Re: [hugin-ptx] Re: Advice wanted on wide angle lenses

2011-03-04 Thread Emad ud din Btt
Thanks Jeffery. I have read many reviews and also checked images. Samyang is a better lens indeed :)) On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 9:53 PM, Jeffrey Martin <360cit...@gmail.com> wrote: > no contest, samyang is vastly superior in terms of flare. > > at any rate, you MUST keep your fisheye lens very v

Re: [hugin-ptx] Re: Advice wanted on wide angle lenses

2011-03-03 Thread Jeffrey Martin
no contest, samyang is vastly superior in terms of flare. at any rate, you MUST keep your fisheye lens very very clean - perfectly clean, no smears, not a speck of dust - or you WILL get flare, no matter what lens you use :-) Jeffrey -- You received this message because you are subscribed to

Re: [hugin-ptx] Re: Advice wanted on wide angle lenses

2011-03-03 Thread Emad ud din Btt
Hi, Did anyone compared image quality and flare control of Samyang 8mm vs Peleng 8mm? Both lenses are selling on almost same prices.but which one is better?? On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 7:17 PM, Jeffrey Martin <360cit...@gmail.com> wrote: > yes you're right, nikon wins "gimp of the year" for

Re: [hugin-ptx] Re: Advice wanted on wide angle lenses

2011-02-24 Thread Jeffrey Martin
yes you're right, nikon wins "gimp of the year" for that one. :( what a shame! (yes, THAT gimp .) On Wednesday, February 23, 2011 3:01:14 PM UTC+1, Jim Watters wrote: > > On 2011-02-22 6:30 AM, Jeffrey Martin wrote: >

Re: [hugin-ptx] Re: Advice wanted on wide angle lenses

2011-02-23 Thread Jim Watters
On 2011-02-22 6:30 AM, Jeffrey Martin wrote: +1 on samyang, absolutely a great lens, best value fisheye lens, period. Jeffrey But I thought there was no metering when using this lens on many Nikon cameras? Nikon camera must be D200 or newer. -- Jim Watters http://photocreations.ca -- You rece

[hugin-ptx] Re: Advice wanted on wide angle lenses

2011-02-23 Thread Jeffrey Martin
the first stop on any fisheye lens research should of course be the intrepid michel thoby. you can't research fisheye lenses without letting Michel stretch your brain a bit :) *michel*.*thoby*.free.fr/*SAMYANG*/Early%20test%20report.html On Monday, February 21, 2011 7:12:02 PM UTC+1, kfj wrote:

[hugin-ptx] Re: Advice wanted on wide angle lenses

2011-02-22 Thread Tom Sharpless
Hi Andy If you crave high resolution, consider also the new Samyang 15mm rectilinear lens (sold under several other brands too). I have not seen one, but Michel Thoby has been raving about it, and I would trust him. He says its strong points are good flare control, sharpness and very small chrom

[hugin-ptx] Re: Advice wanted on wide angle lenses

2011-02-22 Thread Jeffrey Martin
+1 on samyang, absolutely a great lens, best value fisheye lens, period. Jeffrey -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Hugin and other free panoramic software" group. A list of frequently asked questions is available at: http://wiki.panotools.org/Hugin_

[hugin-ptx] Re: Advice wanted on wide angle lenses

2011-02-21 Thread kfj
On 21 Feb., 16:19, Andy Baxter wrote: > Thanks. This is really helpful. They are selling those lenses on ebay > for just over 200 pounds so I may well get one. Oh, and, by the way, here in Germany it goes by the name 'Walimex pro fisheye 8/3.5' - I don't know if they sell them in Britain as Sam

[hugin-ptx] Re: Advice wanted on wide angle lenses

2011-02-21 Thread kfj
On 21 Feb., 16:19, Andy Baxter wrote: > Thanks. This is really helpful. They are selling those lenses on ebay > for just over 200 pounds so I may well get one. got mine from Amazon for 280 € last year Kay -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Hugin an

[hugin-ptx] Re: Advice wanted on wide angle lenses

2011-02-21 Thread Andy Baxter
Thanks. This is really helpful. They are selling those lenses on ebay for just over 200 pounds so I may well get one. cheers, andy On Feb 21, 7:45 am, kfj <_...@yahoo.com> wrote: > On 20 Feb., 22:09, Andy Baxter wrote: > > > Hello, > > > Can anyone give me some advice on wide angle lenses suita

[hugin-ptx] Re: Advice wanted on wide angle lenses

2011-02-20 Thread kfj
On 20 Feb., 22:09, Andy Baxter wrote: > Hello, > > Can anyone give me some advice on wide angle lenses suitable for use > with hugin? I have recently bought a canon 20D body, and am looking > for a wide angle lens for taking panoramic images. The body has an 8 > megapixel, 3:2 aspect ratio senso