auriel_dahan Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 <p>Hi,<br>What would be the best fisheye to mount on a full frame Eos 5D MarkII camera? Either a Canon lens or an other brand name (Sigma, ...). I'd like to get a rectangular picture. Thank you very much for your advice.<br />Guinod </p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott_ferris Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 <p>The Canon 15 mm fisheye is a superb lens with regards image quality. It is becoming scarce now due to the unreleased 8-15 L zoom Canon are replacing it with.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter_j2 Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 <p>Canon EF 15mm f/2.8 Fisheye. It was the oldest unchanged lens in the EF lineup. A sharp centre at f/2.8. I agree with Scott. Because, you cannot find one anymore where I shop. So, get a new one now before they are all gone.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Michael Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 <p>What those two fellows wrote . . .?<br> Quite reasonable? at the edges, also:<br> <img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/13870253-lg.jpg" alt="" width="700" height="325" /><br> ***<br> It handles shooting into the light reasonably well - for a fisheye<br> Frames #3, #5 and #6:<br> ?<img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/13870252-lg.jpg" alt="" width="700" height="393" /></p> <p>WW</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catchlight Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 <p>Wow! Some fresh-looking swimming shots, William. Ditto on the Canon 15mm. That lens is a lot of fun, but also a serious tool.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Michael Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 <p>thank you . . . mainly "thank you" for picking up on the fact my intent was to show that the lens can be a useful / serious tool, as well as fun to use.</p> <p>WW</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yakim_peled1 Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 <p>The only FE I tried was the 15/2.8 and I was deeply impressed. It's going to be my next lens.</p> <p>Happy shooting,<br /> Yakim.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philip_wilson Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 As the others say the canon 15mm. I bought one quite recently when the 8-15 zoom was announced and you could get a deal (I already had the Sigma 8mm F3.5). I tested the sigma 15mm but the Canon was a better lens. The center of the Canon 15mm is amazingly sharp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_a5 Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 <p>A substitute for the Canon 15mm diagonal fisheye is the Sigma 15mm, which might even be a better lens. I have one third party lens and that is the one--very sharp throughout right to the corners.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcstep Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 <p>If you can afford to wait, consider the 8-15mm f/4L, which will go from fisheye to ultra-wide on the 5D2.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott_ferris Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 <p>David,</p> <p>It isn't really true to say the new 8-15 will go from fisheye to ultrawide. What it will do is go from circular fisheye to full frame fisheye, that is, at 8mm it will create a circular image on a ff camera and at 15mm on that same camera will produce a 180º diagonal field of view rectangular fisheye.</p> <p>Having said that, with modern software creating rectilinear ultrawide images from rectangular fisheye images is very easy, and something I have done with the Canon lens with very good results.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmanthree Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 <p>I'll second the Sigma 15mm EX DG fisheye lens. Mine is just excellent.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_a5 Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 <p>Scott, are you correcting the fisheye images on a FF or DX body? My experience testing the correction software on a FF camera is that the areas most corrected, the edges, get very soft and useless if any detail is needed in those areas. Just wondering.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auriel_dahan Posted July 27, 2011 Author Share Posted July 27, 2011 <p>Hello everybody!<br> Thank you very much for your feedback, I do appreciate the William's post showing interesting and strong examples of pictures taken with his Canon fisheye. Thank you to Scott and David S. for their very informative exchanges of views. I am grateful to all others who reported their experiences on the 8-15mm Canon and 15mm Sigma fisheye. Guinod</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott_ferris Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 <p>Hi John,</p> <p>I use it with FF and 1.3 crop. It depends how much detail there is in the corners and how far you want to take the correction, of course. He are a couple of threads where I have posted images from my 15 mm and the software I use, DeFish (free and very powerful) and Image Trends Hemi (payed and basic, but nice).</p> <p><a href="00XxUd">http://www.photo.net/canon-eos-digital-camera-forum/00XxUd</a><br /> <a href="00VOFp">http://www.photo.net/canon-eos-digital-camera-forum/00VOFp</a></p> <p>Auriel,</p> <p>You are very welcome, I notice that the 8-15 has actually started arriving in retailers now, though I am sure it will be a while before real stock levels arrive. <a href="http://www.canonrumors.com/2011/07/the-ef-8-15-f4l-is-fisheye-has-landed/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+canonrumors%2Frss+%28Canon+Rumors%29">LINK</a>.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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