-
Welcome to the new forums! Please read this first. For known issues we are working to resolve, click here.
8-15 fisheye! what was canon thinking?
- Thread starter Asposium
- Start date
HeyItsJoel
Senior Member
Guess Canon forgot the memo sent out telling them to cater the market to your needs.
I, for one, am excited about this lens.
I, for one, am excited about this lens.
mgblack74
Senior Member
As a Nikon user, I think it's brilliant. Proper fisheye for all sensor size formats in one lens. No need to worry about selling an APS-C oriented fisheye to buy a full frame fisheye lens when one upgrades. One fisheye lens fits all! And the ability to cover the frame or switch to 8mm/near 360 degree circular is a cool feature too. But yes, Canon seems to be missing an ultra wide rectilinear zoom a la Nikon's 14-24. I have no doubt Canon will provide that at some point. Both companies have announced some great gear this week!
--
"You're guaranteed to miss 100% of the shots you don't take" - Wayne Gretzky
--
"You're guaranteed to miss 100% of the shots you don't take" - Wayne Gretzky
Khun_K
Senior Member
I don't mis such fisheye soom, it is something to try for and for different visual effects, the superwide zoom to me is not as useful, I would rather have a few good wide lens, I did not use my 16-35 for 3 years now but I use my 35L, 24 TS-E and 17 TS-E quite often.
Regards, K
http://www.studiosota.com
http://khun-k.blogspot.com/
http://nepal-travelandphotography.blogspot.com/
http://cruising-xinjiang.blogspot.com/
http://shadowlightandbetween.blogspot.com/
--
Regards, K
http://www.studiosota.com
http://khun-k.blogspot.com/
http://nepal-travelandphotography.blogspot.com/
http://cruising-xinjiang.blogspot.com/
http://shadowlightandbetween.blogspot.com/
Aperaturewise
Leading Member
Canon was thinking outside of the box. This lens is a very creative endeavor for Canon and could be a big seller. If this lens is Sharp maybe with PP straightening out these images may prove to be very sharp as well. Can't wait for user reviews.
RustyRus
Senior Member
This lens looks amazing.
A fisheye zoom that gives you very different perspectives on FF and crop but should work equally well is genius in my eyes.
I can not wait to buy this lens. Looks like so much fun. This is 100% going in my water housing.
This fills a void that Canon had. It now makes just about every lens under the sun available from Canon.
A fisheye zoom that gives you very different perspectives on FF and crop but should work equally well is genius in my eyes.
I can not wait to buy this lens. Looks like so much fun. This is 100% going in my water housing.
This fills a void that Canon had. It now makes just about every lens under the sun available from Canon.
I only use canon lenses
That way if I need a lens +body combo tweaking canon will do so
...and for the rest of us?
surely "creative" = small market?
"ultra-wide rectilinear" = slightly larger market?
--
We do three kinds of work:
(1) fast
(2) cheap
(3) high quality
Choose any two.
Jay Aquino
Senior Member
A fisheye lens is very much a specialty lens. For those who like to use it this lens will be the most used.
Jay
Jay
CANIKONTAXIAN
Leading Member
Canon was thinking I had $1,400 to give them for an early manufactured example.
Its cool and considering all Canon supertelephotos RESET their cost to more than Nikon's cost today, the 8-15mm FE is a BARGAIN.
If you don't like it, don't buy it...
Its cool and considering all Canon supertelephotos RESET their cost to more than Nikon's cost today, the 8-15mm FE is a BARGAIN.
If you don't like it, don't buy it...
Stark-Arts
Active member
Well hopefully Canon makes a lens that suits your needs.
Just because the lens is for a niche market doesn't mean it shouldn't exist, there can be no harm done with more choice.
Just because the lens is for a niche market doesn't mean it shouldn't exist, there can be no harm done with more choice.
very true
i suppose i was suprised the lens was fisheye rather than rectilinear
i will quit moaning.
well clearly
megapixeldave
Senior Member
i think this will sell more than you think. the fact that it is very flexible for all size canon sensors is brilliant. if it proves to be exceptionally sharp even more people with want to have this IMO. they just overhauled a bunch of their existing lenses with nothing new but just better versions coming. at least this is something fresh.
david
david
May be Canon was thinking, humm, since we can't compete with other guys on distortion and corner to corner sharp super WA zoom, why not just go one step further and make a more distorted lens, and you can't make a lens with more distortion than a fisheye, so bimgo, here we go, a L-Fisheye !!!
Vibrio
Senior Member
1 fisheye lens for 3 sensor sizes
ultra wide would be 16-35 or 17-40 for 135 or 10-22 for APS-C
ultra wide would be 16-35 or 17-40 for 135 or 10-22 for APS-C
The current fisheye dates from early 1980's, it's about time they came out with something for the virtual tours / qtvr market.
They recently revamped the 16-35mm, so that is your UWA, why complain? You can get the Nikon 14-24 and an adapter and have the best of both worlds.
--
E, F and EF shooter, no system is perfect
They recently revamped the 16-35mm, so that is your UWA, why complain? You can get the Nikon 14-24 and an adapter and have the best of both worlds.
--
E, F and EF shooter, no system is perfect
Keyboard shortcuts
- f
- Forum