[Leica] Ultra wide-angle

[Andrew Nemeth <azn@nemeng.com>]

Here's one for the 'wider the better' crowd:

<http://www.nemeng.com/photo/pano_image.jpg>  (48 KB)

Notes:

o  Sydney Opera House forecourt during an outdoor
   classical performance

o  The x-axis field of view is 360-degrees, whilst
   the vertical axis is 120-degrees.  Which means
   the whole shot is almost a full sphere, with the
   people seated at the bottom of the shot almost
   under the lens(!).  Granted, a bit distorted,
   but considering the amount of information on view,
   not too bad.

o  Leica R6.2 with a 16mm Elmarit-fisheye.  One of 
   the nice things about this lens is very small amount
   of flare, despite being pointed straight into the
   sun.

o  Film used was Kodak PJ100 C41 colour negative film.
   You can see just how wide an exposure range it can
   cope with (Australian sun to shadow varies 6+ stops!)

o  The above jpeg is only a small thumbnail, the original
   image is 4350 x 1470 - detailed enough to count people's
   teeth etc.  Not bad for 35mm film!


Regds,

Andrew Nemeth
www.nemeng.com