uwa vs fisheye help pls

i want to buy a wide angle lens for landscapes, city shots and crowd portraits.

i am not a huge fan of the fisheye look but i understand that defishing can be done in pp.

what are the pros and cons of fisheye lenses vs ultra wide angle lenses.

(target body is 5dmk2 in case it matters).

don't get a fisheye - try out the 16-35L.

From what I hear the 16-35 L II handles distortion very well. If you get a fisheye lens I would recommend that you get it for the effect that it makes and not with the intention of repairing every image.
You can remove the distortion but there is a cost. You will lose a lot of your image when you correct it unless there is a different way I do not know about. If your budget is lower that the 16-35 the 17-40mm is very nice also and wide on a FF.

midnight_rider wrote in post #10323238
From what I hear the 16-35 L II handles distortion very well. If you get a fisheye lens I would recommend that you get it for the effect that it makes and not with the intention of repairing every image.
You can remove the distortion but there is a cost. You will lose a lot of your image when you correct it unless there is a different way I do not know about. If your budget is lower that the 16-35 the 17-40mm is very nice also and wide on a FF.

thanks.

the 16-35 is out of budget (unfortunately). i think the choice is quite limited in FF - looking at the 17-40 or sigma 12-24 for uwa.

Google "Rectilinear vs. Fisheye"

ken_vs_ryu wrote in post #10323232
don't get a fisheye - try out the 16-35L.

Unless you WANT a fisheye

Rectilinear and Fisheye are two different ways of handling extremely wide field-of-views. One is not "better" than the other.

magwai wrote in post #10323223
i want to buy a wide angle lens for landscapes, city shots and crowd portraits.

i am not a huge fan of the fisheye look but i understand that defishing can be done in pp.

what are the pros and cons of fisheye lenses vs ultra wide angle lenses.

(target body is 5dmk2 in case it matters).

i've taken lots of what i think are good shots with my fisheye and not felt the need to correct distortion

http://www.flickr.com …spictures/tags/​sigma15mm/

I also have the 16-35LII but am finding the 15mm fisheye much more fun.

it does landscapes...

5Damien, those are very nice shots. Can I ask what makes the horizon straight in some and curve in others? Is there some technique to framing the shot to get this?

egordon99 wrote in post #10323330
Google "Rectilinear vs. Fisheye"

That was weird, the 5th link was this thread

magwai wrote in post #10323888
That was weird, the 5th link was this thread

I've actually had that happen before when I did my usual "Try googling <subject>" suggestion...

And I don't do it to be obnoxious, I do it because sometimes folks don't know the right search terms to use. In this situation, I didn't see anyone mention "rectilinear", so I figured googling that term (along with Fisheye) would lead to some good stuff.

I like my rectilinear Sigma 10-20, but I've seen some cool stuff from the Tokina 10-17, which is unusual in that it's actually a "Fisheye ZOOM" lens.

egordon99 wrote in post #10323910


I've actually had that happen before when I did my usual "Try googling <subject>" suggestion...

And I don't do it to be obnoxious, I do it because sometimes folks don't know the right search terms to use. In this situation, I didn't see anyone mention "rectilinear", so I figured googling that term (along with Fisheye) would lead to some good stuff.

I like my rectilinear Sigma 10-20, but I've seen some cool stuff from the Tokina 10-17, which is unusual in that it's actually a "Fisheye ZOOM" lens.

no it was appreciated, i havn't had time to review the results properly but i already know alot more than i did 10 mins ago. thanks.

magwai wrote in post #10323983
no it was appreciated, i havn't had time to review the results properly but i already know alot more than i did 10 mins ago. thanks.

+1 Me too!

magwai wrote in post #10323874
5Damien, those are very nice shots. Can I ask what makes the horizon straight in some and curve in others? Is there some technique to framing the shot to get this?

yes its simple... if a straight line goes through the centre of the frame it will stay straight, the further it is from the centre it curves more.