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Message: <blockquote data-quote="OPTIC_NUT" data-source="post: 3284472" data-attributes="member: 121951">I watched the video.The Cooke has a mild fisheye effect (pincushion), and this is very aesthetically pleasingin the examples presented.  It does cause an induced 3D effect, but mainly in terms of"center is closer to you than sides".   It also cause you to focus your attention oncenter field, which is why the model looks even prettier.   That's really the gist of itfor me: the way your attention is directed, the way your target is 'featured'.The director mentions he knows the boca is messed up, but the center person isespecially appealing (the woman and the man examples.   The background rollsaway from them.So...yeah, I think it is distortion, but many people would find it quite appealing,and it enhances "3D" in a way that brings the center target towards you.I have really gotten into the flat/high-precision view, in the Featherweight familyand the Toei Kogaku 70-degree-apparent models.   However, if you want a gooddemonstration of the warmth and appeal of a mild pincushion (that does notaccelerate much at the edges!), the Bushnell Customs are the ultimate expressionof that.  A quick sweep shows you definite pincushion, but it's almost all in focusand there is an extra warmth and closeness in your center "feature".As they say sometimes in scope promotions, it has "pleasant views".The "sheetmetal" comment is funny.   Their set wall is un-naturally flat..no dimples or seams like in real walls, and the Leica is merciless....but I say: true.The Cooke makes un-natural walls look more natural...aha.I like flat a lot, because you can easily see planes of depth through the forest.It tells you 'where' more accurately.   It doesn't love your featured starlike a mild parabolic curvature does, though.I would enjoy Cooke-filmed shots with people more, but out scouting,I would learn more about the habitat with a flat view.This has echoes of stereo hi-fi back in the day.When Technics came out with super-low distortion, people complained.....is was dry and analytical. I couldn't stand it either.  It got worsewhen it came to speakers, and actually killed some harmonics.Julian Hirsch, famous tester of hi-fi, said something like:  "all speakers, like all instruments,have distortion. The question is, which have distortions that you find pleasing?"</blockquote>

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