sai Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 Hi you all, I bought a EOS 350D recently and I want to expirience a bit with fish eye photos. But a Canon one cost around 450�! And it�s not like I�m going to use it every day! What if I buy a converter? Will I lose to much quality? thanks for the answers!Simon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conraderb Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 Simon - your fisheye is NOT going to be a good fisheye on the 350D due to the crop factor. buy a used Elan film Rebel 2000 or somethign like that and put it on that camera. should work beautifully. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddklassy Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 I am beginning to see this response to questions of using a fisheye a lot on the web lately. A camrea with a 1.6 crop factor can use a fisheye lens. It may not show 360 degrees of what you're shooting, but it will be close. There are two fisheye lenses that are commonly used on cameras like the EOS 350D. The one I use is the Sigma 8mm f/4.0 EX DG. I like this lens very much, but given what you stated above, I don't know if it fits your budget any more than the Canon 15mm (which by the way, doesn't offer much of a fisheye perspective on a camera like the EOS 350D. The Sigma retails for around $500 to $550. You can see examples of photographs I have taken with this lens here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/latitudes/tags/fisheye/ Another option is the Peleng 8mm f/3.5 lens. It retails for around $200 to $270...with the best prices it seems on Ebay. I have seen examples of photos taken with it and I don't think they are as clear as the photos shot by the Sigma 8mm, but given the price I think it is a very good value. Good luck, Todd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravi_swamy Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 As said before, 16mm fisheyes aren't that useful on a digital camera with a crop factor. Nikon makes a 10.5mm fisheye that is for their 1.5X crop factor digital cameras but it is around $550 although it would probably work great with the Nikon->Canon adapter on a 1.6X crop Canon body. I guess your other choice is the 8mm Peleng, here's an example on the 1.6X crop Canon. http://www.bobatkins.com/photography/reviews/wide-angle-lenses-2.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fourfa Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 the Nikon 10.5mm DX is a G-type lens, meaning it doesn't have an aperture ring. So it'll always be at f22, or f2.8 if you jam the aperture lever open. No real advantage over other options for use on Canons, given its $550 price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roger pfister Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 http://www.pbase.com/rpf/image/56123148 Shot on a 300D with the Peleng 8mm<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.W. Wall Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 Zenitar (Russian) 16mm f:2.8, manual focus, about $150, comes with Canon adapter, works great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaijin Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 I second what J. W. Wall says about the Russian Zenit 16 fisheye, it's good and it's cheap. There are several different software options out there that allow you to defish your 16 Zenit images, which allows you to use it like a very wide angle lens. Image quality loss is minimal, depending on the quality of the original image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddklassy Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 16mm on a 1.6 crop factor camera will not have much of a fisheye effect, though...right? That's why 8mm is preferred. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffOwen Posted February 24, 2006 Share Posted February 24, 2006 Not sure if this is the answer you want, but if you want to get a 'fisheye' effect you could use Photoshop and 'spherize' a standard photo.<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sai Posted March 1, 2006 Author Share Posted March 1, 2006 Hi you all! thanks for all the answres! Well I was looking on ebay for the lenses you recommend , and the Peleng 8mm is 200 � , the zenitar 16mm is around 130�. But would a 16mm really have a fish eye with a 1.6 crop factor? Will I get the espherical effect I�m looking for? Or is the 8mm better? thanks again! chao Simon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon_johnson Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 Simon, I think that you might find this useful: http://www.bobatkins.com/photography/reviews/fisheye.html Jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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