EF 15mm f/2.8 Fisheye
April 6th, 2009 Posted in Canon Lenses
All Done
15mm fisheye - Indroduced in 1987
I received the following email a couple of minutes ago.
I talked with Canon tech support today and they said they are no longer going to produce the Canon 15mm fisheye!!
I’m not sure what anyone in tech support would know about product availability. I haven’t seen an official discontinuation yet.
cr
April 6th, 2009 at 6:22 pm
well that’s not good. I’ve been holding out to buy a new release of this lens since it is going out of stock everywhere. I really hope this rumor is wrong.
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April 6th, 2009 at 6:44 pm
I still believe there is a place or this one in Canon’s line-up.
Rox
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April 6th, 2009 at 6:45 pm
I sold mine when I only had my 40D.(not much of a fisheye on a crop camera) I wish I had it back to use on my 5D2.
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April 6th, 2009 at 6:49 pm
Well, it’s been over 20 years – I’ll be there’s a new design on the way. Perhaps not 15mm, but something new.
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April 6th, 2009 at 6:55 pm
I’d think if this were true there would be a replacement for it coming. And I agree tech support people are harldly in the loop for product development.
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April 6th, 2009 at 7:08 pm
I would also think replacement, especially considering they’ll be making more FF cameras
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April 6th, 2009 at 7:41 pm
Tech support sometimes say so many different things (also depending on who takes your inquiry/call)…. that make me wonder if they really know in depth what they are talking about…
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April 6th, 2009 at 9:13 pm
I doubt that Canon would not have a fisheye lens in their lineup. Not when the sigma
does well and Nikon has one in their line… Not to mention, they recently updated the
14mm Aspherical. So I’ll just sit on my hands wait patiently. Curse the uncertainty of the situation and maybe i’ll be thankful they ran out just before I was about to buy the older
model…
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April 7th, 2009 at 1:00 am
Great. Fisheye lenses are gay.
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afrank99 Reply:
April 7th, 2009 at 3:09 am
LOL
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nick Reply:
April 7th, 2009 at 8:46 am
lulz
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cptCAPSLOCK Reply:
April 7th, 2009 at 10:23 am
I have never seen gay lenses. Nice to know….
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canapé Reply:
April 7th, 2009 at 11:06 pm
fisheyes are not gay… rear converters are.
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Omg Reply:
April 8th, 2009 at 2:37 am
Nice pun.
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April 7th, 2009 at 1:13 am
This is where Wayne and Garth yell “Fished In! Fished In!”
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April 7th, 2009 at 10:37 am
I keep mine preciously !
Canon has a lot of new lenses to introduce in short period of time if they want to renew their lineup…
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April 7th, 2009 at 1:05 pm
Just asked Canon USA and they said: the EF 15mm f/2.8 Fisheye lens is currently in production
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Michael Reply:
April 7th, 2009 at 1:53 pm
So I guess we will have that old Gay lens to kick around a bit longer…
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KANOON Reply:
April 7th, 2009 at 5:26 pm
LOL just LOL
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April 7th, 2009 at 7:12 pm
C’mon these fisheye lenses are only good for cropped sensors. If you have seen one picture made with fisheye lenses you have seen them all.
Canon please discontinue this lens and use the R&D on something worthwhile.
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April 7th, 2009 at 11:20 pm
not worried as I don’t and propably won’t use it.
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April 8th, 2009 at 12:16 pm
its a niche product and a weird one at that… there are plenty of alternatives and if canon discountinues this one to make room for something more useful then I’m certainly going to be happy
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April 8th, 2009 at 6:35 pm
hmmm… I don’t think you guys have seen the better fisheye pictures that are out there, I agree that it is a niche market, but it is a useful lens. I hope they keep or upgrade it, especially considering how little R&D it takes to improve a fisheye lens.
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April 9th, 2009 at 6:09 am
It’s not a niche market- every surf, snow and skate photog in the world relies on their fisheye on a practically daily basis… For taking watershots of surfers in tubes its the standard lens…
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Craig Reply:
April 13th, 2009 at 5:43 pm
Very true Sharpy, a fisheye lens is the “money maker” every pro has to have it, nothing comes close.
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April 12th, 2009 at 3:02 am
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April 29th, 2009 at 12:22 pm
What is up with this lens? This seems a long time for it to be out of stock. It may be an old lens, but it is well regarded, and this is not a good time for Canon to be replacing it unless the replacement is not that much more expensive.
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