I was always in love with fish-eye shots!
And now I need your help.
Is it better to buy a fish eye camera (the small lomo) that you are making pictures on film. It's quite cheap, but then you have to buy the films, and pay for the photos
Or is it better to buy a special fish eye lens on my canon that is much more expensive, but you are not gonna pay later of any photos or films?
But also, I like the printed version of photos that you can touch.
Any proposition? And let me see your best fish eye shots if you wish :)
i have the fisheye lomo, and i would say that it depends where/what you want to use it for as i got the one without a flash so obviously straight away that limits lighting conditions.
also my fisheye broke (i think it's the turning spool that went) after i had my first film developed so i haven't been able to experiment with it that much... buuut i have gone back to lomo (bought an actionsampler and am going to ask for a diana mini for my birthday) and love this style of camera, to the extent that i think i figured out that the amount i would pay for processing i might be able to cancel out by buying a film scanner (a cheap one!) which also means you can edit the photos with good clarity on your computer, and still send them off to a photo place to get prints made... maybe that's an option for you if you think you'll be using it a lot?
You can also buy a Fisheye adapter for about $90.Screws on the front of your lens. They work, but they are not "all that". You get what you pay for. $90 for distorted edges, $600 plus for a 10.5 real Fisheye.
I don't get the whole Lomo thing. Guess I'm not the new Artsy Fartsy type.
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Thanks to everyone.
Don't want to buy a new lens that is really expensive and find out later, that I dont like shotting with this lens. And I'm gonna have a look at the adapter. :) But
I think I would prefer to have the lomo fish-eye camera. @moncooga "I don't get the whole Lomo thing." My sister got a Diana+ for christmas and from that time im kinda obssesed by shoting with an analog camera.
I prefer much more my film camera then this DSLR, that im shotting this project with.
I like the fact you can look at the photos anytime you want :)
I've owned a few different fisheye lenses. They're fun, but it's hard to justify the cost. It's not a lens that you'll use a lot. I'd see if you can rent one instead of buy one. A non-distorting wide angle like a sigma 10-20mm is a much more useful lens.
Although I really really want a Nikkor 6mm f/2.8 AI fisheye. A 220 degree circular fisheye would be a lot of fun.
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also my fisheye broke (i think it's the turning spool that went) after i had my first film developed so i haven't been able to experiment with it that much... buuut i have gone back to lomo (bought an actionsampler and am going to ask for a diana mini for my birthday) and love this style of camera, to the extent that i think i figured out that the amount i would pay for processing i might be able to cancel out by buying a film scanner (a cheap one!) which also means you can edit the photos with good clarity on your computer, and still send them off to a photo place to get prints made... maybe that's an option for you if you think you'll be using it a lot?
I don't get the whole Lomo thing. Guess I'm not the new Artsy Fartsy type.
Thanks to everyone.
Don't want to buy a new lens that is really expensive and find out later, that I dont like shotting with this lens. And I'm gonna have a look at the adapter. :) But
I think I would prefer to have the lomo fish-eye camera.
@moncooga "I don't get the whole Lomo thing." My sister got a Diana+ for christmas and from that time im kinda obssesed by shoting with an analog camera.
I prefer much more my film camera then this DSLR, that im shotting this project with.
I like the fact you can look at the photos anytime you want :)
Although I really really want a Nikkor 6mm f/2.8 AI fisheye. A 220 degree circular fisheye would be a lot of fun.
So you think it's worth it to buy this lens?