Like I mentioned, one of the first lenses I wanted in my yoof when I just started photographing was a super-wide, or a fisheye. But I couldn't afford one. Later when I could, I eschewed strong effects. But heck, what's wrong with just-for-fun? So when I read a review of fisheye lenses, and the very compact Nikkor 10.5mm one got great grades, I got one.
By the way, I am hoist by my own petard. I bought this lens mainly for use with the Nikon D40, not giving a second's thought to the fact (which I even mentioned below) that the camera does not have autofocus with all lenses, not even most. Only AF-S or AF-I lenses. And this one is neither, it turns out. It does not have a motor for AF, and neither does the camera... So manual focus it is, when using that combo. Fortunately for my sense of humor, focus is hardly an issue at all with such a short focal length. At F8 the depth-of-field goes from .5 meters to infinity! So I found it pretty funny when I finally realized why it was that the dang camera did not focus for me. :)
This all sounds a bit fishy to me.
ReplyDeleteMr Stobblehouse, I think your vision of the world might be distorted. You should focus more on reality.
And I don't want to sound mean, but that poor blonde looks like a bubblehead! Really. (But a cute bubblehead, heehee.)
There you go with your delicate humor again. :)
ReplyDeleteFrom what I've read, the K10D you mentionned earlier has a very interesting ability when used with one of those beautiful (and sooo much more affordable) manual lenses. Its autofocus system will stay on in a passive mode, and it will tell you via a bip or an indication in the viewfinder when it considers the image to be sharp.
ReplyDeleteYeah, the Nikon D40 does that too, I think it's pretty standard.
ReplyDeleteAs a young lad I went fishing with a few friends and they caught some bluegill. The hook had gone through the eye of the fish.
ReplyDeleteMy servants got the hook out after a long struggle and I ordered them to put the wounded bluegill back into the water, but they said it wouldn't survive long.
They did however do as I commanded them too. I watched this poor creature attempt to swim around but it kept bumping into rocks and other things in the clear water.
I did not know what was happening. At a closer look I discovered the other bluegill's eye had also been damaged and apparently it was blind now.
My teacher looked at me and said, "It will die Prince before long. Will you let it suffer or be graceful and execute it swiftly?"
I ordered it to be pulled from the water and killed instantly. There was no need to let it continue to suffer and linger on.
I remember weeping over that bluegill for hours.
Your fisheye photo Mr. Stobblehouse reminded me of that dreadful day so long long ago.
Yes, King Zod's wisdom totally eclipses my modest attempts at jesting...
ReplyDeleteI'm betting your Highness doesn't need a special lens to have a global vision of thine realm.
Who was your enlightened teacher, Sire? The unique Ohbe-One Kanyoube? Or Ackbar the Admirable? Or perhaps Yo!-Da, the Russian Philoso-Rapper it was?
Who was your enlightened teacher, Sire?
ReplyDeleteHis name was Lucifer G. Watkins, a dear friend of our family and named a partial heir of our estate. A very wise and noble man.
Ah, Lucifer. "The Bearer of Light". A fitting name for an enlightened teacher.
ReplyDeleteAnd "Piscifer" ("Bearer of Fish") would be a fitting name for a fishing teacher.
Now, their third brother, "Fotografer", he'd be likely to use a fisheye lens for art...
And "Piscifer" ("Bearer of Fish") would be a fitting name for a fishing teacher.
ReplyDeleteYou must take great pleasure in mocking others don't you? Do you also enjoy seeing the gladiators spit upon the peasants in the sand dunes before they behead them?
I've told Pascal recently that his humor is not always understood as intended. Trust me, I've known him long enough to know he has no malicious intent, he just loves plays on words so much that he uses every opportunity to make one.
ReplyDeleteIndeed. My humblest apologies, Sire. I definitely don't enjoy the sight of violence, in any form.
ReplyDelete"I ordered [the blind fish] to be pulled from the water and killed instantly."
I just thought this was a likely job for your royal fishing teacher, and that I was being cultivated. Was that assumption too bold? I'm sorry if my hommage was misunderstood.
Would it satisfy you if I came to your coliseum on my knees to receive a rightful flogging? Say... this sunday, noonish? (That way, your peasants could use their day off to come see justice be dispensed.)
Oh, I just remembered... I need directions. I don't even know wher your noble kingdom lies. I mean, STANDS, of course! Proudly stands.
(Woops! Almost put my foot in it again.)
Or you could magnanimously commute my sentence to a job as a royal jester, so that my viper tongue would always be directed at thine enemies. Should there exist someone foolhardy enough to antagonize your mighty Highness.
Wow! Looks like I really have a talent for mishaps. I only just realized this blonde woman in the photo wasn't a bubblehead, that's Miss Ashley Olsen in a very deformed image! Guess I should also apologize to you, Miss O.
(Before I get a taste of the treatment your bodyguards reserve to paparazzi...)
Would you accept an apology over dinner from King Zod's royal jester?
Here's another famous arteest infatuated by the fisheye:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.cfpayne.com/
He lives in Sinincincinnati.