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D. M. Gremlin

Fri Jun 24, 2005 12:10 am


The 15mm 2.8 Sigma Fisheye Lens Thread

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Very cool lens. &nbsp;I just traded my 70-200 2.8 Canon L series for this and a 12-24mm Sigma lens. &nbsp;So far so good. &nbsp;Attached is a picture from the first shoot I used it in.


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riddlerj

Mon Jun 27, 2005 1:52 pm


Re: The 15mm 2.8 Sigma Fisheye Lens Thread

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Excellent picture, I like the amount of distortion the lens provides. &nbsp;Of course I can't make any kind of assement on the quality of the lens as this is a simple jpg dithered down for the web, but it does look rather impressive.

A co-worker of mine was telling me that he's talked to serveral pro photographers that swear by the professional line of Tamron lenses. &nbsp;Do you have any experience with them?


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D. M. Gremlin

Fri Jul 08, 2005 12:03 am


Re: The 15mm 2.8 Sigma Fisheye Lens Thread

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The only Tamron lens I used was one I borrowed from a photographer friend of mine [url=http://www.alexpascualphotography.com]Alex Pascual - it was a 28-300mm. &nbsp;I had figured that it was going to be better than my consumer grade Canon lenses (I had a standard 28-80 and an 80-200 before I got my L series lenses) and did all my shoots with it while I had it, but later on I noticed that the pictures that I shot with the Tamron were noticably lower in quality than the ones I had shot with the consumer grade Canon lenses. &nbsp;

Could it have been just that particular lens? &nbsp;Perhaps. &nbsp;I haven't used a lot of Tamron stuff, but I can say for sure that the 28-300 Tamron that I was using really, really sucked. &nbsp;I'll post some examples when I'm feeling a little more 'chipper'.

