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Originally Posted by VDC_OFF
Damn Dallaz, those are awesome pics and awesome lenses. Would love to have that setup!
I love these lenses but next Im looking for something a little more wideangle. I like that 10.5mm 2.8 you have Dallaz, might just have to save up for that one.
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Thanks. We started shooting years back with an old D70 which crapped out on us pretty quickly so we bought a little D40 when we were still just getting into photography. It was an awesome little camera that at one point we had 2 of just because of how portable they were and their photo quality was great until you bumped the ISO past I'd say, 800ish.
After shooting with the D40's for a while, I decided to upgrade to the D300 mainly because I would shoot my friends skateboarding (the reason for the fisheye) and wanted the 8fps with the optional battery grip, soon after that we bought the D90 and after a while ditched the 300 for the 700. Switching to full frame after shooting DX crop since the start was AMAZING! You should look into the fisheye, but be warned..... It is insanely wide! Just leave it focused at infinity on manual focus mode and anything past 2 feet from the sensor will be in focus so you don't even have to think about the shot, just take it.
This one we were probably only an inch or 2 from the flower
Shot while climbing a 14'er in Colorado
An older image I shot with this lens that is way over edited but I used to go a little overboard. I would say the front of the lens on this one was less than a foot away from the tip of his board.
BTW I'm not trying to take over the thread with photos, just posting some shots with the fisheye to aid in VDC's decision and anyone else's who may be skeptical about dropping money on a lens that many consider too wide and distorted for most photography applications.