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Nikon 6mm = $140,000?
On 2012-04-25 04:24 , Trevor wrote:
"Alan wrote in message ... }Why would 180° be a limit? Two camera's back to back give you 360deg, how much more do you need? }That's not at all the point of such a lens, esp. when it's a fisheye. And the numbers sold, and the fact that it's not made any more, indicates the level of demand. The images available would indicate why AFAIC. *VERY* few would buy it at a tenth the price. Never had a need for any fisheye myself though, far too specialised for most people, amateur or pro. No ****. -- "I was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. I said I didn't know." -Samuel Clemens. |
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Nikon 6mm = $140,000?
"Trevor" writes:
"Alan Browne" wrote in message ... }Why would 180° be a limit? Two camera's back to back give you 360deg, how much more do you need? }That's not at all the point of such a lens, esp. when it's a fisheye. And the numbers sold, and the fact that it's not made any more, indicates the level of demand. The images available would indicate why AFAIC. *VERY* few would buy it at a tenth the price. Never had a need for any fisheye myself though, far too specialised for most people, amateur or pro. I've had some fun, and perhaps made a few interesting pictures, with a full-circle fisheye. It's a Pelang 8mm unit that cost me about $250, though. I could afford that much to play with an extreme gimick, and I could probably sell it used for fairly close to what I paid for it, if I wanted to; so it wasn't a big risk to buy it. No doubt the classic 6mm f/2.8 has various advantages, but I can't afford to play at that level or anywhere vaguely close. -- David Dyer-Bennet, ; http://dd-b.net/ Snapshots: http://dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/data/ Photos: http://dd-b.net/photography/gallery/ Dragaera: http://dragaera.info |
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