Canon fisheye - strewth!

I know exactly what he's talking about - I have a Sigma 8mm which is how I know it has no hood! The lens cap has a removeable centre which allows screw in filters to be used on the lens when it's on a crop body. On a Nikon crop, the vignetting is horrible - I'm not a fan of the diagonal fisheye look (IMO, it looks like a very badly distorted UWA image) but I'd rather that than the pseudo round fisheye look the inner cap removal gives! My Sigma 12-24 has the same arrangement as far as a 2 part cap goes - again, the vignetting on a Nikon crop isn't nice but at least that lens doesn't distort, Of course, on FF bodies, both lenses perform as designed. Both Sigma hoods are good and tight fits over the body of the lens (8mm) or the permanently attached hood (12-24mm).
 
Nod said:
So, it's not a hood! It's a cap.
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Semantics aside; yes it is indeed part of cap, but with the centre part removed it may be used as a hood and as I mentioned, I personally do not use it as such. :shrug:
 
The canon 8-15 is an amazing experimental lens, the shots you can get are mind blowing, just don't over use it, I bought it with the intensions of using at 15mm but least it give me the option if I ever need wider, but as soon as you get it's all about the 8mm lol

I upgraded to this from my old sigma and I have to say the canon blows it out of the water, the detail it pics up is awesome and so so sharp, have fun with it
 
baron said:
The canon 8-15 is an amazing experimental lens, the shots you can get are mind blowing, just don't over use it, I bought it with the intensions of using at 15mm but least it give me the option if I ever need wider, but as soon as you get it's all about the 8mm lol

I upgraded to this from my old sigma and I have to say the canon blows it out of the water, the detail it pics up is awesome and so so sharp, have fun with it
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It certainly is fun!
And I know what you mean about 8mm - here's one from earlier in the week I forget to take at 15mm. :bang:
It's the same view as the hand held shot in this threads first post, but this is on a tripod at a sensible ISO on a clearer night (but still could have been a lot clearer as I could barely make out the Milky Way). I'm really looking forward to some crystal clear nights at the coast in Scotland over Christmas.
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Looks a good lens, would be interested in this for my astro projects
 
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