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Thoughts on canon fisheye lens

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Woody.
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Gonna go check out and maybe buy and 15 mm canon f/2.8 fisheye lense and figured I’d ask to see if anyone here has any strong feelings either way about it. Plan on using for skating and skiing filming.
Jul 8 2022 3:21AM
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skiP.E.I.
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Good plan. Good lens as far as fisheye goes.
Jul 8 2022 9:04AM
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WoFlowz
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Beagle shoots hd fish with a cannon fish& metabones adapter on a gh4 or 5 and it fucks
Jul 11 2022 12:37AM
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eheath
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I'm assuming you're using a canon camera?

15mm isn't that wide unless you're using a FF camera. My fisheye on my gh5 is a 7.5mm and for most 1.5x/1.6x crops it would be closer to 8mm-10mm, just something to consider.

The other thing is that the canon 15mm isn't a cheap lens, you could spend 200-300 on a opteka (sp) 8mm fish and get your desired results.
Jul 11 2022 12:24PM
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eheath
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WoFlowzBeagle shoots hd fish with a cannon fish& metabones adapter on a gh4 or 5 and it fucks


hes probably using the 8-16? a 15mm fish on a 2x crop is kinda ass.
Jul 11 2022 12:25PM
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LukasSchroeder
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eheathhes probably using the 8-16? a 15mm fish on a 2x crop is kinda ass.


8-15 yeh, looks amazing with speedbooster on a gh5.
I second 15mm not being wide enough, of course you could use it for follows but then just get a 12-16 or something of the sort. 8-15 or 8mm is the way to go.
Jul 26 2022 10:21PM
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eheath
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LukasSchroeder8-15 yeh, looks amazing with speedbooster on a gh5.
I second 15mm not being wide enough, of course you could use it for follows but then just get a 12-16 or something of the sort. 8-15 or 8mm is the way to go.


Loved my 11-16 tokina on 1.5x and 2x crop, the fish was good for very specific situations for sure.
Jul 27 2022 12:18AM
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