can someone explain what the different distances for focus are

They're a meme

>>2858914
i dont believe you

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I only use the slider forwards if a foreground object happens to be just a little too close. Maybe if I'm Indoors, but I'm using the 15mm.
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>>2859532
Why do people get fisheys lenses, only to then defish them? Seems like a lot of effort.

>>2859543
It's a lot cheaper than buying a lens that wide, and sometimes you can get wider than possible with a rectilinear lens. But the image I posted is not defished

>>2859543
on 30mm equivalent you don't get any fish-eye effect. Lower than 24mm equivalent you startto get some if it's not rectilinear.
MFT is 2x crop factor, not ideal for UWA.

>>2858910
focus distance scale is just that, it says at which distance you will have the focal plane. Of course on wide angle the DOF is huge.

>>2859532
The 15mm body cap isn't a fisheye tho

>>2859618
It's the same kind of lens as the one OP is using. Almost identical except for the distortion

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>>2859854
>70 degrees vs 180 degrees FoV
>fisheye vs rectilinear
>3/3 elements vs 5/4 elements

>almost identical

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>>2859867
It's clear you've never used these before. I own both - the first image I found happened to be from the 15. They are extremely similar in use.

>>2859908
>They are extremely similar in use.

That's because they're both crap toy lenses.