Stupid Me, trying pano with an 8mm fisheye on NEX7 and some first day comments

[lapdog99]

My Tamron 18-200 is supposed to arrive today, but in the interim few days since getting the NEX7, I tried out of curiosity
using my ProOptic fisheye with a Fotodiox adapter and panoramic mode. I can't show the photos because after each attempt, the display kept saying
something like NOT RECORDED, shoot faster. I realized later that this was probably due to the fact the fisheye covers so much area the stitching software
couldn't make sense of it. None of the single shots I made are worth showing, although it seemed to work fine wide open with infinite focus.

Meanwhile, a few early comments. The eye cup covers the tiny adjustment for vision/glasses/contacts so adjust before putting the cup on. I don't have much
experience with EVFs so my initial reaction was that it was quite good, but not like a window pane (which I didn't expect anyway).

The focus peaking was both interesting and a little distracting, and it will take some time to gain confidence in it.

My guess is that the size with the tele is going to require a larger bag than the ones I already have for my LX5 (which I still love with that Leica 2.0 lens), so I ordered
one of the smaller KATA sling bags. Their quality is excellent based on the two backpack bags I already have.

I am waiting to see what lenses emerge this year that are 2.8 or better for wide angle from SONY/Tamron/Sigma. Hopefully I'll have a Sony compatible lens today and get some shots over the weekend.

 

[davect01]

Have fun out there.

 

[HappyPuppy]

I like the peaking it really seems to help. I like to do as much with the shot vs post production

 

[Phoenix]

It might be worthwhile to try to change the panorama direction orientation from left to right (or right to left) to down to up (or up to down ) and try to shoot the panorama holding the camera in a portrait orientation. Sorry if I sound confusing, I posted a NEX-7 presentation thread previously done by Mike Bubolo and he was illustrating what I'm trying to explain regarding the sweep panorama technique, it might be worthwhile to check it out.

 

[lowincash]

How do you like the tamron 18-200 on the nex7? I'm just going to have two lenses for now which will be the 24mm zeiss and the tamron 18-200.

Btw I have a sony ericsson ray cell phone and has the panorama sweep, I still can't seem to get it right lol, I either go too slow or too fast and then end up having 1/4 or 1/3 of the picture blank =/