Opinions on the EF 15mm 2.8 Fisheye?

kevindar wrote in post #14709880
its not as fishy on a crop. dont know what the angle of view comes down to.

113 degrees on APC-C vs. 180 degrees on a full frame.

kevindar wrote in post #14709834
Ok. so having had this lens, and many other ultrawides, here are my thoughts.
the lens is small and light, and is very sharp. has some Ca, but easy to correct. its a fun lens to use in tight quarters, if you dont mind some distortion, and it makes a cool video lens. I would personally not use the lens in a situation where I need to defish. the penalty on loss of resolution is too much.
For landscape, you want to keep the horizon in the middle if you can, and keep vertical objects away from the edges. I used to shoot more with it now, not as much recently.
here are a few on full frame



I may have partially at least corrected distortion on this last one

i agree but like you i have other lenses. i recently bought the sigma 15mm. it's my second go-around with this lens but i plan to keep it this time .

i used the fisheye alot on a recent vacation (too much, probably).

Wow, thanks for all of the input everyone! This turned into a very informative thread

It's a fantastic lens, but you have to learn how to use it. Not for snap-shots or people's close-up - well, unless it's for fun.
As Kevindar said, a lot of distortation can be taken out if you keep the horizon line in the middle, and avoid vertical objects at close distance.
Taking the distortion in PP, voids the purpose of the lens, ans does bring a lot of pixel distortion.
Tilting the lens up or down does produce some creative and unique effects.
The DOF is as expected very large, and no CPL should be used - maybe a ND filter, but I often find that does produce very saturated colors, in special blues.
Did try the 8-15, and was alwyas either at 8 or 15mm focal; so for me at adding a 8mm would make more sense, as I have already the 15.
Get it if you can - if you like UWA views, you will find use for it, and learn how to take good advantage

I bought the sigma 15mm FE (my first non-canon lens) a few months ago and really impress with its performance. I didn't want to spend that much on 8-15 since it is a specialty lens which you don't use it that often. I have never tried the Canon 15mm FE, but by reading the reviews, it seems like a lot of people leaning toward the Sigma in term of performance. You might want to look into Sigma Fisheye.

I have to agree with you. Even on my 1DIV (1.3x sensor), its not fishy enough. Can't imaging how it is looks like on 1.6X at all.

skater911 wrote in post #14707564
With the field of view of the fish eye I don't know how you would use it. You wouldnt get a good even coverage.

I like it for the "bendiness" of up-close portraits and look-downs

Unregistered.Coward wrote in post #14713069
I like it for the "bendiness" of up-close portraits and look-downs

Shot with crop sensor. Also experimenting with it on my IR 30D, but for the full fisheye effect I usually use the Sigma 10 DC.

I guess you either like fish or you don't huh