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SUNEX Lauches new circular fisheye lens for 1.6x/1.5x DSLRs with 185deg FOV
Re: SUNEX Lauches new circular fisheye lens for 1.6x/1.5x DSLRs with 185deg FOV
Posted: 22 Feb 2008 at 23:53 GMT
updated: 23 Feb 2008 at 0:16 GMT 		go to thread
Hi,

I see many comments followed our commercial announcment, which shows Panoguide is read by many passionate panoramic photographers. It is possible to stitch with 2-shots using Realviz Stitcher and we have 5 examples on our website at

www.sunex.com/dslr/virtualtour.htm.

PTGUI doesn't support 2 shots stitch, but it work very well with 3 shots.

As for the Sigma 8mm, remember that you will not get a full circular image with this lens using a Canon 1.6X or Nikon 1.5X SLRs. You will need a full frame camera for a full circular image. The other alternative is the new Sigma 4.5mm fisheye which will give you a full circular image. However, the circle projected on the CMOS Imager will be of 12.5mm while it will be of 14.5mm using Sunex 5.6mm fisheye lens. If you have a 10M pixels imager, that means you are going to use approx 5M pixels with Sunex and approx 3.8M pixels with Sigma.

For independent reviews of Sunex fisheye lens at:

www.kenrockwell.com/tech/pma-08.htm

michel.thoby.free.fr/Sunex_SuperFisheye/Test_repo...
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SUNEX Lauches new circular fisheye lens for 1.6x/1.5x DSLRs with 185deg FOV
SUNEX Lauches new circular fisheye lens for 1.6x/1.5x DSLRs with 185deg FOV
Posted: 22 Feb 2008 at 18:46 GMT 		go to thread
Sunex, Inc. a leading manufacturer of high quality digital imaging lenses announces the introduction of the first circular fisheye lens for Canon APS-C and Nikon DX format DSLR Cameras with 185° field of view.

The new Sunex SuperFisheyeTM is designed to produce a complete circular image within the camera CMOS/CCD imager giving a true complete 185° field of view. The 185° FOV provides enough overlap and allows stitching software to realize a 360° immersive image with only two shots! Newly available high index glasses are used to achieve sharp images from center to edge while BBAR coatings are applied to all air-glass interfaces to keep overall flare/ghosting at a minimum. Easy to use, the SuperFisheye lens uses optimized fixed aperture and focus to achieve best image quality for panoramic and immersive photography.

Lens Specifications:
• Focal length 5.6mm
• Aperture F/5.6 (fixed)
• 185° field of view
• Image circle: ~14.5mm (optimized for 1.6x sensor)
• Depth of field: ~0.5m to infinity
• Size: ~70mmx90mm (dia x length)
• Weight: ~470g
• Mount: Canon and Nikon

In addition, the lens comes with the new Sunex Dewarper DSLR Photoshop compatible plug-in filter for correcting or optimizing distortion. The result is true panoramic picture where the level of distortion can be adjusted to accomplish spectacular creative effects.

Sunex SuperFisheyeTM lens including Dewarper DSLRTM software is available at a suggested retail price of $799. Please visit www.superfisheye.com for more information.
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