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<blockquote data-quote="Dave_W" data-source="post: 101661" data-attributes="member: 9521"><p>Here's my thoughts - I've several friends who bought a nice fish-eye lens and in every case those lenses sit in their closets gathering dust. They were all taken out 3 or 4 times when they were first bought and almost never again. The problem is that fish-eye is neat and gives a cool effect but very limited in scope. As a result you can always find fish-eye lenses on Craigslist. Moreover, you can easily convert any normal photo, or better yet a panorama, into a "fish-eye" image using Photoshop and not spend a cent on additional lenses. </p><p></p><p>Here are just a few tutorials on converting normal photos into fish-eye photos. It think it works best when you shoot a panorama and then convert.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/give-your-digital-photo-a-fisheye-effect.html" target="_blank">Give Your Digital Photo a Fish-Eye Effect - For Dummies</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.marcofolio.net/photoshop/create_a_fish_eye_lens_effect_in_photoshop.html" target="_blank">http://www.marcofolio.net/photoshop/create_a_fish_eye_lens_effect_in_photoshop.html</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.photopoly.net/create-fisheye-lomo-style-photos-in-photoshop/" target="_blank">Lomography: Create Fisheye Lomo style photos in Photoshop</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="http://photoshop-tutorials.wonderhowto.com/how-to/create-fisheye-effect-adobe-photoshop-cs5-403690/" target="_blank">How to Create a fisheye effect in Adobe Photoshop CS5 « Photoshop</a></p><p></p><p></p><p>So that said, I would say buying a fast 50mm lens is by far a better idea since you'll get much more mileage out of it than you will a fish-eye.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dave_W, post: 101661, member: 9521"] Here's my thoughts - I've several friends who bought a nice fish-eye lens and in every case those lenses sit in their closets gathering dust. They were all taken out 3 or 4 times when they were first bought and almost never again. The problem is that fish-eye is neat and gives a cool effect but very limited in scope. As a result you can always find fish-eye lenses on Craigslist. Moreover, you can easily convert any normal photo, or better yet a panorama, into a "fish-eye" image using Photoshop and not spend a cent on additional lenses. Here are just a few tutorials on converting normal photos into fish-eye photos. It think it works best when you shoot a panorama and then convert. [url=http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/give-your-digital-photo-a-fisheye-effect.html]Give Your Digital Photo a Fish-Eye Effect - For Dummies[/url] [URL]http://www.marcofolio.net/photoshop/create_a_fish_eye_lens_effect_in_photoshop.html[/URL] [url=http://www.photopoly.net/create-fisheye-lomo-style-photos-in-photoshop/]Lomography: Create Fisheye Lomo style photos in Photoshop[/url] [url=http://photoshop-tutorials.wonderhowto.com/how-to/create-fisheye-effect-adobe-photoshop-cs5-403690/]How to Create a fisheye effect in Adobe Photoshop CS5 « Photoshop[/url] So that said, I would say buying a fast 50mm lens is by far a better idea since you'll get much more mileage out of it than you will a fish-eye. [/QUOTE]
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