Hi All, I recently bought a Canon EF 15mm fisheye in the hope of it providing good super/ultra wide shots equivalent to 17-20mm in 35mm format.
I must say I'm impressed. The lens is an old design and uses and Arc Form drive motor (no USM here, but it's really not required). Nonetheless the results are superb. Very sharp and contrasty. I just returned from a few weeks holiday in central Australia (I live on the east coast of Oz) and went to some great places. I tried to get some shots where the barrel distortion of a full frame fisheye would be minimised (easier to do with landscapes than architectural work!). The 2 lenses I used most were the 17-40 f4L and the 15mm. In photoshop the 15mm needed less sharpening (generally) than the L zoom and certainly less than the 28-135 IS. The fisheye gives a genuinely wide angle of view and as a result, I didn't shoot a single frame with the film body I also took along.... My quiz for you all is to check out the following 6 (low res 600x400) images and tell me which of them were taken with the 17-40 and which were taken with the 15mm fisheye? I'll post the answer in a day or so. Unfortunately no prizes are awarded for getting the correct answer ;-) Try: http://www.villagephotos.com/pubbrowse.asp?selected=540041 if that doesn't work, the direct links are here: http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-10/430901/Pic1.jpg http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-10/430901/Pic2.jpg http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-10/430901/Pic3.jpg http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-10/430901/Pic4.jpg http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-10/430901/Pic5.jpg http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-10/430901/Pic6.jpg Cheers Gary This message has passed through an insecure network. All enquiries should be directed to the message author * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
