Anyway i can get a prime wide for the 20/30D

gus

No...dont tell me to get a canon 10-22. Ive had one & dont want it again & if you want to know why the use the search function.

I dont want a sigma zoom...period.

I want a prime lens (manual is def fine with me) that i can somehow mount to EFS & is equiv to 10 to 12 mm on the EFS. I saw a prime distagon the other day in a 2nd hand shop for $500 USD but it was about 22 or 24 mm from memory.

Anyone know how i go about this ?

Andy

gus wrote:

No...dont tell me to get a canon 10-22. Ive had one & dont want it again & if you want to know why the use the search function.

I dont want a sigma zoom...period.

I want a prime lens (manual is def fine with me) that i can somehow mount to EFS & is equiv to 10 to 12 mm on the EFS. I saw a prime distagon the other day in a 2nd hand shop for $500 USD but it was about 22 or 24 mm from memory.

Anyone know how i go about this ?

Look around for:

Olympus Zuiko 21mm f/3.5
Zeiss Distagon 18mm f/4

Both are outstanding. Here's more:
http://www.16-9.net/lens_tests/best19_21.html

Once you find one, you get the adapter from here: www.cameraquest.com

And then you focus manually and stop down to your desired aperture.

gus

Andy wrote:

Look around for:

Olympus Zuiko 21mm f/3.5
Zeiss Distagon 18mm f/4

Both are outstanding. Here's more:
http://www.16-9.net/lens_tests/best19_21.html

Once you find one, you get the adapter from here: www.cameraquest.com

And then you focus manually and stop down to your desired aperture.

Thanks mate but i need about 10-12mm (18mm is still 28mm on 20/30D)

Maybe i need to look into the fish eyes

Andy

gus wrote:

Thanks mate but i need about 10-12mm (18mm is still 28mm on 20/30D)

Maybe i need to look into the fish eyes

AFAIK, there are no other choices, the Canon, the Sigma 12-24 popeye. Well, there is a Zeiss 15 but you'd need to sell a kidney.

ChrisJ

Or just sell your shiny new 30D and upgrade to the 5D... opens up the options somewhat.

Andy

ChrisJ wrote:

Or just sell your shiny new 30D and upgrade to the 5D... opens up the options somewhat.

Jeffro

Andy wrote:

I agree too, sell that 30D and get a 5D! Heck I'll pay you 2 times what you paid for the 30D. You can double your money!

gus

All off topic thanks.

If i wanted a 5D then i would own one. Most of my shooting is sports & distance thus i love the crop factor.

Now is there any way of having a 10 to 12mm prime for the 30D ?

Andy

gus wrote:

All off topic thanks.

If i wanted a 5D then i would own one. Most of my shooting is sports & distance thus i love the crop factor.

Now is there any way of having a 10 to 12mm prime for the 30D ?

not with the criteria you have listed. Nothing to see here, back to your Kava

gus

Andy wrote:

not with the criteria you have listed. Nothing to see here, back to your Kava

Just heading down to the shop for a cherry ripe ice-cream actually.

Mongrel

gus wrote:

Now is there any way of having a 10 to 12mm prime for the 30D ?

No

Michiel de Brieder

gus wrote:

All off topic thanks.

If i wanted a 5D then i would own one. Most of my shooting is sports & distance thus i love the crop factor.

Now is there any way of having a 10 to 12mm prime for the 30D ?

Gus,

you may want to consider the 8mm Peleng, it is an awesome lens, it is a fisheye though, so you'll need to do some post work, but it is well worth it! I bought mine for €169,-

Cheers and good luck!

gus

Mongrel wrote:

No

Thanks mate

gus

Michiel de Brieder wrote:

Gus,

you may want to consider the 8mm Peleng, it is an awesome lens, it is a fisheye though, so you'll need to do some post work, but it is well worth it! I bought mine for €169,-

Cheers and good luck!

Mick have you got some sample shots for me ? Im interested.

Manfr3d

Mongrel wrote:

No

8mm/4.0 circular or 15mm/2.8 rectangular fisheye?!

But then when you correct these fisheyes you'll
loose quite abit of contrast and sharpness. So its
not worth it. Go 5D or buy a 200$ wide angle adapter
for better quality as a corrected fisheye.

