zach
>>4311358They probably put it under the water
>>4312066Currently seeing a 1 hour long presentation of a dude that uses them for wedding photography so that is a little different i guess.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-WxCoDewbY
>>4312089no you can't
>>4312149Clearly they did
>>4311178You're such a pathetic redditor its unreal
>>4311172Yes, but its a bigger problem than the mere commodification of cameras. Painting, drawing, graphics, sculpting, all feature the artists stylistic choices as the value in the work, from abstract to realism. Photography, however has largely been reduced to and fallen into a fucking realism hole, where the goal in the work is to emulate the viewers expectation of reality as clearly as possible, giving the impression that the artists hand was not even present or had any influence in the image at all, that with a mere decision of timing and the slightest movement of a fingertip, the camera then created the final image as it really appeared in the world, capturing “truth”, with maximum clarity, sharpness and minimal distortion. This myth of “photographic truth” has allowed a load of cunts aspiring to be purists to simply rely on technology, which has improved so rapidly that the gear has become the focus. The more you spend on a pro-quality camera & glass the “better” (sharpness/dist/CA) your images. This approach generates images that people regard as excellent, but conversely, this approach that purports to minimize or remove the artists influence on the work effectively seeks to remove the artistry from the work. Photography’s problem is that the artistry, the human imperfections that add up to a visual style, is what makes an image interesting, because the viewers sees a human connection in the artists hand/style/craftsmanship. So the removal of imperfections that has driven camera sales and a ton of the innovation and technical improvements in our gear & built an industry has also simultaneously eliminated the concept of mans artistry and value in the art itself. Any attempt to correct for this by intentionally applying the artists style to their images is dismissed as “graphics, not photography”, which is how Photography killed itself.
>>4312153no stop
>>4311172I haven't seen anyone do anything in the last 20 years that isn’t intentionally derivative coverband shit of some shit that was done before their time. Someone told the most unimaginative kids that if you cant come up with anything new, remix culture means you can just quote/copy/imitate other peoples old shit endlessly and its just as good.
Videos with useful information for those eager to learn are buried deep in the search engine, not easy to come across. Videos that tells you what to consoom are pushed to the top so you'll get some adsense grifter telling you about sharpness, bokeh and how you are essentially worthless if not consooming latest $3000 product.
>>4311172UWA in general is actually very hard to do well. It's very difficult to find good composition with an angle of view so massive, especially with fisheyes. For skateboarding videos the effect is desirable but for other applications it's not as easy. You have lots of people on here warning others away from wide angle because they picked it up, took an image without any proper consideration for composition, and then blamed their equipment.
>>4312066If it's a massive crowd, like in a show, it could be used to take a few creative shots, but obviously you'd be using other lenses as well
you can shoot photos inside a car
shoot a clown core music video inside a porta potty
take pictures of the sky at night
get really low to the ground and make people look super tall
closeup sloppy deepthroat slime where everything looks pink and pastel colors and the guys cock is already huge but now its filling half the screen and bending with the barrel distortion and the girl is gagging and trying not to puke
>it's literally only for skateboarding videos i saw when i was 15okay so film that then don't get wacked in the face by a guys dick
I bought this lens to use with a metabones speedbooster, but the top and bottom is slightly cut at 8mm so i don't get a full circular fisheye. What gives?
>>4312640What are you mounting it on?
>>4312341>everything looks pink and pastel colorsHave any examples?
>>4312643R7. Could it be that the speedbooster's optical design is meant for 1.5x crop and not 1.6 and that being this wide it just shows its limitations? Haven't had any issues with other EF glass.
>>4312651APS-C
>>4312652well duh
>>4312651>Could it be that the speedbooster's optical design is meant for 1.5x crop and not 1.6Possibly.Does it improve when you stop down?
>>4312654Nope.
>>4312657Do you see cropping on any of your other lenses or can you tell?
>>4312653
>>4312658Don't think i have any more EF glass laying around at the moment, but i have previously used an EF 50mm 1.4 without issue.
Should also note that i have used a bunch of m42 lenses in a variety of focal lenghts on the speedbooster as well without issue.
>>4312341Did you type an AI prompt into the wrong webpage?
>>4312659Did you not see the part about it being with the use of a speed booster?
I have the lens in OP pic. It's a huge novelty. I carry it with me everywhere and never use it. Cool for video.You need a nice landscape in every degree around you, and something attractive right in the middle, very close to the camera, that doesn't look weird when its distorted. Pic unrelated on 800T, zoomed in just enough to loose the black circles which is probably 11mm ish.>>4311193full black circle fisheye vs very wide angle lens with slight distortion. for autofocus, why not? thing still needs to focus.if any of you actually want to know about it, shoot
>>4311172Fisheye lens is used extensively in adult videos, crodie.
>>4312775as is tradition on /pee/, we also use them for dog pics[EXIF data available. Click here to show/hide.]Camera-Specific Properties:Equipment MakeCanonCamera ModelCanon EOS RImage-Specific Properties:Image OrientationTop, Left-HandHorizontal Resolution72 dpiVertical Resolution72 dpiImage Created2020:04:19 07:49:10Exposure Time1/400 secF-Numberf/4.0Exposure ProgramAperture PriorityISO Speed Rating100Lens Aperturef/4.0Exposure Bias0 EVMetering ModePatternFlashNo FlashFocal Length12.00 mmColor Space InformationsRGBImage Width3433Image Height5150Exposure ModeAutoWhite BalanceAutoScene Capture TypeStandardContrastNormalSaturationNormalSharpnessHardUnique Image ID3fcd874899fb58a3defb6f9562dfe8fa
>>4312771so what? Why are you spending money on shit if you don't know how it works?
