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"The concept of a low-cost fisheye digital camera is very appealing. Unfortunately, fisheye lenses still carry the price premiums associated with limited market "specialty"' item status. This paper describes how a commodity door peephole can be used as a fisheye converter lens, thus bringing the total parts cost of a serviceable digital camera with a fisheye lens to under $20 US.
In the past, fisheye photography had been considered primarily a "special effect'' to be used sparingly for its ability to provide a distorted perspective. However, fisheye imaging recently has become of much greater importance. There are two major reasons:"....Read Complete Article
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