Michiel de Brieder

gus wrote:

Mick have you got some sample shots for me ? Im interested.

Sure,

not the best shots I have, but these are the ones I have online:
San Francisco

San Francisco again

Scotland - Edinburgh

Hooverdam

Sequoia Tree, yours truly lying in the dirt



Hope this helps

DoctorIt

the Nikkor 10.5mm DX is an awesome lens.



why do you hate Sigma's so much, btw? I've taken a ton of fantastic photos with my Sigma zooms. Aside from my 70-200VR, the Sigma 18-50/2.8 and 100-300/4 (both top shelf EX models, but far le$$ than L or Nikkor AF-S glass) were the best lenses I've ever owned.

they have two offerings,
diagonal fish:
http://www.sigmaphoto.com/lenses/lenses_all_details.asp?id=3279&navigator=4

circular fish:
http://www.sigmaphoto.com/lenses/lenses_all_details.asp?id=3319&navigator=4

Mongrel

No Problem...

gus wrote:

Thanks mate

Hope you didn't take my reply the wrong way Gus.

After reading the OT discourse and feeling a certain frustration, I figured you may as well get it straight.

I searched for one myself before, and couldn't find *anybody* who made a 'normal' 10mm-12mm prime in a Canon mount.

It is my understanding that you are not looking for a fisheye, so I didn't bother mentioning them.

The Canon 14mm f/2.8L is the widest prime I know of in a Canon mount at the moment.

You asked for 10mm-12mm, I've never seen one.

Mongrel

Here's a related discussion...
over at FM:

http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/477372

Discussing Canon, Tamron, and Sigma 14mm lenses. Has a bunch of example shots that look interesting.

Here's another thought-you said you want to keep the APS-C for "sports" etc. so the 5D is a no-go. But have you considered the
1D MkII? A 14mm mounted on a 1D gets you 18mm. That's pretty darn wide...and the 1D will *smoke* the 30D for sports.

Just a thought...

gus

Mongrel wrote:

Hope you didn't take my reply the wrong way Gus.

After reading the OT discourse and feeling a certain frustration, I figured you may as well get it straight.

.

Not at all mate...i like direct answers, thats what i wanted. The other info is great also but i do like to find out if im chasing my own tail up front.

Andy

gus wrote:

but i do like to find out if im chasing my own tail up front.

but you said you liked that

gus

Andy wrote:

but you said you liked that

Youve been keeping that gif for a long time wanting to use it havnt you ?

gus

Mongrel wrote:

over at FM:

http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/477372

Discussing Canon, Tamron, and Sigma 14mm lenses. Has a bunch of example shots that look interesting.

Here's another thought-you said you want to keep the APS-C for "sports" etc. so the 5D is a no-go. But have you considered the
1D MkII? A 14mm mounted on a 1D gets you 18mm. That's pretty darn wide...and the 1D will *smoke* the 30D for sports.

Just a thought...

Tks ...they had a very interesting link
http://www.16-9.net/lens_tests/14mm/14mm_test.html

David_S85

A linkie for Gus

EDIT: another on the peleng 8mm for mounting to Canon. Make sure you read all three pages of the review, including the de-fishing parts. Note: The newest version of the PTLens plug-in easily supports this lens, correcting for all sorts of fishy problems.

Andy

gus wrote:

Tks ...they had a very interesting link
http://www.16-9.net/lens_tests/14mm/14mm_test.html

d00d, 16-9 is a great site- I linked it to you yesterday but you were busy chasing your tail

Matthew Saville

Andy wrote:

d00d, 16-9 is a great site- I linked it to you yesterday but you were busy chasing your tail

Reading the linked review, I love this site already. Honest but slightly witty, just how I like it!

-Matt-

Red Bull

Michiel de Brieder wrote:

Gus,

you may want to consider the 8mm Peleng, it is an awesome lens, it is a fisheye though, so you'll need to do some post work, but it is well worth it! I bought mine for €169,-

Cheers and good luck!

If you ever decide to sell that Peleng, I may be interested (That is, if I don't go ahead and buy one before you decide to sell it...if you ever do)

Michiel de Brieder

Red Bull wrote:

If you ever decide to sell that Peleng, I may be interested (That is, if I don't go ahead and buy one before you decide to sell it...if you ever do)

Hiya 'Bull

not any time soon

cheers mate