Just picked up a new 10.5mm fisheye lens for my d50 and was wondering what kind of filters does it take. It says something about geletain filters, so what does this mean!? I couldnt understand crap the guy was telling me at the store. Anyone wanna tell me what kind of filters the 10.5mm fisheye lens takes? Thanks
2007-09-02 20:06:42 · 3 answers · asked by Brad 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Photography
Usually a fisheye won't allow you to use a flat, glass filter due to the curvature of the front element. A gelatin filter is like a flexible piece of plastic that you and put in a filter holder in front of the lens.
2007-09-02 20:11:39 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Since a fisheye lens has a 180 degree angle of view (diagonally) its impossible to use filters on the front of the lens without getting vignetting (dark corners) of the image.
My trusty old Minolta 16mm full-frame fisheye* has internal filters for black & white. I'm surprised your's doesn't.
A 360 degree fisheye produces a circular image on your film or sensor. The Minolta 7.5mm is 2nd. on my list of lenses I would like to own. The 35mm f2.8 Shift CA is first. (Its used for architectural photography and eliminates the "falling backwards" look caused by tilting the camera up to get in all of the building.)
* I learned very quickly that its easy to include your feet or tripod leg or shadow in the photo if you aren't very careful to really look around the viewfinder before hitting the shutter release. LOL!
2007-09-03 00:17:09 · answer #2 · answered by EDWIN 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The 10.5mm takes rear filters.
2007-09-03 03:15:34 · answer #3 · answered by tigerrrgrrl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