Fish lens?

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Welll for right now, I am leaning towards getting something that can produce quality like these "fish lens" pictures.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jesuschristis...57605068761919/

I don't really know if thats top notch quality, or super crap quality, or in between. But thats the basic effect/quality I am wanting to achieve at this moment. I just really like how those photos came out for some reason.

Any ideas?

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That's super crap quality :p

For a while I was going to get a fish eye adapter, but I didn't because I realized I probably won't use it very much. So if the adapters lack of quality doesn't bother you (which it didn't for me), go for it!

Really, thats super crap quality?? It works for me, it kind of has this old/vintage effect look that I like about it, so that would work for me. Can you suggest me a lens that I can purchase for my Canon Rebel XSi?

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Stealing giga's message from the thread he linked:

These are all "real" lenses.

You won't get a fully "fishy" look with the 15mm since you're on a crop. Really depends on the look and field of view you want. On a 40D cropped from the center:

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1. Sigma 4.5mm f/2.8 - Circular Fisheye (Expensive!)

2. Sigma 8mm f/3.5 - Circular Fisheye

3. Peleng 8mm f/3.5 - Circular Fisheye (Manual focus)

4. Sigma 10mm f/2.8 - Diagonal Fisheye

5. Tokina 10-17mm f/3.5-4.5 - Fisheye Zoom

Most tend to go for the last two as it's middle of the range budget with decent coverage (no dark edges, but not full 180 degrees on 1.6x crop).

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They're adapters, not actual lens. You get what you pay for, as said before--adapters won't match the quality of a dedicated lens. Save up.

So the ones you linked to that post, are those lenses, or adapters? Are the adapters usually cheaper? I'm not looking for top-notch quality, I just want a lens, or adapter or whatever that can give me the quality/effect like the flickr image i linked too. A friend of mine said he got a fish lens/adapter (dunno which one) for about 40 bucks..

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For the 17-50, yes.

Great thanks, I'll try looking around for a cheap adapter.

Last question, how did you find out it was "67mm" ? I'm only asking for future reference.

thanks for the help.

EDIT- Nevermind, maybe I should've looked on the box that it came in? :hmmm:

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