Fisheye Fun
I'm told Canon has been developing an EF-S fisheye for the last couple of years. It'll be 8mm. We could possibly see the lens in the next few months.
Announcing a niche lens along with more mainstream stuff probably makes a lot of sense. What that mainstream stuff is, remains to be seen.
What about the 15mm?
From the same source, there is no plans to replace the EF 15mm f/2.8 Fisheye.
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That’s what I first thought when the 7D came out. Though there was mention by Canon, if I remember correctly, that it wasn’t a replacement for the 50D. Infact take a look at this link, at about the 0:49minute mark.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1p4DekaFMxI
7D is a new Line and not a direct replacement for any camera designed to sit between the 50D and the 5DmkII
But we’ll not really know until Canon release a new camera.
I think the 7D has the potential to become a full frame camera in the future due to the xD numbering system. At a lower price point than the 5D line. I was actually quite disappointed that the 7D wasn’t released with a SS sensor. And would already be owning one if it was.
What I’d like to see is Canon buying Sigma to gain Foveon’s X3 sensor technology and gain access to their lens patents. But I doubt that would happen. Though I would love to see Canon produce a FF X3 sensor. This is getting off topic though.
sigma 8-16 will have slightly less field of view than the fish eye. It is because fish eye lenses are designed with intentional distortion so to include massive field of view.
Try to compare the canon 14 mm 2.8 with the 15 mm fish eye… the fish eye seems wider. Check out the digital picture. com :p
It is an EF-S lens it will cost much less.
Canon’s 35mm f/2 has two things going for it that the Nikon 35mm f/2 does not: it is considerably cheaper and it can autofocus on any camera body. The Nikon lens price left more room to introduce a DX lens below it. The existing FX lens did not autofocus on the entry-level Nikon camera bodies. There just isn’t the same need for a Canon lens…unless it is spectacularly cheap, in which case it will be welcome.
Couldn’t agree more with the the development of the normal/FF lenses.
400 5.6L IS & 50 1.4 MK2 urgently needed. A normal range zoom f/2.8L with IS would be a huge seller!