Re: Peleng 8 mm fisheye on istD

2005-11-13 Thread Bob Shell
Hey Cory, Virginia Tech, eh? My alma mater. I live ten miles away these days. I never bought a Peleng, but have the 16mm fisheye Zenitar. Bought it directly from KMZ in Moscow some time ago. Cost all of $ 75!! I use it on my EOS 10D via adapter, which loses most of the fisheye effect

Re: Peleng 8 mm fisheye on istD

2005-11-13 Thread P. J. Alling
Naa, nothing so expensive. Vemar 12mm f8.0. The truly cheesy fisheye... frank theriault wrote: On 11/13/05, Jack Isidore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Has anyone mounted a Peleng 8 mm fisheye on a istD? Apparently the mirror could be damaged (the rear part of the lens extends a lot). Also I

Re: Peleng 8 mm fisheye on istD

2005-11-13 Thread Jack Isidore
Bertil, Thanks for the info and the samples. a 3 or 4 shot pano with nadir and maybe zenit would be enough for a 360x180 degree panorama with this fov. I think I want one for christmas :) Jack On 11/13/05, Bertil Holmberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jack, I don't have the *istD but I guess the DS

Re: Peleng 8 mm fisheye on istD

2005-11-13 Thread Cory Papenfuss
On Sun, 13 Nov 2005, Jack Isidore wrote: Has anyone mounted a Peleng 8 mm fisheye on a istD? Apparently the mirror could be damaged (the rear part of the lens extends a lot). Also I am looking for some sample jpg's of this lens on the istD. Jack As someone's already suggested, it's probably no

Re: Peleng 8 mm fisheye on istD

2005-11-13 Thread Bertil Holmberg
Jack, I don't have the *istD but I guess the DS is similar enough. I'm preparing a page on the Peleng for my little site, it is not finished for the lack of some example pictures, but there's something on the mirror issue, as well as links to other sites with examples. http://mac.tidings.nu

Re: Peleng 8 mm fisheye on istD

2005-11-13 Thread frank theriault
On 11/13/05, Jack Isidore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Has anyone mounted a Peleng 8 mm fisheye on a istD? Apparently the > mirror could be damaged (the rear part of the lens extends a lot). > Also I am looking for some sample jpg's of this lens on the istD. > Jack Doesn't Alling have that lens?

Re: Peleng 8 mm fisheye on istD

2005-11-13 Thread Jack Isidore
On others brands it can damage/lock the mirror: http://www.pauck.de/marco/photo/stuff/peleng_fisheye/peleng_fisheye.html I don't have the peleng in my glass collection. On 11/13/05, Bob Shell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sunday, November 13, 2005, at 04:22 AM, Jack Isidore wrote: > > > Has a

Re: Peleng 8 mm fisheye on istD

2005-11-13 Thread Bob Shell
On Sunday, November 13, 2005, at 04:22 AM, Jack Isidore wrote: Has anyone mounted a Peleng 8 mm fisheye on a istD? Apparently the mirror could be damaged (the rear part of the lens extends a lot). Also I am looking for some sample jpg's of this lens on the istD. That doesn't sound right. M

Peleng 8 mm fisheye on istD

2005-11-13 Thread Jack Isidore
Has anyone mounted a Peleng 8 mm fisheye on a istD? Apparently the mirror could be damaged (the rear part of the lens extends a lot). Also I am looking for some sample jpg's of this lens on the istD. Jack