Comments on: Canon 15mm Fisheye lens – Part I

By: Thomas Pindelski

Thomas Pindelski — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 14:18:09 +0000

You can see my review of DxO Optics Pro Elite (see Comment #8, above) here.

By: Yves Rubin

Yves Rubin — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 01:23:38 +0000

Great to find your pages, I had fun reading them. It would be worth mentioning that the functions of ImageAlign Pro are now part of Photoshop CS3 (thank god!). CS3 is so great for things like B&W conversion, adj layer and distortion removal that it is the first update really worth getting since version 5.

You can also remove distortion with DxO software, which also corrects for Volume Anamorphosis. It is expensive, but well worth it for difficult images.

By: Ed

Ed — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 06:33:28 +0000

Thanks, Tom. This seems like a viable solution for my UWA needs. Having the opportunity to gain a 16mm FOV perspective on my 1.3x crop sensor without vignetting is exactly what I’ve been looking for. Thanks for your time and research.

By: Thomas Pindelski

Thomas Pindelski — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 16:40:07 +0000

Ed – your math is correct for a 1.3x sensor. My example, above, was for the more common 1.6x.

By: Ed

Ed — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 04:04:49 +0000

On a 1.3x crop sensor, the FOV effectively becomes 16mm when the corrections are applied? (15mm x 1.3 = 19.5mm add lens correction for 16.5mm) Or am I missing something?

By: Eric

Eric — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 19:49:17 +0000

I just bought this lens for my Rebel 300D. You do lose the enhanced fish eye look, but you still have a slight fish eye look. It’s wider than my 18mm-55 kit and lines curve slightly. I haven’t used it enough yet, but I didnt know if I would get any fish eye effect. I do – but its not too fisheye so I hope it will work out. Otherwise I will by the EF-S 10-22mm

By: Thomas Pindelski

Thomas Pindelski — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 00:40:09 +0000

Herr – thanks. As I mention above, for a 1.6x cropped sensor body like your Rebel, the fisheye is a lousy choice – you lose most of the effect owing to the sensor just using the central part of the image. So you end up paying for something you cannot take full advantage of. Look for a zoom wide – maybe a non-Canon brand – if you want a wide effect on your Rebel. I’ll bet you can get something that goes down to 12mm, which is equivalent to 19mm on a full frame. That’s pretty wide.

By: herr

herr — Sun, 04 Jun 2006 22:43:48 +0000

Very nice article. Thanks for sharing it with us. I just bought a Rebel XT and was looking for a cheap way to get a wide angle. Unfortunately I’m still in high school so it will be a while before I finish paying off my Rebel and can think about more lenses.

By: Leigh

Leigh — Sat, 03 Jun 2006 21:04:10 +0000

That’s very interesting to note! I guess that’s another lens to get once I make the switch to the 5D!