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Fisheye

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gordie.
Posts: 2014 - Karma: 84
ok heres a question

fisheye lenses
do fish actually see out of eyes like fisheye lenses?
like is that how they see?

if so, thats really sick, but it would be so hard to like live with

this thread's pretty pointless, but i still think its badass if thats actually how they see
May 3 2009 11:08AM
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EH_DUBS
Posts: 3080 - Karma: 969
i came here to say that fisheyes are fucking stupid.

it dosent really answer your question but i came here to say it so i said it.

i hate fish i cant even eat them.
May 3 2009 11:14AM
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Pippin
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It would make sense because their eyes are on kind of 2 different sides of their bodies, so it would help them get the widest view possible.. maybe?
May 3 2009 11:17AM
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thisandthatfilms
Posts: 7713 - Karma: 525
fail
May 3 2009 12:04PM
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EH_DUBS
Posts: 3080 - Karma: 969
not really
May 3 2009 12:35PM
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josh.
Posts: 3469 - Karma: 42
theirs a reason why you don't see fisheyes in good movies, its not good cinematography.
May 3 2009 5:08PM
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Static
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not good cinematography, pisshhhh. Go watch some surf movie at imax.
May 3 2009 5:55PM
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josh.
Posts: 3469 - Karma: 42
watch any stanley kubrick movie and tell me if theres any fisheye.
May 3 2009 6:11PM
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Chickendodo
Posts: 1426 - Karma: 33
Fisheye isn't meant for big screen movies, go watch a skate video... fisheye looks good for some things and not for others, you can't just classify all good film making by what Stanley Kubrick's does...

As to the op, I have no idea... makes sense to name it like that though...
May 3 2009 6:28PM
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DrZoidberg
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isn't it called fisheye because a fish would see anything above water as distorted as result of being underwater? I'm not sure though.
May 3 2009 6:54PM
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heFF
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google that sheeit
May 3 2009 7:29PM
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josh.
Posts: 3469 - Karma: 42
fisheye follow cams look like shit, so do vx1000's, skate filmers are still 15 years behind every one else.
May 3 2009 8:23PM
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jsaya_SagStraps
Posts: 1840 - Karma: 29
You realize you look out of your eyes with a perspective like a fisheye lens?
May 3 2009 8:31PM
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Chickendodo
Posts: 1426 - Karma: 33
can I have some of that crack?  cause it must be damn good to make you think this shit.

seriously though, to each his own I guess... skate filmers aren't behind on anything though... fisheye just gives skating a sick feel and looks ill.  You obviously feel differently, but I know that me and a lot of other dudes agree that fisheye looks sick for skate films.
May 3 2009 10:02PM
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foodisfun
Posts: 5427 - Karma: 287

some fish eyes are pretty bubbly off of their body and fisheye lenses are pretty spherical resembling a fishes eye? maybe idk.

May 3 2009 10:14PM
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ryanwar6
Posts: 1134 - Karma: 114
See 44 Days.

/thread
May 3 2009 10:35PM
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sklermang
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i always thought it was because the lens itself resembles a fish's eye, but i could be wrong.

Click for larger image
May 3 2009 10:41PM
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EH_DUBS
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most of those are just wide angled if i remember right. i like wide angles.

and i should have rephrased what i said better. people who use fisheyes and make there footage look like someone stuck a toilet paper roll over top of there lens and make me squint to actually see whats going on are retarded
May 3 2009 10:54PM
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ryanwar6
Posts: 1134 - Karma: 114
most of the follow cams were fish eye.

Take for example the overhead follow cam in the powder, one of the most epic shots of all time... follow cam.
May 3 2009 10:56PM
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EH_DUBS
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alright point taken.

im a huge fan of ostness. i was commenting more on people who don't know how to use them and think cutting the corners off of your video is cool.
May 3 2009 11:47PM
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ChronicLines
Posts: 951 - Karma: 61
I love me some fisheye.  I had money, I'd drop it on a 30mm CFi.
May 3 2009 11:59PM
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ryanwar6
Posts: 1134 - Karma: 114
word. I can definitely agree. But if used well, a fish eye can be a blessing.
May 3 2009 11:59PM
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josh.
Posts: 3469 - Karma: 42
but the 99% of skate edits are absolutely horrid.

and 44 days was creative, not shoving your death lens up your freinds ass while you follow them on your board.
May 4 2009 12:38AM
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connoroh
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Yeah, humans see the same way a fisheye works. Otherwise our perspective would be fucked. Look Straight forwards, and move a ruler from the center of your vision to the side, it gets smaller.
May 4 2009 12:53AM
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ChronicLines
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I'm going to disagree.  Look at the horizon, that shit isn't bent.

It's a fact that the focal length of the human eye is closest to 50mm, there is no such thing as a 50mm fish.  Sorry.
May 4 2009 1:26AM
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ryanwar6
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This is true to an extent. It is true on a full size 35mm sensor, but when you get into smaller sensor sizes, aka every video camera besides 35mm film or 35mm adapter for the most part, the telephoto aspect of that 50mm produces gets amplified.

Take for example the HVX. Fully zoomed in, the camera only gets to 55mm, which compared to a normal 35mm camera is about equivalent to having a 300mm lens on an slr. On a smaller handycam with 1/6" sensors, in order to get the same field of view, it would only have to use something like 24mm.

Think about how you see. Take a measure (in degrees) of how far your peripheral vision can see, then take an angle measurement from a 50mm camera lens. I think the person you quoted is more than likely talking about the fact that we have an extraordinary field of view, that is most closely comparable to a fisheye.
May 4 2009 1:46AM
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Jordan
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Kid's right.

If you saw at a 10.5mm focal length shit would be fucked.
May 4 2009 1:56AM
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