Fish Eye Lens

[direxion]

can anybody point me in the direction towards a good, solid, reliable place to purchase a fish eye lens for a Canon EOS 400D??

I seem to have looked everywhere and I refuse to purchase one from {{{shudder}}} ebay...

[YorkieBen]

http://www.warehouseexpress.com/cate...spx?cat03=3077

Could try here, always good with me. A proper fisheye is pricey though, the other possibiltiy it getting a M42 fisheye (Zenitar) with a canon adaptor but that is an ebay job though

[Bobster]

Sigma 8mm is a pretty decent bit of glass for the cash

[mmh]

Sigma 8mm is a pretty decent bit of glass for the cash

thats the one i have... but you wont get a full circular picture on the 400d as it is an aps-c (cropped) sensor... you'll get images how i get them...



works well at gigs though:



trouble with fisheyes is they are very "one trick pony" type lenses, and you can overuse the effect... so its alot of outlay for a 1 trick toy.... but they are fun to play with

[brammers]

If you just want to play try a fisheye adaptor from ebay - it'll screw onto the front of an existing lens. This one:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/0-42x-Hi-Def-P...3A1|240%3A1318

apparantly fits 58mm threads - should cover your Canon kit lens. The quality will be pretty dire - squigy corners and CAs everywhere, but for 40quid you can try out fisheying pretty cheaply.

[Funkstar]

Also bear in mind there are two types of fish eye: Circular, Full-frame

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fish_ey...fisheye_lenses

mmh has a circular

[Bobster]

if your looking for a reliable source on ebay - this seller is a must! http://stores.ebay.co.uk/FLASH-CAMERA

[Funkstar]

Thanks for the link Bobster.

Arbroath isn't that far from me, I'll have to go down for a look sometime

[Stoo]

http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography...yes/6mmf28.htm



That's a big 'un!

[Funkstar]

Seen this before. I really don't understand how the picture angle can be (significantly) more than 180degrees!

[Stoo]

Clever optics apparently!

[Funkstar]

I'm sure. But how can it grab light from behind itself??!?

Don't. Under. Stand.

[Bobster]

its huge!!

[MaddAussie]

Thats no lens! Its a small moon...

[Stoo]

I'm guessing it can do 220° by way of the lens being that bulbous it catches the rays of light that are beyond the front of the lens?

I'll photoshop it to make it a little clearer..

[Stoo]

Something like that?