Ken Warner
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Location: Mammoth Lakes, United States
Registered: 14 Aug 2004
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Question about el cheapo Raynox fisheyes...
Posted: 8 May 2008 at 16:13 GMT
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Raynox makes a couple of cheapo fisheye converter lenses --
HD-3032PRO and HD-3031PRO
I doubt anyone here has used one of these but it couldn't hurt to ask.
Any opinions? I'm just looking for something cheap and there's a feeding frenzy on eBay for fisheye lenses right now.
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Doug Aurand
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Location: Albuquerque, NM, United States
Registered: 2 Jan 2008
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Re: Question about el cheapo Raynox fisheyes...
Posted: 8 May 2008 at 18:48 GMT
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Ken
I think Easypano's Panoweaver and possibly RealViz (now Autodesk) Stitcher now support 3 shot captures with some of the Raynox fisheyes.
But the workhorses of DSLR virtual imaging are still the Nikkor 10.5mm and the Sigma 8mm. For Canon users, the new Sigma 10mm provides some of the extra resolution the Nikon users are getting from the 10.5mm
The newest serious player is Sunex with their 185° FOV 5.6mm fisheye with Canon & Nikon mounts
For more affordable point & shoot cameras, the Nikon FC-E8 and E9 are the mainstays used on Nikon Coolpix cameras
The Raynox lenses have just never caught on with the DSLR Virtual Photographers despite their low prices. That should tell you something 
Doug Aurand
Albuquerque, NM
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rudders
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Location: North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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Re: Question about el cheapo Raynox fisheyes...
Posted: 8 May 2008 at 23:44 GMT
updated: 8 May 2008 at 23:45 GMT
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Peleng 8mm manual... excellent quality images produced with this lens.. just as sharp as the sigma ... just keep an eye on the flare.. the sample shots ive seen so far with the sunex havent been very good.. not heard much about the raynox's though.
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