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Re: [OM] WTB Zuiko 8mm f/2.8 fisheye

Subject: Re: [OM] WTB Zuiko 8mm f/2.8 fisheye
From: Frank van Lindert <lindertv@xxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 10:36:00 +0100
On Thu, 23 Mar 2000 01:27:46 -0500, Matt BenDaniel
<matt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>I know this is an expensive item, but I think I want one. I might settle for a 
>Sigma, if one exists. Any ideas where to look for this?
>
>Do any of the secondary lenses (e.g. Spiratone, Kenko) come close to a Zuiko's 
>optical performance? I tried a cheap adapter, and it had severe chromatic 
>aberration and undesirable distortion.
>
>I want to use this for night-time all-sky photography.
>
>I know you can make a cheap all-sky camera with a convex mirror and a tripod, 
>but the image quality isn't liable to be super, and the tripod and camera get 
>into the image.
>
>Matt BenDaniel
>
Matt, the Dutch camera shop 'Kamera-Express' has two.
8/2.8 Fish Eye  DFL 2295   8,5
8/2.8 Fish Eye  DFL 2995   9,5
http://www.kamera-express.nl/olympusocc.html
1 guilder roughly equals $ 0.45

I have no connections with the shop, other than from an occasional
purchase.

Frank van Lindert
Utrecht NL.



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