On Sun, 13 Sep 1998 22:45:52 GMT, zvinys@my-dejanews.com wrote:

>In October Popular Photography I've noticed an Adorama
>ad (p.232) for $49 panorama fisheye lens which can
>be attached to a 28mm lens. To me this sounds a way
>too cheap, so I assume there might be some things that
>I am unaware of. What are the limitations of this type
>of lens?
>Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

I don't know if I have tried that particular one
(I've tried about five different versions of these
add-on fisheyes), but most were quite poor even with
the 28mm lens stopped down to f22. One was surprisingly
good, though, at f16-22, and would provide a reasonable,
cheap entry into fisheye-land...;-) Where these shine,
though, is as WA converters for video cameras, on
which they often perform very well (though the
lack of coating on the three elements
does take its toll...).