Landscape fisheye lens 3. Depth of field is also huge with a fisheye. This is a circular fisheye lens that is intended for cameras with aps c sensors. Be sure to change perspectives and experiment with different angles and lines. A fisheye is a fun lens to have but most landscape and nature photographers will not use it as often as the wide angle standard zoom or telephoto.
The fisheye is a good lens in a forest in a canyon or looking into the night sky. People see them as not much more than a gimmick. Get down low to the ground even if it means laying on your stomach in the gravel on a railroad track. It can be used on full frame cameras but the circular image will be smaller at the center of the frame.
In this episode bryan shows us how to use a fish eye lens and explains why we should all have one in our bags. Aps c circular fish eye lenses are usually in the 4 to 5mm range. Within the develop panel of lightroom you can select one of the available fisheye lens profiles and your fisheye photo will become a rectilinear one. I go out on a beautiful autumn photo walk with the canon 8 15mm f4 l fisheye usm zoom lens so see how well it works for landscape and nature photography.
Products used or mentioned in the video. This fisheye lens from lensbaby is affordably priced and a nice entry level option. More useful to the landscape photographer and the focus of the rest of this article is the full frame fish eye. I own the fully manual samyang 75mm f35 umc fisheye lens for my olympus micro 43 camera and it is a joy to use.
Fisheye lenses are often considered a no no among professional landscape and cityscape photographers. The fisheye comes into its own in tight spaces or when things are really close to the lens. Therefore its up to you to act as the zoom for the lens. I often hear complaints about fisheye.
For that reason make sure that you allocate your budget accordingly. From the 950 pro grade olympus mzuiko digital ed 8mm f18 fisheye pro lens all the way down to the much cheaper but fully manual samyang rokinon bower fisheye lenses. Nikon d810 digital slr body only camera. Lensbaby 58mm f35 circular fisheye lens.
A fisheye is a prime lens meaning that you cant zoom in or out with it. If you want to show something in its surroundings this is the lens with which to do it.