Fuji F30 wide angles lense

[Cussy]

Originally Posted by diving_moose

Thanks mate for the advice.
Does the fish eye lens allow you to get close but also fit alot in the shot or is that not the case.

That's right. I can't speak specifically for the Inon (sure Bardo can), but with a fisheye you can almost be right next to a huge object like a wreck and fit it all in. But then it distorts like mad, so you have a trade off of preserving natural looking lines against how close you get. You can see in Mike's shots how the perspective starts to look a bit strange as the wideness is increased.
Rob

[David P]

The benefits of "very wide angle" lenses are very clear, as demonstrated by Mike Ward and Bardo etc. As I said earlier, it does in part depend on a cool assessment of the kind of photography you do - subjects, conditions etc - whether that works best for you. (As I said, I personally reckoned the 105AD better fitted my needs than the 165AD. But that choice wouldn't necessarily be the same for others.)

[Cussy]

Originally Posted by David P

The benefits of "very wide angle" lenses are very clear, as demonstrated by Mike Ward and Bardo etc. As I said earlier, it does in part depend on a cool assessment of the kind of photography you do - subjects, conditions etc - whether that works best for you. (As I said, I personally reckoned the 105AD better fitted my needs than the 165AD. But that choice wouldn't necessarily be the same for others.)

That is a very good point. For UK I'd say you need/want fisheye. For blue water it is less important.

[edit] plus it depends what you are photographing