Canon EF 15mm f/2.8 Fisheye

[digitmstr]

With all the "complaining" posts I have seen of late I thought I'd

post something positive.

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Recently, I have sold ALL my manual focus lenses (Canon, Nikon,

Pentax, Zenitar, and a few others) for several reasons: my eyesight

isn't what it used to be...and I grew tired (impatient, another old

age "issue") of having to re-set the aperture after focusing. Also,

I use my cameras in M mode most of the time and for those occasions

in which I needed to use the EX flashes in E-TTL mode it wouldn't

work, of course. So, I sold them all.

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I immediately set to replace the Zenitar fisheye (very good lens)

with a used Canon fisheye I have found on Amazon, from a private

seller. The lens had only been used a few times and it's in like-

new condition however, I had a week to return it so, I took it on a

Sunday outing with my wife and kids to the new Getty Museum, here in

Los Angeles.

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It was very sunny day, no clouds and very brigth. I am very pleased

with the results. I shot some RAW pictures and did straight

conversions in C1 PRO and all the pictures looked very good.

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Contrary to many reviews I have read flare was extremely well

controlled. I have tried to get some happening and I couldn't: I

shot into the sun, a few degrees off, etc... You can see the

pictures. I think the lens behaved as well as anyone can reasonably

expect. Again, many reviews/opinions spole fo softness but, I can't

see any. In fact, i think the lens does well even in the corners.

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It was also fun to just shoot ONLY with a fisheye (on a 10D). At

first I thought: what am I going to do with this thing is such a

huge space but, soon I was firing away...even as I had to move along

in the midst of the thousands of visitors (very busy day!).

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Overall, I am super-pleased with my new lens! I now have to replace

the Micro Nikkor, the Nikkor 105, a Nikkor 500mm...so, it will take

a while and quite a bit of looking around for deals.

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<center><a href="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/3305202-lg.jpg"><img

src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/3305202-sm.jpg"></a><br><i>Canon

10D - EF 15mm f/2.8 Fisheye</i></center>

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<center><a href="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/3303065-lg.jpg"><img

src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/3303065-sm.jpg"></a><br><i>Canon

10D - EF 15mm f/2.8 Fisheye</i></center>

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Those interested in this lens, you can see more samples<a

href=http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=489581> here</a>.

[david_kusner]

Thanks Giampiero, count me as someone interested in this lens. I'm finally about to purchase a real wideangle for my 20D, and was trying to decide between the 16-35L and the 15mm fisheye (I want both, the question is which one do I get in the immediate future). I enjoyed your gallery -- I agree with you about the performance of the lens. It seems more than acceptable for casual use.

[jdarko]

I agree, very hard to get some flare in the frame. Even if you try.<div></div>

[chrisjb]

Hi Giampiero, 1st I share you sentiments with the old eyes, The lens seems to have less curvature in the perspective than I imagined, are the pics corrected or is this the result of the x1.6 crop. I have a Sigma 15~30 but unlike your Canon it can be very prone to flare.

 

itsnice to see happy snappers.

[digitmstr]

The pix are NOT corrected (except for one, which is clearly noted as such and was and exp. in using PT-LENS).

 

The camera has a 1.6 crop so, part of the "illusion" is due to that however, depending on subject and camera position it is possible to get images that do NOT look "fisheyed".