LOMO Fisheye (Model 1)

[br1078lum]

I won this camera when my bid that I thought would not hold up went through.  I guess no one else was looking at the time.  Figured it would at least be a little fun to use sometimes.

Straight up through the sunroof

Looking Up by br1078phot, on Flickr

New view on an old subject

Battlefield Trail Monument 1 by br1078phot, on Flickr

Typical view

Summer Day by br1078phot, on Flickr

For comparison, 40mm from the same spot

Lunch Time by br1078phot, on Flickr

And of course, you can always crop it

00260005_2 by br1078phot, on Flickr

I guess I don't take a lot of 'fun' pictures anymore.  I started to run out of things I wanted to use this effect on.  Subsequently, I wasted a third of the roll, which I rarely ever do.  I'm usually trying to squeeze a couple of extra shots out by short loading.

I would like to have a real fisheye lens, or at least a converter, so I could actually see what is in the field of view, and change the lens out when I'm done with those shots.  Version 2 of this camera does come with an attached auxillary finder, but then you are still dealing with a parallax problem.  So it really is more usefull as an extreme wide-angle, than a fisheye (which it really isn't anyway).  And if it was't for the fact that you need to run 400 speed film to get a good exposure, it might be a decent performer.  Well, except for all the edge distortion.  And the illuminations inside the lens barrel/shade.

PF

[rgeorge911]

Well, it looks fun to me!  I've never owned a fisheye. 

I'm sure I'd run out of ideas, too, though.

Reed

[Justin Smith]

Looks like you are having a good time with it!

Here's some shots with mine (wow, was that really 5 years ago?):

http://nelsonfoto.com/SMF/index.php/topic,2963.msg28825.html#msg28825

[br1078lum]

Justin, looks like mine has less distortion than yours does, so they must have made some improvements.  And Reed, it is a fun camera, but I just couldn't get into it.  It's kind of bulky, and being white, it sticks out like a sore thumb.

PF

[Philip]

They are a bit of fun. I like your pictures.

I had a bit of fun a few months ago with a Lomo Fisheye, too.  I can't remember if mine is the earlier model, but it has a flash that vignettes like crazy. Here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/flipflik/sets/72157627006156097/with/5424417253/.

[LarryD]

Ah the fun.

[br1078lum]

Philip, I finally made the connection.  You Anglicized your name here.  And the cat didn't look too happy about it.

PF

[Philip]

Philip, I finally made the connection.  You Anglicized your name here.  And the cat didn't look too happy about it.

PF

Or I "internationalised" it at Flickr!