Fisheys lenses

Why would someone want a lens that curves thier pictures?

It gives a cool effect, and you can remove most of the curvature in PS and get a super-ultrawide. Fisheyes give a 180 degree picture, which is something you can't get with standard rectilinear lenses.

I was thinking about getting one- What would be the best fisheye for a 5d- They look like a lot of fun to me, I started wanting one after my 1st photo with the 17-40L @ 17mm. Any suggestions? canon?,sigma?

sigma 10-20
awesome piece of glass
it has the fisheye effect at 10mm when you are close to the subject

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ChrisBlaze! You live in Hawaii. Lots of great subjects there. You could take cool images with a fish-eye or super wide lens.

Check out this beach pix from canon's own website for it's 15mm fish-eye lens:

http://www.usa.canon.c​om …tegoryid=151&mo​delid=7321

Then see other samples here:
http://www.pbase.com/c​ameras/canon/ef_15_28

ChrisBlaze wrote in post #2236568
Why would someone want a lens that curves thier pictures?

You could also ask "Why would someone want a rectilinear superwide lens that stretches the edges?"

Here's some fisheye pictures, it's not for every occasion but sometimes I find it's a useful lens.

Canon 15/2.8 on a 20D:

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FretNoMore wrote in post #2238650
You could also ask "Why would someone want a rectilinear superwide lens that stretches the edges?"

Here's some fisheye pictures, it's not for every occasion but sometimes I find it's a useful lens.

Canon 15/2.8 on a 20D:

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Canon 15/2.8 on a 1Ds Mark II:

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Peleng 8/3.5 on a 20D:

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That second shot is great

Most wide lenses will distort at the wide end, when close to the subject. As for actual fisheyes, I know someone who uses the sigma on a N*kon D100 and gets great results, so I imagine the canon is even better.

I'm thinking I'll probably get the Peleng 8mm once I get my 400D, since it gives a great effect for certain things

joe445 wrote in post #2236847
I was thinking about getting one- What would be the best fisheye for a 5d- They look like a lot of fun to me, I started wanting one after my 1st photo with the 17-40L @ 17mm. Any suggestions? canon?,sigma?

I have the Canon 15mm fisheye for my 5D and I really enjoy it. It is such a different lens when compared to my 16-35mm. The only thing I am not a fan of is that you just have to watch the conditions you use it in since there isn't any filter you can add to it.

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Thanks for the info! I've read great reviews on that lens- better comments than the more expensive canon 14mm L f/2.8- Might have to try to find a good used copy- It looks like a fun lens to use.

fishy lens give another "effect" to ur witouth going to post procecing and distor quality of pics ...

i would love to have one cause it will bost my creativity and will open a whole new world in ways to thaking pics