>>4312797>>4312771And if you're using 8mm eq. (5mm) then it's still 1.18mm over the minimum size for APS-C without the horizontal crop
>>4312797>so what? Why are you spending money on shit if you don't know how it works?I got a good deal for the fisheye. No problem flipping it for a profit later on, same with the speed booster, bought it on a giga sale right after Canon started going after third parties. I will eventually buy fool frame, but the current Canon lineup isn't that interesting, so this is what i am stuck with.Camera reads it at 6mm at the widest.
>>4311342>as for the reviews, nobody ever talks about just how bad the fujifilm x app is, the half resolution raws, arbitrarily missing controls during video and half retarded menu designI feel this way about Blackmagic. Everyone shills the raw capabilities, menus and resolutions yet no one really talks about how their cameras have consistently some of the worst rolling shutter on moder cameras (22ms on an APS-C camera btw), how they suffer from awful aliasing and moiré
>>4311358With an underwater housing. There are many makes and models like ikelite, Isotta, Aquatica etc that either mill the bulkheads from solid block of Aluminium or cured epoxy/ Acrylics. Unironically, to answer >>4311193The 8-15mm makes for an amazing underwater lens, very popular among wildlife photographers, surf photographers as well as cave and wreck divers. Its minimum focus distance and ability to take over-under shots make it an absolute weapon.Autofocus is absolutely necessary for water related stuff generally, mainly since its impractical to make an additional focus mechanism in the porting. Housings are already super specific to make/model/lens type plus its eyewateringly expensive, youre talking $275 for a zoom gear. $850 for a lens porting.Also you move around in the surf/surge... and youve got additional optical elements (acrylic viewfinder + your mask) that throw off your accuracy if MF. Back button focus is your friend.In super macro though, MF has its merits, but you basically have to plant the camera in the one spot with at least 3 points of contact to the reef/sand/seawall etcT. Underwater photographer that uses 8-15mm often.
>>4312644i was thinking of the one with violet monroe but its a pretty common style now i think
>>4312671I don't know anything about that stupid garbage but if you manage to run that as a prompt somewhere let me know what happens
It's not that photographers with fisheyes choose to shoot skateboarders, it's that photographers who shoot skateboarders choose to use fisheyes. You're talking about a piece of gear that most people don't see the need to buy.
>>4313034>T. Underwater photographer that uses>8-15mm often.That's dope. You share your work often? I'd love to dive and take photos but the housing is so pricey.
>>4313078Search for fisheye lens on youtube.
>>4311172The fisheye/wideangle look probably come mostly fro action cameras, not those $2000 astrophotography monstrosities
>>4313078Mountain biking photogs used to do this too in the 80s/90s, until we realizxed a whole or mag of fisheye makes ppl nauseas
>>4313238Ah yes, the popular 1995 gopro model, Hero -19
>>4313123>You share your work often?No, not often. I lurk but rarely post. >>4313123>the housing is so priceyGet 2nd hand, alot of people leave the sport and sell camera stuff frequently. Pick a camera body and stick to it for a few years. 5DMk 3 housing for example can also house 5DSR and 5Dmk 4 (with some tweaking) because all the main button placements are similar.[EXIF data available. Click here to show/hide.]Camera-Specific Properties:Camera SoftwareAdobe Lightroom 9.2.2 (Android)Image-Specific Properties:Image Created2024:05:14 22:14:14Color Space InformationsRGB
>>4313123>I'd love to dive and take photosAlso learn to master buoyancy, before taking a camera. It'll help you get more winning shots than the latest camera equipment.[EXIF data available. Click here to show/hide.]Camera-Specific Properties:Camera SoftwareAdobe Lightroom 9.2.2 (Android)Image-Specific Properties:Image Created2024:05:14 22:13:49Color Space InformationsRGB
>>4311172Because fisheye is a massive gimmick that you can't really do a lot with? I've owned an 8mm lens for 10 years and never use it.
>>4313681Don't you know some skaters you can go photograph?
>>4313243Interestingly enough, your post got me curious and they weren’t around that early, but the first model WAS a film camera in like 2003. Neat.[EXIF data available. Click here to show/hide.]Camera-Specific Properties:Image-Specific Properties:Horizontal Resolution72 dpiVertical Resolution72 dpiColor Space InformationsRGBImage Width900Image Height433Scene Capture TypeStandard
fisheyes are fun for concert photography
>>4314802yeah if you're on stage right up next to the guy or you're in a mosh pit or something that's cool
>>4311172Fisheye is too wide definition. Everithing that's not a rectilinear projection is considered a fisheye, but the difference between a stereographic and an orthographic lens is massive. I like stereographic fisheyes.Other projection are most suitable for different kind of post processing and to achieve weird effects.Anyway, a significant problem with fisheyes is that they are really hard to use. Composition is very hard, but also exposing is hard due to the contrasts you can have in the frame. (Focusing other than infinity is messy, but it's not that common).I use mine (cheap 7artisan 7.5mm stereographic) for architectural photography, but usually hdr is required :(
>>4312163Nice ChatGPT essay
