10mm wide angle vs 15mm?

[chrismccorkle]

other than price... what would be an advantage of buying a 15mm wide angle canon lens over a 10mm? i only have $600 to spend and would like a very decent wide angle.

i am using the canon eos 350d

 

[Silentwave]

which ones? it really depends on specific lenses.

 

[chrismccorkle]

http://www.adorama.com/CA1528AF.html

that is the 15mm i'm looking at.

this would be opposed to a 10mm wide angle lens by canon. i just want to get that extreme wide effect yet have it still be clear.

if i'm going to spend hundreds of dollars, i want to be sure that what i'm buying is worth it! would a 15mm lens be worth it with the 1.6x crop?

edit:

and here is the 10mm from b&h - it's a sigma. i like the price

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/con...610&is=REG&addedTroughType=categoryNavigation

 

[Abstract]

That 15 mm lens is a fisheye. These are 2 very different lenses that do 2 very different things.

You want a wide-angle lens that takes wide, yet "clear" images. I don't know what you mean by clear, but I don't think things will look as clear using the 15 mm fisheye lens, if I understood your meaning correctly.

Some fisheye lenses will result in a photo that doesn't fill the frame, so you really need to know what you're getting. I'd get a 10.5 mm Nikkor fisheye, but you shoot Canon, so I really don't know.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fisheye_lens

 

[ksz]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fisheye_lens

Holy moly, now there's a true wideangle. WIth a 220-degree FOV, it can see behind itself.

 

[Silentwave]

http://www.adorama.com/CA1528AF.html

that is the 15mm i'm looking at.

this would be opposed to a 10mm wide angle lens by canon. i just want to get that extreme wide effect yet have it still be clear.

if i'm going to spend hundreds of dollars, i want to be sure that what i'm buying is worth it! would a 15mm lens be worth it with the 1.6x crop?

edit:

and here is the 10mm from b&h - it's a sigma. i like the price

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/con...610&is=REG&addedTroughType=categoryNavigation

To be honest, most fisheyes are not very useful on digital with crops. You lose a lot of the effect and the FOV- you're better off with a rectilinear lens (one that doesn't fisheye). The Sigma 10-20mm has a good reputation for the Nikon mount version, which is identical to the Canon version except for the actual mount and lens contacts. It's better than having a sort of half fisheye unless that is the effect you're looking for.

 

[FrankieTDouglas]

Holy moly, now there's a true wideangle. WIth a 220-degree FOV, it can see behind itself.

I sooooooooooo want one of those!!!!

 

[ipacmm]

If you use Photoshop CS2, it has a built in "de-fisher" that will bring your images back to a normal view. I personally would pick up the 15mm because it is a f/2.8 and it is a canon lens (i personally buy just canon lenses)