HPL posted:

Backstage Lounge spotted.

teethgrinder posted:

Basia!

Sharizard posted:

HPL posted:

I've been having fun shooting with an old Sigma 15mm f/2.8 fisheye lens. I've found that it's a somewhat subtle fisheye in that it does what fisheye lenses do, but somehow it's more subtle in that unless there's blatant cues like a straight line near the edge of the frame, sometimes it slips right by you that it's a fisheye photo. I find the perspective more pleasing than a rectilinear ultrawide because the barrel distortion is not as jarring as how rectilinear ultrawides stretch the image so much towards the edges of the frame. The Sigma gives lots of room in the center of the lens before it starts distorting wildly at the edges. If you're looking for a relatively inexpensive wide FOV lens, you could do a lot worse. I got a good deal on mine because it was in OM mount, which is kind of an oddball mount in this day and age, but it's what I use with my A7S since I am a fan of old Olympus lenses. I've found that while f/2.8 is doable, f/4 is a good balance between overall sharpness and low light capability. Of course it helps when you're using the A7S and ISO isn't so much of a factor. f/4 and f/5.6 are fun because the lens becomes virtually focus-free so you set it and forget it and you can get all sorts of great on-the-fly shots.

BANME.sh posted:

Has anyone used the Olympus XA at a show before? I like that it's extremely compact but the max iso of 800 worries me for getting steady shots at 2.8.