[Leica] Fisheye Foolishness?

[philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent)]

Wonderful work, Jim. Seems like you had a good time.
The one that works best for me ATM is the TwistedTree: it curvature  
of the lens matches very good with the road.
Thanks for showing,
Philippe

Op 17-jul-06, om 04:47 heeft Jim Hemenway het volgende geschreven:

> Folks:
>
> I really like shooting with a fisheye lens and wanted to try a  
> larger format than 35mm and medium format, but couldn't find a lens  
> which will give me fisheye effects on large format.
>
> So, I built this with a lens that I had in a drawer.
> <http://www.half-fast.com/Fisheye/4x5-Fisheye-L.jpg>
>
> It's a 4x5 Fisheye camera with an 85mm image circle.
>
> I used an old beat-up Speed Graphic which I stripped down to just  
> the box and the focal plane shutter.
>
> Then I killed an ailing Kiev 60 to harvest its body parts.
> <http://www.half-fast.com/Fisheye/Kiev60.jpg> to get a lens mount  
> for the 30mm fisheye lens which I then installed on a piece of wood  
> which fits tightly into the camera box.
> <http://www.half-fast.com/Fisheye/4x5-FisheyeMount-L.jpg>
>
> This is what it looks like from the side:
> <http://www.half-fast.com/Fisheye/4x5-Fisheye-side.jpg>
>
> Here's some of the first photos from the week before last:
> <http://www.half-fast.com/Fisheye/Photos/BackPorch-with-Ears- 
> Ektachrome.jpg>
> <http://www.half-fast.com/Fisheye/Photos/FrontYard-Right-with-Ears- 
> Ektchrome.jpg>
>
> You can see that the "ears" of the built-in lens hood, interfere  
> with the 180 degree sweep of this lens when used with this "camera".
>
> So I used a pair of tin snips to remove them:
> <http://www.half-fast.com/Fisheye/Fisheye.jpg>
>
> These photos are from this past week without those pesky "ears":
> <http://www.half-fast.com/Fisheye/Photos/FrontYard-Right- 
> Ektachrome.jpg>
> <http://www.half-fast.com/Fisheye/Photos/BackPorch-Ektachrome.jpg>
> <http://www.half-fast.com/Fisheye/Photos/TwistedTree-Polaroid.jpg>
>
> I had forgotten just how much "real estate" is seen at 180 degrees,  
> so this im me, not part of the lens hood at the top:
> <http://www.half-fast.com/Fisheye/Photos/TwistedTreeandMe-Polarod.jpg>
>
> I've bought a Graflok back on ebay to replace the decrepit existing  
> spring back.  Then I'll be able to use the Polaroid back without  
> the heavy duty rubber bands.  I also want to get a reflex hood for it.
>
> Now I have to do some shooting with it to determine how to get the  
> best photos out of it, versus a square or rectangular fisheye  
> format.  Maybe someting like this: <http://www.half-fast.com/ 
> Fisheye/Photos/AtTacoBob's-Polaroid.jpg>
>
> As you can see, I've already branded it with one of our favorite  
> company's logos... I fully expect them to contact me soon with an  
> offer which I won't be able to refuse.
>
> Jim
>
>
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