Fisheye newb question

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Halfcan

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I want to purchase a fisheye for 7D but am not sure what to get. I have looked into the canon 15mm 2.8 , sigma 10mm 2.8 and the tokina 10-17 3.5-4.5. Please give your thoughts on the pros and cons of each lens. I will mostly be shooting video with this lens and want to use it for some cool looking shots.

Also, is there an expanded focus button on the 7d that I can use with the primes to check focus?

thanks.
 
On the 7D there's a 5x and 10x zoom you can use on the LCD to check focus.

15mm on a cropped sensor probably won't give you the fisheye look you're going for. It's definitely wide but not what I would call 'fisheye'.
 
Should I look into the sigma 10mm because it is a little wider than canon 15mm? I plan on moving up to the 5d in a year and the canon is the safest bet because that will work on the full frame cameras and sigma will not.
 
sigma 10mm is awesome and tack sharp.

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for standard processing, lately i'm using lightroom. i like the tools and being able to quickly edit a ton of photos is priceless. for hdr stuff and more intense editing, i go to photoshop.

of course the secret to colors that pop is starting with a properly exposed image. the more info you have in there, the more you can do with it in post.
 
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