widest lens ever?

[Moseph]

http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/companies/nikon/nikkoresources/fisheyes/6mmf28.htm
discuss if not abp.

 

[Fusion0]

That thing looks like a monster, would never get it, the images probably look really distorted on the edge.

 

[egproductions]

The image would be distorted everywhere but you don't buy this lens for accurate images.

 

[Luis Caffesse]

Unfortunate that there aren't any sample images on that site...at least I didn't see them if there are.

 

[Bayne]

It also said something about seeing behind itself.

 

[egproductions]

220 Degrees, I'm sure images come out looking round (true fisheye)

 

[Petrus]

I have seen some images, it is an über-fisheye, of very little practical use. One shot taken with this lens I remember is an image of the inside of St Paul's cathedral (London) shot straight up. You can see the floor all around, photographer must have hidden under the tripod.

IMAX cameras use this lens for wide shots, I think.

Distotion, no, it is just different from the normal projections we see in photographs. We also use the cylinder projection swing lens panorama cameras use, no distortion, just different*.
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*) I recommend a basic course in descriptive geometry for all photographers...

 

[TimurCivan]

 

[AuditoryVisuals]

That's quite the picture. I want to see one of a chess board. Looking down at one.

When I was around 10, I wanted to make a camera that could keep on zooming out. And I pictured a lens that looked just like this. I wanted it to go so far that it could see the back of the camera though.

 

[egproductions]

I found another one ...