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MC Peleng 8mm f3.5 A - Fisheye Circular
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 1:27 am    Post subject: MC Peleng 8mm f3.5 A - Fisheye Circular Reply with quote
MC Peleng 8mm f3.5 A - Fisheye Circular



Always wanted to see through the red eye of HAL 9000, the crazy computer from 2001 : A Space Odyssey ? That possible with that lens made in Belarus ! Very Happy

All that pics were shot with a Pentax K10D, so, it's more like a 12mm on it...




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What can I say about it ? Very fun, very nice but very expensive ! Thanks to my brother Flor27, I'm using it for free ! Razz

Too smooth with f3.5, I think it's beter in 5.6. Be careful : it's sometimes a mess to hide your feet or your fingers with that almost 180° view ! Wink


PostPosted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 1:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
The Paris Metro really reminds me of the 2001:ASO starship!

Is the first image perhaps taken from the windows of the modern art museum Centre Pompidou?


PostPosted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 1:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Some of them really good shoot! Interesting to see fish eye effects.


PostPosted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 1:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Merci, Trypode8, nice pictures. I miss the metro...

Cheers!

Abbazz


PostPosted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 1:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Orio wrote:
The Paris Metro really reminds me of the 2001:ASO starship!

Me too, and I have too many ideas about shooting some places with that lense !

Orio wrote:
Is the first image perhaps taken from the windows of the modern art museum Centre Pompidou?


Almost ! That's very near from Centre Pompidou, that's : Chatelet - Les Halles, one of the biggest shopping center built underground in Europe.


PostPosted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 1:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
trypode8 wrote:

Orio wrote:
Is the first image perhaps taken from the windows of the modern art museum Centre Pompidou?


Almost ! That's very near from Centre Pompidou,


Good. So my Paris memory is not completely fainting Smile
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 2:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Nice photos, Trypode8. Thanks for sharing.

I've never been to Paris, or Europe for that matter Sad
But I want that Peleng Evil or Very Mad really bad.

cheers
Ed


PostPosted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 2:47 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I love the application of the fisheye effect in that shot looking down to the circular lobby! My head is spinning! Shocked


PostPosted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 5:39 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
nice photos.great context for this lens. I wish ihad one. It looks like fun to think with a fishy-eye!


PostPosted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 7:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
many says fisheye work by surprise but are boring if you see them too often.
trypod shots are first class, very well composed.
The second one with the compass look like a eye, a clock or whatever your imagination see.
Incredible the 3 last metro shot's. Usually such place are always full of people. Empty and clean they bring you in another dimension.
Such nice photos can be printed very big and wake up every boring wall.
I am sure trypod will find many more genius use of this fisheye.


PostPosted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 8:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
esrods wrote:

But I want that Peleng Evil or Very Mad really bad.

cheers
Ed


I need it really bad. Nice pictures.

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PostPosted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 10:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I keep thinking about getting a fish-eye but they're so expensive for a lens I'm unlikely to use very often but on the otherhand for those few uses they can produce great shots... Maybe I'll find a badly listed one cheaply at sometime...


PostPosted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 1:57 pm    Post subject: Well... Reply with quote
Hi everyone, it's a pleasure to see that the Peleng attracts fanatics in here ! Razz

poilu wrote:
The second one with the compass look like a eye, a clock or whatever your imagination see.

Actually, that's a real clock. It's located in the station Saint-Lazare. I shot it opened in 3.5, that was one of my first shot with that 8mm. I need to do it again, in 5.6, with a tripod.

niblue wrote:
Here's a couple of obviously fisheye shots taken with my lens:

Shocked Gosh ! That's just great ! That Pentax 10-17 is expensive but very good !

Anyway, thank you for your comments everyone !

