Overall Focus Distortion Ergonomics Falloff Filtersįlare Color Fringes Mechanics Sharpness Sunstars If you lose it, you can get another one of these beauties for $22. The front cap is a very nice lathe-turned, anodized solid billet aluminum cap. The little extensions from the front are to protect the front element. Gel filters are cut to size and slipped in the slot in the rear.Ĭanon is thoughtful enough to print the cutting guide on the back of the lens for our convenience.Ĭanon specifies 2.9" diameter by 2.4" long (73.0 x 62.2mm).įront metal cap: 0.797 oz. Rear gel filter slot, Canon 15mm EF Fisheye. This is great for astronomy just turn to the stop and you have fixed laboratory-perfect focus all night. enlarge.įocuses even closer to the front of the lens - too close. It is unchanged since its introduction as one of the original lenses introduced with the EOS system in 1987.Ĭanon calls this the CANON FISHEYE LENS EF 15mm f/2.8.ĮF means "electronic focus," meaning that there is an autofocus motor in the lens itself.Ĭanon 15mm fisheye at f/2.8 (EF diaphragm not visible). The 15mm fisheye is one of the oldest lenses in Canon's catalog. I show examples later of what happens on different formats. Nikon makes a 10.5mm fisheye designed to fill the frame of Nikon's little DX cameras, while Canon makes nothing similar. If you shoot lesser formats ( 1.3x or 1.6x) on Canon, you're out of luck, because Canon makes no fisheyes for the smaller formats. This is the world's best full-frame fisheye. If you shoot fisheye, you want one of these. This Canon also costs one-third less than Nikon. Why is this Canon so much better? Beats me, but it is, and it also has the largest front element of any 15mm or 16mm fisheye lens, telling me that Canon didn't compromise as much as did Nikon. The Canon 15mm fisheye is far sharper than any fisheye from Nikon, and I have used Nikon's 7.5mm, 8mm, 10.5mm, and three different optical designs of 16mm fisheyes ( 16mm f/3.5, 16mm f/2.8 AI and AI-s and 16mm f/2.8 AF-D). The Canon 15mm fisheye fills the full frame with curviness and waviness, seeing 180º from corner to corner. It is super-sharp, never fuzzy in the corners like Nikon fisheyes can be on a bad day. The Canon 15mm f/2.8 full-frame EF Fisheye is the best fisheye I've ever used. Optics:īuy from Adorama, Amazon, Ritz, B&H, Calumet and J&R. If shooting Canon FD, you need the Canon FD 15mm f/2.8, a different, and also excellent, lens. All you get is part of the effect, which looks like it's broken. Not for: I wouldn't bother with this on a 1.3x or 1.6x camera. Used with software like DxO, fantastic for one-shot non-distorted ultra-pans. Ideal Uses: Fantastic fisheye for EOS full-frame digital and EOS autofocus film cameras. More sample Photos: See my 2007 Death Valley Gallery. Roll mouse over to see after rectification in DxO. May 2012 Canon Reviews Canon Lenses All Reviews This free website's biggest source of support is when you use these links, especially this link directly to them at eBay (see How to Win at eBay) or at Amazon, when you get anything, regardless of the country in which you live. All rights reserved.Ĭanon EF 15mm f/2.8 Fisheye (rear gel filters, 11.3 oz/319g, about $650 used). Home Donate New Search Gallery How-To Books Links Workshops About Contact
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