More camera jong questions (Canon specific)

[Free Range Lobster]

Looking for an 'affordable' wide angle. probably around 15ish mm. the 12-20ish would also be nice.

New/Used is fine. its gonna primarily be used on boats. (I thought I saw a maggot selling one not too long ago? Did it sell? Summit maybe?)

Probably could use a zoom tele around 300.

The tele I can tripod, and im not overly concerned with IS (its nice but not worth the extra money to me)

Thoughts? Ideas?

[MrDirt]

First and most important question: How much are you willing to spend?

[Free Range Lobster]

First and most important question: How much are you willing to spend?

I'll go up to around $500ish.

I got an XTi on a fantastic deal, so there's wiggle room here.

[bio-smear]

I keep seeing Canon's 14mm super wide for sale around the web...they want a mere $1400 and change... ya gotta be jokin me. I'd like to hear some suggestions too.

I asked this same question of a photog friend the other day, and he sent me a sample shot from an 8mm on his 1D, which he said was equiv to a 12.8mm because of the frame sensor magnification factor. Looked cool, and appeared rectilinear (not the round fisheye look with black in the corners) but probably heavily self-corrected. I have wanted to take some shots from inside the cockpit of my plane(of the cockpit itself, not outside), which I think would require a really short focal length. Shooting from the sailboat might be similar, I dunno.

[Free Range Lobster]

Shooting from the sailboat might be similar, I dunno.

I've typically got about 70 feet to work with.

[MrDirt]

So a super wide, but not a fisheye. There are actually some decent looking 15mm fisheyes from canon right over $500.

Canon Fisheye EF 15mm f/2.8 Autofocus Lens

Wide angle for a good price too. 20mm appears to be the smallest you can go without getting into nutty-expensive L glass.

Canon Super Wide Angle EF 20mm f/2.8 USM Autofocus Lens

Edit: Stay away from zoom lenses. If you're willing to spend that kind of money on a single specialized lens, you're gonna get shitty glass in a zoom.

[cj001f]

Bio-Smear: I haven't heard of an 8mm, that's not fisheye. Any idea on the brand? Maybe it was a fisheye that was corrected for rectilinear?

Sigma makes an 8mm for Canon EF it produces a slightly cropped fisheye perspective. Peleng makes a piece of shit 8mm fisheye for Canon. ~13mm on the APS is pretty close to Fisheye perspective - not terribly weird. I've the Nikon 10.5 which is about enough fish for me.

[bio-smear]

Here's the shot from the 8mm. Even though it's prob overkill for what you want, somebody might be curious. Yeah, his truck is rather messy.