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Hi guys,
I just stumbled across an eBay auction for an "Ewar" 12mm/f8 ultra wide angle lens (120465778111):
It looks like it's in T2 mount, which would make it adaptable to most cameras.
Does anyone know this lens? Is it a rectilinear lens or a fisheye? There were a number of 12mm third-party fisheyes, but they usually say "fisheye" somewhere in the lens name. This one has "Ewar ultra wide angle lens". When were they made?
I just stumbled across an eBay auction for an "Ewar" 12mm/f8 ultra wide angle lens (120465778111):
It looks like it's in T2 mount, which would make it adaptable to most cameras.
Does anyone know this lens? Is it a rectilinear lens or a fisheye? There were a number of 12mm third-party fisheyes, but they usually say "fisheye" somewhere in the lens name. This one has "Ewar ultra wide angle lens". When were they made?
Roger Hicks
Veteran
It looks very like a fisheye that I once had, with about a 34mm image circle, i.e. cropped top and bottom, all in left-right: not nice. Mine was under another name, though (nothing unusual there).
Cheers,
R.
Cheers,
R.
John Shriver
Well-known
A lens sold under many names, mine is Accura. I think it was also sold under the Spiratone brand. It is T-2 mount.
It is a fish-eye, but it is an odd duck. It is neither full-frame nor circular image. The image circle is something like 32mm, so you only see the edge of the circle at the sides of the frame.
It is a fish-eye, but it is an odd duck. It is neither full-frame nor circular image. The image circle is something like 32mm, so you only see the edge of the circle at the sides of the frame.