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Angenieux 5.9mm T2 vs Century 5.7mm T1.8mm


Ray Friera

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I am in search of a wide angle lens that would match with Zeiss 10-100 T2 MKll zoom.

 

Zeiss 8mm Distagon T* T2.2 lens. Used to use one with a Zeiss 10-100 T2 Mk1 lens and it matched fairly well.

 

Footage shot with Zeiss 8mm Distagon Wide Open

 

Same scene shot with Zeiss 10-100 T2 Mk1 Wide Open zoomed out to 10mm

 

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-Tim

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No, I have not used either of those so I can't really give you an opinion. Hopefully others here have.

 

I haven't actually used the Century 5.7mm, but I'm pretty sure it's a fish eye.

I had an old century catalog which had clips of 16mm film shot with their wide angles.

 

The Angenieux 5.9mm and the Kinoptik 5.7mm are both rectilinear.

 

But wouldn't a rectilinear be a better match for the zoom than a fish eye, which is curvilinear?

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I haven't actually used the Century 5.7mm, but I'm pretty sure it's a fish eye.

I had an old century catalog which had clips of 16mm film shot with their wide angles.

 

The Angenieux 5.9mm and the Kinoptik 5.7mm are both rectilinear.

 

But wouldn't a rectilinear be a better match for the zoom than a fish eye, which is curvilinear?

 

 

Can you explain to me the a difference between rectilinear and a fish eye lens.

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Can you explain to me the a difference between rectilinear and a fish eye lens.

 

A rectilinear lens renders straight lines as straight lines, while a fish eye AKA curvilinear lens renders straight lines as curved.

 

Most photographic lenses are rectilinear and considered distortion free,

while the fish eye has extreme barrel distortion.

 

fe01.jpg

 

fisheye/curvilinear

 

fe04.jpg

 

rectilinear

 

http://photo.net/learn/fisheye/

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