I send one interesting application with the fisheye : panoramic photography. That is my first attempt, I use Hugin for the composition (this is not perfect) :


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PostPosted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 3:25 pm    Post subject: Question Reply with quote
Hi,

I post here again to ask you pros a question. For the moment, I'm using the Peleng like this :

Peleng -> T mount to M42 screw -> M42 mount to K -> Pentax K10D

In order to remplace the medium part (2 adaptors), I would like to buy a T mount adaptor to K mount, but I don't know if I need to buy a T or T2 mount ?

There is nothing inside the actual T mount : no internal or inside screw thread. I saw that T2 mount got inside screw, like this :

http://forums.futura-sciences.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=17599&d=1172858771

Is there T2 mount without inside screw ? Or do I need T mount ?

Thank you guys !


PostPosted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 3:51 pm    Post subject: Thanx Reply with quote
Thank you niblue !
I'm sorry for my terrible english, I think that my question wasn't been understood. Embarassed

I need a T mount adaptor, but clean inside : no thread like the picture I posted. Any clue ?


PostPosted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 4:38 pm    Post subject: Re: Thanx Reply with quote
niblue wrote:
Nope! I thought all the T-mount lenses were a screw fitting so I don't understand how the lens fits into the mount otherwise. What fitting is there on the end of you Peleng if you take the T->M42 adaptor off?


Some pictures are clearer than a long discussion sometimes :


The T-Mount adaptor to M42 (see inside : nothing)


The backside of the Peleng : nothing too.

I hope it's clear now. Confused


PostPosted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 4:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
This Peleng->M42 adapter is the same as on the Jupiter-11, it's maintained with only 3 screws. I also have the same adapters for EOS and Nikon mounts, shipped with the Peleng. It looks lit a T2 without inner screw thread.

Any idea where to find this adapter for Pentax K mount ?


PostPosted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 5:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Pardon me for butting in but I don't think this is a T adapter at all. The Peleng is supplied with different interchangeable mounts, similar to the old Orestegors with their M42 and Exakta mounts. The mount is part of the lens, not a separate adapter. As far as know, the manufacturers BeLOMO supply only M42 and Nikon mounts - to match current Zenit and Kiev camera mounts.

The way to use it with a K10D would be to fit the M42 mount on the Peleng and use a M42>PK adapter ring.


PostPosted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 6:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
peterqd wrote:
The mount is part of the lens, not a separate adapter.

I have exchanged this mount between the Peleng and a Jupiter-11 so I suspect it's sort of well know mount, Peleng and J-11 are not made ar the same factory, are they ?


PostPosted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 7:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
[quote="Flor27"]
peterqd wrote:
Peleng and J-11 are not made ar the same factory, are they ?


I really don't know Flor. During the USSR days the production of a particular lens was often shared between various factories. Looking at Google Images of the J-11 I found one made by Zavod Arsenal in Kiev but the picture on the MFL website shows one made by KOMZ at Kazan in Russia. There must have been a standard design they worked to, so maybe the mount is standard too. Michael is our expert on Russian lenses, maybe he can give a better answer.


PostPosted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 7:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I like to second Peter's opinion here.

This is a fantastic lens, btw:

London, Globe Theatre


PostPosted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 7:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Wow! Looks a scene from Star Wars! excellent!


PostPosted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 7:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
LucisPictor wrote:
I like to second Peter's opinion here.


Like I said, as usual!

Quote:
London, Globe Theatre


This is a mind-boggling picture Carsten. Whenever I see a distorted image from a fish-eye lens my brain tries to straighten it out. Usually it's not too difficult, but with this image it's impossible!


PostPosted: Mon Feb 11, 2013 10:56 am    Post subject: PELENG Circular-Fisheye MC 3,5/8mm Reply with quote
I just bought me this fisheye lens, its well made, with an adaptor for my Canon 5DMkII.

What I've seen, from my first couple of shots, the glass is pretty sharp! Focusing its not required, I set the infinity mark on the f/stop mark, and I receive excellent and crisp images from infinity to a very near distance.

The large frontlens must be watched, and flare and reflections can enter into the image easily! That's the only disadvanted I guess of any fisheye lens!

I am pleased with this lens!
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