#Fisheye vs wide angle how to

Fisheye lenses can take up to a 180 degree view. Wide angle lenses vary from 20mm-55mm with the standard being 28mm. The 16/3.5 AI Nikkor is hands down one of my sharpest lenses - even on my D800. Fisheye lenses and wide angle lenses are actually of the same category but fisheye lenses are just extreme wide angle lenses. 'Fisheye's don't have high optical quality': Certainly true that some do not, but many are excellent (some even wide open). This means objects with straight lines (buildings, trees, the. Wide open my 16/3.5 needs to be focused carefully if I want to post or print anything larger than a 4圆. BTW traditional DOF scales are very optimistic. On my D800 I certainly need to critically focus if I want sharp images. 'You don't need to worry about focusing a fisheye': Only true if you use a low MP camera or don't print large or don't crop. A fisheye can make some very weird images, but if used appropriately they can make some outstanding/non-weird images.

#Fisheye vs wide angle how to

'Fisheye's are a fun-house/one-trick pony kind of lenses': Completely not true if one learns how to use one effectively. It can take a while to learn how to use a fisheye effectively - I think many people either don't get over the sharp part of the learning curve fast enough or ultra-wide is just not their thing and they end up selling it fairly soon. The optical quality is outstanding even on my D800 - and I'm a stickler for sharpness. Although barrel distortion is an often undesired effect of shooting with a normal wide angle lens, this distortion is the very reason people invest in a fisheye. My 16/3.5 AI's (yes I have two) are one of my most used lenses. A full frame fisheye does not have to be a one trick pony.