Verona Park

Nikon Coolpix P5100 with Nikon FC-E8 Fisheye; circular fisheye @ 7.35mm

Digital lomography at its best. Nikon Coolpix P5100 + Nikon FC-E8 Fisheye Lens. Digital X-Pro. Unlike simulating film cross-processing digitally, this image uses true digital cross-processing.


Using the L*a*b* color space, only the color information is inverted, not the luminosity. This effect is native to digital photography, so it’s a pure form of digital cross processing.

There are three combinations of false-color effects; invert a, invert b, invert both a & b. You can also do it in RGB and CMYK with similar effects.

Nikon FC-E8 Fisheye; Super Wide Angle at 10.29mm

The Jury is in: the FC-E8 is my favorite P5100 lens. Because it’s a secondary (converter) lens, it succumbs to the camera’s zoom range, making it a 7.35-25.83mm lens. So, with it attached, I can shooting anything from circular fisheye to non-rectilinear super wide angle. The camera’s EXIF data reports this as 49mm, so I just multiply that by the len’s reduction factor of .21x to arrive at equivalent the focal length in 35mm film.

I often take the P5100 on excursions in a LowePro Rezo TLZ10 with the UR-E20 Lens Adapter pre-attached. The UR-E20 also serves as a secondary grip, lens protector, and lens shade. I keep the FC-E8 in its pouch in the bottom of the bag, ready to mount in an instant.