Topic: The real story behind fisheye album covers

[Francois]

I just found this and it's really interesting.
It's the story of the link between the fisheye lens and album covers.
https://youtu.be/YNQzqEAphjs

[irv_b]

Thanks for that Francois it was quite an interesting/entertaining 8 odd mins

[Bryan]

I have some of those albums.  I've always wanted a fisheye lens but the cost doesn't justify the use I would get out of it.

[Francois]

That's why most people got fisheye adapter lenses

[AJShepherd]

Another link with fisheye lenses is the story from 2011 that the footage of David Bowie performing 'Jean Genie' live on Top of the Pops in 1973 was erased by the BBC, but the cameraman operating the fisheye lens had a broadcast quality copy made for his own archive, which was apparently the only copy in existence.

https://youtu.be/yEmGQYCuc6M

[jojonas~]

Thanks! Now I really want to do a fisheye bucket camera

[jojonas~]

Sourced the text by prof R W Wood, if anyone is interested. Page 159 and on 
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/58679#/summary