Travis Butler
Well-Known Member
Got this in yesterday, and today was gloomy and overcast, so only a few test pics outside my place so far. Given that, my first impressions are pretty good!
20250429-SDIM3903 by Travis Butler, on Flickr
Sigma fp, TTArtisan 11/2.8 Fisheye
One thing I wasn't expecting is the very close MFD for the lens; earlier in the day I was shooting macro with the Vivitar 100/3.5 Macro, and I could get up just about as close with the fisheye as with the macro lens. This seems to open up interesting possibilities, though it's going to take some playing around...
Also seems like it's got the potential to be quite sharp even up close, though again, it's going to take some practice to take advantage of:
20250429-SDIM3908 by Travis Butler, on Flickr
20250429-SDIM3908v1.dng by Travis Butler, on Flickr
(100% crop)
Of course, with a fisheye, the distortion's the thing - when I used a fisheye on M4/3, my favorite bit wasn't trying to use it as an extra-wide and defishing, but playing with the distortion for artistic effect...
20250429-SDIM3914 by Travis Butler, on Flickr
The twisted tree here almost reminds me of a banyan, for example.
20250429-SDIM3916 by Travis Butler, on Flickr
20250429-SDIM3922 by Travis Butler, on Flickr
Tonality is one of my big things, and the TTArtisan's impresses me.
20250429-SDIM3932 by Travis Butler, on Flickr
As does the clarity. Some pictures can have a quality - I'm not sure if there's a technical name or definition for it, I call it crystalline clarity - that I love, where everything has almost a crystalline sharpness and depth - no atmospheric blurring or haze, but more than that, everything looks like it's being viewed through high-quality crystal that gives the scene additional depth and weight. (Or is that just me? Several of the test pics I took with this lens had it...)
20250429-SDIM3903 by Travis Butler, on Flickr
Sigma fp, TTArtisan 11/2.8 Fisheye
One thing I wasn't expecting is the very close MFD for the lens; earlier in the day I was shooting macro with the Vivitar 100/3.5 Macro, and I could get up just about as close with the fisheye as with the macro lens. This seems to open up interesting possibilities, though it's going to take some playing around...
Also seems like it's got the potential to be quite sharp even up close, though again, it's going to take some practice to take advantage of:
20250429-SDIM3908 by Travis Butler, on Flickr
20250429-SDIM3908v1.dng by Travis Butler, on Flickr
(100% crop)
Of course, with a fisheye, the distortion's the thing - when I used a fisheye on M4/3, my favorite bit wasn't trying to use it as an extra-wide and defishing, but playing with the distortion for artistic effect...
20250429-SDIM3914 by Travis Butler, on Flickr
The twisted tree here almost reminds me of a banyan, for example.
20250429-SDIM3916 by Travis Butler, on Flickr
20250429-SDIM3922 by Travis Butler, on Flickr
Tonality is one of my big things, and the TTArtisan's impresses me.
20250429-SDIM3932 by Travis Butler, on Flickr
As does the clarity. Some pictures can have a quality - I'm not sure if there's a technical name or definition for it, I call it crystalline clarity - that I love, where everything has almost a crystalline sharpness and depth - no atmospheric blurring or haze, but more than that, everything looks like it's being viewed through high-quality crystal that gives the scene additional depth and weight. (Or is that just me? Several of the test pics I took with this lens had it...)