Fisheye lenses

[oldbag]

I like the look of a diagonal fisheye lens as i like the distortion effect, but i already own a Tokina 11-16, so will I notice much of a difference? I was looking at the sigma 10mm fisheye.

I mainly do architecture/landscape shots and like to make them 'interesting' by using Uwa lenses...

 

[Nexus]

Depends on what you are using really.

If using a crop camera with a circular fisheye you are going to already have something like a diagonal.

If you are using a full frame you can always crop the circular image to get the same effect. So ultimately its up to you as you would be spending more money on what is essentially another gimmicky lens.

I have a fisheye but its certainly the least used lens in my camera bag, so I wouldn't buy another.

 

[divuk83]

Just save money and go for the samyang 8mm lens that is actually a pretty decent lens. It might be manual focus, but you don't really need to focus a fisheye lens anyway. I have one as I like the slightly gimmicky distortion but couldn't justify sinking almost 500 on the Nikon or sigma option. You can probably find one for under 200 second hand. I have a Nikon 12-24 as well and the 8mm is much wider and as an added bonus can be used to create 360 degree panoramas.

Dave