Canon Fisheyes
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As Canon only make one fisheye ( EF15/2.8 ), your options are buy one or don't buy one. :shrug:
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Or you could go for one of the Sigma...
Oh wait.
Canon:
Canon EF 15mm f/2.8
Sigma:
Sigma 4.5 f/2.8 EX DC HSM
Sigma 8mm f/3.5 EX DG
Sigma 15mm f/2.8 DG
Tokina:
Tokina 10-17mm f/3.5-4.5 AT-X DX
Oh wait.
Canon:
Canon EF 15mm f/2.8
Sigma:
Sigma 4.5 f/2.8 EX DC HSM
Sigma 8mm f/3.5 EX DG
Sigma 15mm f/2.8 DG
Tokina:
Tokina 10-17mm f/3.5-4.5 AT-X DX
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Do you really,really want one enough to spend the £300+ to get one though, that's the real question
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And you haven't said what kind of fisheye you want. There are two basic designs, and they produce very different effects.
The first is a circular fisheye. This produces an image which is circular (doh!) and has an angle of view of 180 degrees. Imagine putting the camera on the floor with the lens pointing upwards: your picture will be circular and will have the room's skirting board around the edge of it (and a black border filling the rest of the rectangular image).
The Sigma 4.5mm is the only circular fisheye for crop sensors. The Sigma 8mm is a circular fisheye for full-frame sensors. If you mount the 8mm fisheye on a crop sensor body, you'll see the circular effect but the edges of the circle will be cut off.
The second kind is a diagonal fisheye. Here, the image fills the frame and the angle of view is 180 degrees measured across the diagonal. If you put the camera on the floor with the lens pointing upwards, your picture will be rectangular with the room's skirting board just visible in the corners.
The Canon 15mm and Sigma 15mm are rectangular fisheyes on full-frame. If you mount it on a crop sensor body you'll get some fishiness but not the full 180 degrees (so you won't see the skirting board). The Sigma 10mm is a rectangular fisheye for crop sensors; you could also use the Sigma 8mm and crop the image to achieve the same result. I think the Tokina 10-17mm is a crop sensor rectangular fisheye at the 10mm end, but I'm not sure.
So, what kind of fisheye do you really really want?
The first is a circular fisheye. This produces an image which is circular (doh!) and has an angle of view of 180 degrees. Imagine putting the camera on the floor with the lens pointing upwards: your picture will be circular and will have the room's skirting board around the edge of it (and a black border filling the rest of the rectangular image).
The Sigma 4.5mm is the only circular fisheye for crop sensors. The Sigma 8mm is a circular fisheye for full-frame sensors. If you mount the 8mm fisheye on a crop sensor body, you'll see the circular effect but the edges of the circle will be cut off.
The second kind is a diagonal fisheye. Here, the image fills the frame and the angle of view is 180 degrees measured across the diagonal. If you put the camera on the floor with the lens pointing upwards, your picture will be rectangular with the room's skirting board just visible in the corners.
The Canon 15mm and Sigma 15mm are rectangular fisheyes on full-frame. If you mount it on a crop sensor body you'll get some fishiness but not the full 180 degrees (so you won't see the skirting board). The Sigma 10mm is a rectangular fisheye for crop sensors; you could also use the Sigma 8mm and crop the image to achieve the same result. I think the Tokina 10-17mm is a crop sensor rectangular fisheye at the 10mm end, but I'm not sure.
So, what kind of fisheye do you really really want?
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£300+? More like £500+, I'd have said.Do you really,really want one enough to spend the £300+ to get one though, that's the real question
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Stewart, what would you suggest? Is there a 'typical' fisheye that people normally get?
I thought zoom would be handy... Seeing each skirting board seems a little extreme!
What lenses do you have in stock? I think this might be a wise one to hire...
I thought zoom would be handy... Seeing each skirting board seems a little extreme!
What lenses do you have in stock? I think this might be a wise one to hire...
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my vote goes for the Tokina 10-17mm Fisheye, love this lens and use it loads 
if you want some samples i can post them up.
It is proper fishy at 10mm and has zoom upto 17 which is nice but not really needed, its f3.5-4.6 which isn't brilliant but its good enough i use it outside so doesn't matter, shoot at f9-11 anyway.
Other option is the 10mm Sigma f2.8 which was the 2nd fisheye I was looking at, your using a crop sensor so there are only a few fisheye that are actually fishy, the 15mm canon isn't fishy on a 1.6x crop body its wide but not as wide as 10mm.
8mm Sigma is a bit too much fish it does have black corners where as the 10mm doesn't, so you get more in then you do with the 8mm.
What do you want the fisheye for?
if you want some samples i can post them up. It is proper fishy at 10mm and has zoom upto 17 which is nice but not really needed, its f3.5-4.6 which isn't brilliant but its good enough
i use it outside so doesn't matter, shoot at f9-11 anyway. Other option is the 10mm Sigma f2.8 which was the 2nd fisheye I was looking at, your using a crop sensor so there are only a few fisheye that are actually fishy, the 15mm canon isn't fishy on a 1.6x crop body its wide but not as wide as 10mm.
8mm Sigma is a bit too much fish it does have black corners where as the 10mm doesn't, so you get more in then you do with the 8mm.
What do you want the fisheye for?
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Mainly car shoots.my vote goes for the Tokina 10-17mm Fisheye, love this lens and use it loads
It is proper fishy at 10mm and has zoom upto 17 which is nice but not really needed, its f3.5-4.6 which isn't brilliant but its good enough
Other option is the 10mm Sigma f2.8 which was the 2nd fisheye I was looking at, your using a crop sensor so there are only a few fisheye that are actually fishy, the 15mm canon isn't fishy on a 1.6x crop body its wide but not as wide as 10mm.
8mm Sigma is a bit too much fish it does have black corners where as the 10mm doesn't, so you get more in then you do with the 8mm.
What do you want the fisheye for?
Can you post some pics please, and say what zoom it's at?
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£300 or so will buy a secondhand one...I should have made that clear
This is the 10-17 Tokina @ 13mm
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The Sigma 10-20 is good for these shots. Whilst it hasnt exactly got fins on at the 10mm end its pretty wide, suffice to say you can get a whole F16 in shot with the lens only 5 inches away from the nose.
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The Sigma 10-20 is good for these shots. Whilst it hasnt exactly got fins on at the 10mm end its pretty wide, suffice to say you can get a whole F16 in shot with the lens only 5 inches away from the nose.
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This was taken with the Sigma 10-20mm?? Thanks for the example. I have been looking pictures taken with this lens to help me make my mind up.
