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p.1 #1 · Canon fisheye recommendations

I'm looking for a fisheye for my Canon XT Rebel. What are some lenses I should be looking at? I'm not stuck on just the Canon brand for this lens.

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Sep 26, 2006 at 02:35 AM

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p.1 #2 · Canon fisheye recommendations

Hi, on a 1.6 crop the Canon won't be very fishy. Sigma 8mm comes to mind as
possibly giving you more of the "look".

Sep 26, 2006 at 02:46 AM

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p.1 #3 · Canon fisheye recommendations

Tokina is releasing a fisheye zoom in the fall that will cover 10-17mm it's a digial-only lens so it will look fishy. I would hold off on that if you can.

More info here:

http://www.photodo.com/topic_101.html

Sep 26, 2006 at 03:53 AM

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p.1 #4 · Canon fisheye recommendations

Peleng, a Russian brand, has an 8mm f3.5 similar to the Sigma. You can get one here.

Sep 26, 2006 at 03:59 AM

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p.1 #5 · Canon fisheye recommendations

On a 1.6 body, the fisheye effect might not be as "fishy" indeed but on the other hand, the ( 15mm) lens will become more "usuable".
Depending on the subject, angle and so on,result will vay from fishy till wide angle.

The Sigma 15mm 2.8 is great competition for the Canon version. equal in quality and cheaper !
The 8mm version off course is another ball game, vignetting and "fishy" for sure.
The Peleng is a nice cheap alternate, no autofocus so ya have to go manual their ( not difficult since dof is large with a fish).
Sigma will have a new 8mm coming during these days and the Tamron that Milan is refering to, seems to be a nice alternative as well.

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Sep 26, 2006 at 08:04 AM

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p.1 #6 · Canon fisheye recommendations

See this excellent FM article by Rico. Note that the D30/D60 (anybody remember those?) that he talks about in that article also have the 1.6x crop.

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Sep 26, 2006 at 01:11 PM

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p.1 #7 · Canon fisheye recommendations

Thanks. That gives me a place to start researching.

Sep 26, 2006 at 02:20 PM

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p.1 #8 · Canon fisheye recommendations

I have a friend who owns boht the Canon and Sigma, using them mostly for underwater photography where the corner sharpness is very important. He thinks the Sigma is a better lens overall and chooses to use that most of the time. I have used both and can tell little difference--if I were to choose one, it would probably be the Sigmas based on the simple fact that it is cheaper.

Sep 26, 2006 at 05:09 PM

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p.1 #9 · Canon fisheye recommendations

wrong forum

Sep 26, 2006 at 05:59 PM

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p.1 #10 · Canon fisheye recommendations

dirb9 wrote:
Peleng, a Russian brand, has an 8mm f3.5 similar to the Sigma. You can get one here.

Gotta love the little hunk of metal and glass that is the Peleng! This is a pretty goofy/fun lens on a crop body. On a full-frame....wow.

Sep 27, 2006 at 02:49 AM

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p.1 #11 · Canon fisheye recommendations

from what I hear, if you put a 12mm extension tube between the body and the lens you get back some of the width you lost from having a crop.

Sep 27, 2006 at 01:59 PM

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p.1 #12 · Canon fisheye recommendations

Now that's an interesting idea. And the DOF is so great you might not notice the loss of focus on the infinity end. Cool.

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Sep 27, 2006 at 02:02 PM


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