Fish Eye Lens for Canon
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- jaylarson0
Research properly if you haven't. Great reviews here:
http://www.photozone.de/Reviews/…- They have a reviews of it on this site:
http://www.fredmiran…Mimio
- They have a reviews of it on this site:
- Meeklo0
I have a 300d, so that might not get a lot of curve being a 15mm.
Thats why I'm looking for at least a 10mm
- jaylarson0
you may find this site useful too.
http://www.slrgear.com/reviews/i…
they may have better tests of wider angle lenses. does the 300d have a 1.5 or a 1.6 ratio?
- sea_sea0
I have that Tokina fish eye. For the price I paid, it's great. It will depend on what kind of shots your taking and how close. it's a good wide angle and the closer you are to the shot the more curve you'll get, obviously. good luck :) it's a fun lens.
- slappy0
I have a 8mm Peleng. You just focus to infinity and set the aperture to f5.6 and your away. You can just shoot in Aperture Priority (Av) too.
Optically its not bad, you get black corners becuase its so wide but with a 1.4x teleconverter it becomes a 11mm with no black corners. I bought mine out of a car boot in Poland when I was on holiday. Cheap! Takes in a lot of light so its great in low light.
- oooooooooooooo i like.sea_sea
- more = http://flickr.com/ph…dibec
- dang it. wrong comment box. i r smart.dibec
- Meeklo0
Ok so I went with the Tokina:
Here are some shots:
- some nice shots :)antoine_101
- thanks :)
Meeklo - fun...TaylorB
- cool, good choice :)sea_sea
- slappy0
Nice, some dont look that fishy, all taken at 10mm?
How great is the depth of field? The fastest focusing lens is the lens that doesnt need to focus at all!
Love the processing in the last shot, looks like cross processed film.
- yes! all as wide as it goes, I like that you don't see the black edges. specs here: http://www.kenrockwe…Meeklo
- the last shot has very little processing actually, the lighting on that place was perfect acutallyMeeklo
- actually*Meeklo
- Nice, lighting is everything!slappy
- invisiblechamber0
i'm using this on rebel - very wide but not fishy. perfect for indoor use.
- Laurent0
http://www.devoncamera.co.uk/ind…
Sigma oh yes ....Tokina oh nooooooo.
- 23kon0
I just took delivery of the adapter which lets me use my Nikon 16mm lens with my new Ricoh GX100.
I'm VERY stoked!Here's how it looks .... (HAD to take a photo on my phone of it on my desk all assembled)
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- omgitsacamera0
it wont be as the same as getting a FF camera like the EOS 5D.
The XTi, XSi, 20-40D's all have a 1,6x crop factor.
- Meeklo0
omgitsacamera
I know, this lens was designed to fit my camera. This lens wouldn't fit on a 5d, and if it did it will be a lot wider than the usual wide lens.
In case you missed the previous posts, I can't consider myself a photographer, I'm a designer that likes to shoot, I'm still figuring out my current camera. A 5D is a lot of camera for me, I would probably feel embarrassed to take it out. :)
- svenreed0
i went with the tokina myself, however on a 1d. its really an amazing lens, i just wish it was faster. i sold a 15mm canon fisheye for it and made a profit...i certainly am glad that i did.
i shoot action photographs mostly, im never going to grow up i guess.
theres some crap examples at 12mm.
- pr20
as far as most photographers are concerned when the money is teh issue -- all lenses are quite similar. Just get what fits your budget. I prefer faster lenses and lenses with same f sto phroughout teh zoom. SO in my kit the wide angle lens i got is
Tokina 12-24 at f4 -- but it's not fish eye.
I have Russian made Zenitar 16mm at f2.8 -- it's fish eve and the coating isn't that great thus there is not that much contrast
- dibec0
Overall you don't have many options. I have been happy with the Canon Fisheye. To really get sharp pics, you need to shoot at higher aperture and the lens will usually yield some solid results. Works really nice on a FOV crop, full frame gets a lot more chromatic abbreviation and sharpness loss. Neat lens to have in a kit. Solid speed focus, solid build, and overall really fun lens for creative use. Not a must or need, it would better to save up for a wide angle "L" lens.
Here are some samples:
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- dibec0
I shot this last night with the 15mm Canon Fisheye. Forgot to mention this earlier in my post ... great star lighting effects.
- what camera are you shooting with? the fisheye effect looks really subtle. I like the photo though!Meeklo
- This was shot with my XTi. On a FOV Crop Camera the fisheye has more of a wide angle feel. On A full Frame it is blown. ;)dibec
- I figured.. that's why I had to get the tokina on my 300d, I wanted curveMeeklo
- dibec0
Shot this last night. Working on high aperture open exposure. Thought it came out pretty cool.
Vital Stats:
Canon 15mm Fisheye on a FOV Crop Camera.
ISO 100
exposure 30.0 sec at f/11
- slappy0
Keeping the fisheye fun alive at an Audi Launch I was shooting at. Didn't think the client would go for it but they loved them.
Need to chop my shadows out, damn fisheye sees all!
