Anyone for £20,000 spare?

mikedeere · Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2007 11:51 pm Post subject: Anyone for £20,000 spare?

You may be interested in this extremely rare occasion of this lens popping onto the market.

JAW · Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2007 11:03 am Post subject:

what lens?
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mikedeere · Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2007 10:59 pm Post subject:

Click the link?

JAW · Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 11:16 am Post subject:

oops sorry, didn't see it. Do you think it's worth the price tag it's got on it? (not that i was thinking of buying it!)
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Hamish · Forum Veteran Joined: 29 Sep 2006 Posts: 1011

I've got three. Let me know if you want to borrow one.
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JAW · Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 5:55 pm Post subject:

mikedeere · Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 6:54 pm Post subject:

They're rare as hen's teeth. One of Nikon's ventures of the 1970s when they set about making all sorts of impossibly complex and amazing lenses that could perform feats unknown.

For example, that 6mm f/2.8 lens in the link has a picture angle of 220 degrees, if you look at sample shots from it you can actually see that it can look behind itself!

With a setup that looks like the below picture, the camera is pointing vertically upwards:

Yet in the photo that it takes, you can see the ground in every single direction. Incredible!

And in comparison to the 10.5mm DX fisheye, it makes it look like a tele lens. (Clickable link.)

JAW · Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 9:46 pm Post subject:

mikedeere · Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 1:17 pm Post subject:

By the way, the 10.5mm lens in the comparison link is actually an old 10.5mm full-frame lens, which is even wider than the modern 10.5mm DX lens.

sassycat11736 · Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2007 12:19 am Post subject:

Mike, i love you, but sometimes you're too much of a geek for me. I fear I may have to leave you in favour of some hotties in jerseys, pads and full face lids! xxx

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