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Lens Grading VI: Zenitar 2.8/16 (Fisheye)
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How do you rate the Zenitar 2.8/16? How many "*"?
***** - An excellent lens, the best you can find with this focal length
0%
 0%  [ 0 ]
**** - Very good lens, some kind of "must have"
42%
 42%  [ 6 ]
*** - Good lens, a model that you would recommend to a friend
50%
 50%  [ 7 ]
** - Average lens, nice in some aspects but rather poor in others, still OK for a nice price
7%
 7%  [ 1 ]
* - A lens that is quite bad, perhaps only for a collector who wants to complete his collection
0%
 0%  [ 0 ]
none - Lens is absolutely shoddy! You wouldn't even take it for free
0%
 0%  [ 0 ]
Total Votes : 14



PostPosted: Wed May 23, 2007 1:21 pm    Post subject: Lens Grading VI: Zenitar 2.8/16 (Fisheye) Reply with quote

Part VI: Zenitar 2.8/16 (Fisheye)


PostPosted: Wed May 23, 2007 2:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Average grading at the moment: (9 votes)

3,6


Last edited by LucisPictor on Sun Jun 10, 2007 6:03 pm; edited 2 times in total


PostPosted: Thu May 24, 2007 4:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Quote:
KAPCTEH (Rus) / Karusutenu (Jap) / Carsten (Ger) / "Carl" (Eng)


Carsten = KAREL in Dutch


PostPosted: Thu May 24, 2007 7:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Jigt wrote:
Quote:
KAPCTEH (Rus) / Karusutenu (Jap) / Carsten (Ger) / "Carl" (Eng)


Carsten = KAREL in Dutch


Is it?
My English nickname "Carl" was used by my English friends who could not pronounce "Carsten" correctly. Wink
Carsten is not really a form of Carl. Carsten is a northern form of "Christian".


PostPosted: Thu May 24, 2007 8:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

LucisPictor wrote:
could not pronounce "Carsten" correctly. Wink


Is it difficult? How is it pronounced then?

I always imagined Carl or Karl is the German form of Charles.


PostPosted: Thu May 24, 2007 8:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've never used a Zenitar so I'm not voting on this lens.

Can someone answer a question for me - is a Fisheye a special type of lens, or can any lens <20mm be called a Fisheye? I'd like to get an ultra- wide lens for the 400D but I don't really want the distortion of Fisheye lenses. I guess the Zenitar or Peleng are not what I need. Any other suggestions?


PostPosted: Thu May 24, 2007 8:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

peterqd wrote:
I've never used a Zenitar so I'm not voting on this lens.
Can someone answer a question for me - is a Fisheye a special type of lens, or can any lens <20mm be called a Fisheye? I'd like to get an ultra- wide lens for the 400D but I don't really want the distortion of Fisheye lenses. I guess the Zenitar or Peleng are not what I need. Any other suggestions?


I will try a short answer: a fish-eye is a super wide angle lens that has not been corrected for distortion.


PostPosted: Thu May 24, 2007 8:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

It's a special kind of lens. Instead of avoiding the distortion with a rectilinear lens design they use a special kind of mapping. Perhaps this article helps: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fisheye_lens

Michael


PostPosted: Fri May 25, 2007 9:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

peterqd wrote:
LucisPictor wrote:
could not pronounce "Carsten" correctly. Wink


Is it difficult? How is it pronounced then?

I always imagined Carl or Karl is the German form of Charles.



Well, it seemed to be difficult for some of my English friends (They said something like "Carlston", others did not have any problems.

I usually tried to explain how to pronounce it:

"Cars" plus "ten" (automobiles and the number). This is pretty much the way it is pronounced - not too difficult, is it?

Yes, "Karl", "Charles", "Carlos", "Karel" - these are all different forms of one name (German, English, Spanish, Czech).


PostPosted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 2:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I also have one.