#Canon fisheye lens full#

I had a Sigma 12-24 mm lens which created a flat horizon and I was curious to see the possibilities offered by a lens that distorted the horizon and gave a fisheye look to the photographs. When I purchased this lens I planned to use it to create rectangular fisheye images. The only thing I did was zoom in from 8 mm to 15 mm. I did not move and did not change any settings between the two captures. These two photographs were taken from the same exact location.

#Canon fisheye lens full#

The lens can therefore be used in two ways: to create a super wide rectangular format image, or to create a circular image.Д¬omparison between 8 and 15 mm on a full frame DSLR On a full frame 35mm camera, you get a rectangular image with no vignetting in the corners at 15 mm, and at 8 mm you get a circular image. While the possibilities are not as extensive, being limited by what the lens does rather than by my imagination, they are still extensive and worth investigating for their creative potential. The Canon 8-15 allows me to do this in camera rather than during post processing. If you follow my work you know that I distort my images regularly to increase the size of specific elements, to strengthen the composition, or to emphasize the aesthetic appeal of the image. Vision can be expressed in many ways and one of them is through the use of gear that allows you to represent the world in a different way. However, it is also about expressing a personal artistic and photographic vision, the subject of my current focus and research. This essay is about a specific lens, namely the Canon EF 8-15, f4 USM fisheye.