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Okay. I just about have enough money to buy one lens. I was set to get the sigma 10-20 or canon 10-22mm wide but then i had a play with the canon 14mm fisheye yesterday.

At the minute i can only go as wide as 24mm (without the 1.6 crop (40D))... and now i love the effect the fisheye gives but i need to go wider for landscapes ect...

Any advise on anything?
 
was the fisheye restrictive? I really want 1 but feel it will be limited?
 
Was it the Canon 15mm fisheye? If so you wont really get the full effect on a cropped sensor camera. Sigma do a 10(.5?)mm fisheye that give a 167 degree FOV, which will be a lot fishier (new word?) on a cropped sensor camera that the Canon lens.

The Tokina 10-17mm Fish is very popular with the skate/snowboard scene.

Personally I get tired of the fish eye effect and would feel that it restricts me, I would go for the Canon or Sigma 10 - 20/22.
 
I thought fisheye might get sickly after while, wouldn't want 2 go green at the gills!!!
 
I wouldn't have thought the two lenses were particularly comparable, despite the similar focal lengths. A fish-eye effect is so different, there might be times when you want it and times when you don't. Only you know which is likely to crop up more often in your style of photography.
 
I have on of these and it is really very good, I had played with the Sigma and Canon but for me the flexibility and fisheye made me go for the Tokina, I have only had my 5d for a couple of weeks (got it from a guy at work for a bargain price) so I have not tried it on full frame yet, but on either my 10d or 20d it produces crystal clear images and some great effects :thumbs: a real winner for the price, and I only use L lenses normally so for me to say this, it is good:clap:

Craikeybaby said:
The Tokina 10-17mm Fish is very popular with the skate/snowboard scene.
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If you have a Canon camera which isn't full frame then get the Tokina. The Canon 15mm fisheye would be rubbish on a cropped sensor as it wouldn't give a "true fisheye" more wide angle.

Depends what look or what you are shooting
 
Probably, totally out of my depth here but what about the Peleng 8mm Fisheye.

Neil
 
what about the Sigma 8mm. Sharper than the peleng and still retain AF
 
The 8mm Sigma will show vignetting on a cropped sensor.

This is an 8mm on a Canon 40 D
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It can be ' got rid of'
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but the effect is still very marked and if used regularly it could be overdone.

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I got mine mainly for panorama VR type shots
 
I've had two Sigma 10-20 (on my previous Canon, and now my Nikon), and can say that it a brilliant lens that gets a *lot* of use. I would find a fixed fisheye just a little too restricting.
You won't regret getting the Sigma!
 
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