Interior

Getting ready to stop drumming and get back into shooting again and to celebrate that idea I bought another bower lens. This one is an f3.5 8mm fisheye. At f8 on down it's tack sharp and requires no focusing. Anyway this is a test shot of the interior of my car.

http://www.redzonefilms.com/pics8/focint.jpg

Welcome back to the drug!!!

Love the "Club"

Image quality looks pretty good actually. I'm sure you'll find some creative uses for it.

Another test shot. It has a 180% field of view so you can almost see end to end of the apartment.

http://www.redzonefilms.com/pics8/apt1.jpg

And then there's my zone:laughing:

http://www.redzonefilms.com/pics8/myzone.jpg

Pretty cool, I like the distortion you get with the lens.

cool - what does that lens go for?

It's made in Korea under many names. The Samyang is reportedly $299. I got the Bower for $349 at London Drugs. It's manual aperture and focus.

Have the same lens under the Samyang name. It is a fun little lens and tack sharp as Michael says.

Cool effect, and some very nice sharp images Michael.

Great series, Michealaw. Especially love the car interior.

Oops! I totally lied to you. I have the lens under the Rokinon name. Here is where I got it but by the time you pay shipping to Canada it would end up being the same as you paid, Michael. As far as I know London Drugs did not have it when i bought mine. Anyway, here it is:

Rokinon 8mm f/3.5 Aspherical Fisheye Manual Focus Lens (for Nikon Cameras)

Yes this lens is released under many names but for the money, according to Ken Rockwell, it blows lenses costing four times as much clean out of the pool.