[Leica] New Toy

[Tina Manley]

I like them, especially the first one, but when I have shown fish-eye lens
photos in portfolio reviews (I loved the fact that I could get the entire
house in Honduras in one photo!), the reviews have tossed them out.

Tina

On Mon, Nov 16, 2015 at 2:45 PM, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote:

> While, along with a lot of things, I can take or leave them, I liked
> Olmsted 6918 as the sprinkling of humanity gives the image a lot more
> meaning than the usual nondescript landscape shots.
>
> Generally, I feel wide angle is great for property sellers (realtors) who
> want to create delusions of grandeur amidst the banality of the normal...
>
> Douglas
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Aram Langhans" <leica_r8 at hotmail.com>
> To: "lug" <lug at leica-users.org>; "Leica Reflex" <LeicaReflex at freelists.org
> >
> Sent: Monday, November 16, 2015 7:18 PM
> Subject: [Leica] New Toy
>
>
>
> Before we went to the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta, I ordered a fisheye
>> lens.  Unfortunately, it did not come in time, but I kept it anyway.  I
>> tried to use it on our trip home and here are a few examples.
>>
>> From Yosemite, at night.  Moon was almost full, so not many stars. view
>> large, please, so you can see them.
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/f15/y/Night+Stars-6951.jpg.html
>>
>> A few from Olmsted point.
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/f15/y/Olmsted+Point-6918.jpg.html
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/f15/y/Olmsted+Point-6913.jpg.html
>>
>> And one from above Bishop in the Eastern Sierra Mountains.
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/f15/es/Bishop+Canyon-6775.jpg.html
>>
>> Kind of fun.  Not for everything, mind you, but interesting.  I bough the
>> 12mm/2.8 Rokinon for Nikon mount.  Not without it’s faults, but worth the
>> money.
>>
>> Comments welcome.
>>
>> Aram Langhans
>> (Semi) Retired Science Teacher
>> & Unemployed photographer
>>
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>> himself would ever have dared dream.” James D. Watson
>>
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