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Vignetting

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SRskierSFS
Posts: 1476 - Karma: 124
what the hell is vignetting?, i know it has something to do with different lenses and step up/down rings
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willbski9
Posts: 2014 - Karma: 31
from what i know it is the black space around the corners of a video caused by a fish eye.
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willbski9
Posts: 2014 - Karma: 31
for example
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skisf4x4
Posts: 394 - Karma: 21
its not just fish eye lens. it happens with a lot of lenses, especially when they are wide open. there are ways to cause it or to avoid it. what are you trying to do? still photos i take it?

BTW, thats not a good example picture really.

here is a decent simple explanation of the technicalities of things: http://www.vanwalree.com/optics/vignetting.html

grant

notice the black fade coming from the corners in this random picture i took. you can see it the most in the floating arm and in how dark the discoball is.
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I cranked it up higher in the following two pictures just as an example:
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not the best examples, but it should give you can idea
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SRskierSFS
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thanks dude that helped out alot, i needed to know what it was because im shopping for a fish eye for my gs400
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Leckett
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dont let it have the vignetted rings. picture looks much better without them
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skisf4x4
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its subjective. there are distinct advantages to it at times. such as highlighting the center of the image.
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johnwiechecki
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I feel like in those two shots the vignetting makes them look awesome, nice work.

And in case you were wondering, It is pronounced vin-yet-ing (Vin as in Vin Diesel, yet pronounced normally) I used to pronounce it wrong and it was embarrassing sometimes, and now that I know how to say it, I know that I can't take people who mispronounce it seriously. Not trying to be a smart ass, just to save anyone else the same embarrassment.
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C-DEUCE
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make sure to turn steadyshot OFF with your fisheye, the vig will move around and look gross if you dont
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[~_~]
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my GL2 does that when I zoom.
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sabotgy
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its the "porthole" effect when someone buys a fisheye that wasnt designed for their camera.

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Thorvildsen
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^LOL!
Thats my friend
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twix_182
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yeah i realized mine did that also a little bit.
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twix_182
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yeah i realized mine did that also a little bit.
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eastAR5
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yep most fisheye lenses will have some kind of vignetting but using a lens that is a differnt mm thread/bayo size then your camera will cause a shit load of vignetting.
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twix_182
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but ive only used the included lense
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bmxican_89
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did any body else just realize that Tanakaa is back?
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