brianl Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 Kowa makes a decent 8mm non fisheye lens that looks to give about 24mm FF equivalent with the 3x s16 crop. Seems like the best solution so far./ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axel Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 A crop out of the center of a fisheye will still have heavy distortion. Check youtube or vimeo for examples. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HurtinMinorKey Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 A crop out of the center of a fisheye will still have heavy distortion. Check youtube or vimeo for examples. Agreed, and even non fisheyes will have distortion. I notice slight distortion (enough so that I won't use unless it's a wide shot) with my Rokinon 16mm on a BMCC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianl Posted February 6, 2014 Author Share Posted February 6, 2014 Here's the Kowa in action. I can't see too much distortion. The bokeh is a bit weird though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axel Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 I see a lot of distortion. Very wide lenses shouldn't use shallow DoF. If not extremely cropped, the focal plane is curved too much (three flowers on the window sill, either the one in the middle or the others appear sharp). Isn't there an 8mm Kowa? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianl Posted February 7, 2014 Author Share Posted February 7, 2014 I see a lot of distortion. Very wide lenses shouldn't use shallow DoF. If not extremely cropped, the focal plane is curved too much (three flowers on the window sill, either the one in the middle or the others appear sharp). Isn't there an 8mm Kowa? wait, I thought this was the 8mm Kowa???? EDIT: oh my bad. I linked to that video via a 8mm Kowa thread, turns out, you're right, it's the 6mm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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