i picked up the 9mm quasi-fisheye lens for the em5II over the weekend, and have been struggling ever since to figure out how to use it... challenge compounded by lack of wonder-around-downtown-time in order to shoot "looking up"...
anyhow, work followed me home tonight and this is all i've got for today...
I think you choose a good subject to play around with your lens- you'll go back when you have the time and do it to your liking. At least I think you should give it a go again sometime.
This worked! I found that as long as the object has strong lines (arches, curves, straight lines), it's a good candidate. I find in nature, I'm much less likely to use it. The one I use is a 10mm.
@taffy@nothy and her 9mm comes in at about 18mm equivalent on your D610, as regards angle of view anyway. Actually, the 10.5 Nikkor on your camera works in DX crop mode, the lens is a DX, so 10.5 comes in at about 16 full-frame equivalent, so they sort of look much the same. If any of that even matters of course.
@northy. Most effective! Are you liking your Olympus?
@frankhymus Yes, that's the one I use -- 10.5 (borrowed for a long time now). I put the camera in DX mode and it gives me about the effect I saw here. Maybe a little more exaggerated.
@frankhymus for the most part, yes! i've been lazy of late and carrying the lighter zoom lens which has lovely reach, but a bit murky on focus... i need to spend some more time with the really good lens i have to properly assess... but it's a bit heavier and a bit bulkier... and like i said - i've been lazy ;p
@northy. Most effective! Are you liking your Olympus?