How to Use Nikkor Fish Eye 10.5mm F/2.8

I used to admire the fisheye lens because it creates unique image. The resulting picture becomes convex in the middle. I was wishing that someday could buy a fisheye lens, and I did.

Some years later, Nikon camera released D90 that offer user the ability to record movies. A Digital SLR camera which is usually used to photograph the moment can be utilzed to make a movie. Then some reviews predicted the Nikon D90 camera has its own charm. Using a fisheye lens would produce a very unique film.

In fact, who wants to make films with fisheye lenses, say on a film with a duration of 15 minutes? None. But it was a little story about fisheye when associated with the presence of D90 to replace the D80, a quite sophisticated camera which is too expensive for a beginner level.

Those all about do not throw Nikkor fisheye to trash because it is really a great lens. I'm using AF-D Nikkor fisheye 10.5 mm f/2.8. This lens is interesting after I tried to take pictures using my friend's lens. The length of the lens that only allows me to photograph in all light conditions. At night with a low light source, I still can get a perfect image.

Theoretically, the speed should be not be less than the length of the lens. If these rules are violated, the resulting picture is likely shaked or unfocused. For example, if you use the Nikkor AF-D lens 85mm F/1.8. The speed used should not be less than 1 / 85. The diaphragm was opened as needed in order to adjust to the speed required. Similarly with the ISO. Increasingly large diaphragm makes narrow DOF, while the higher ISO makes the light comes more, but increase the noise or grain in the analog era. Fortunately, the focal lenth is 10.5mm which is below the average our abilities to take photo handheld at minimum speed of 1 / 30 second.

Basically Nikkor fisheye lens is a wide lens.Itenables us to take a more background into a single image. Here are some tips for using Nikkor fisheye to make an interesting picture. Some of picture available at http://digitalimageplanet.blogspot.com/ or http://www.flickr.com/photos/nuranto/

Take a picture with the horizon at the center of the image. Through the view finder, you can set the horizon right in the middle. Due to the convex fisheye distortion, try to get clean background or noisy objects. I gave the example picture which was taken in Bali when there was Melasti ceremony before the Nyepi Day.

Images can be taken from a low angle. There is considerable distortion of general interest because wide lenses as well as fisheye distortion effect could provide a convex effect. Once again when you get a clean background, the image becomes interesting.

Taking a picture with a low angle also remains interestng in situations where the background is crowded with objects. So you do not always have to choose a clean background.

Using a fisheye is always interesting. At night you can get a picture with the handheld because diagragma opened up at f/2.8 but during the day we can get a good color contrast. You can forget that every moment taken with a fisheye continuously. I also do the same. For those who do not like the distortion effect can then use DXO software. With the algorithm, which has been combined with various types of cameras modules, this application helps in correcting the distortion of various lenses. But for me in landscape orientation still amazing.

I may say that at landscape orientation, fish eye still demontrate a great lense for walkabout