The Canon EF 15mm 2.8 was a fisheye lens produced by Canon from 1987 to 2011. The lens was compatible with all EF camera bodies but only intended for full-frame configurations, as the fisheye effect is much less pronounced with a cropped sensor (
APS-C
Advanced Photo System type-C (APS-C) is an image sensor format approximately equivalent in size to the Advanced Photo System film negative in its C ("Classic") format, of 25.1×16.7 mm, an aspect ratio of 3:2 and Ø 31.15 mm field d ...
).
In 2010 Canon announced the
EF 8–15mm 4L Fisheye USM which replaced the EF 15mm 2.8.
Angle of view
Unlike the Canon EF 8-15mm lens which replaced it, the EF 15mm is a
full-frame fisheye lens, not a
circular fisheye lens.
This means that it provides a full 180° angle of view only across the diagonal; it does not provide a complete hemispherical view, and is not suitable for
hemispherical photography.
References
External links
Specification
Canon EF lenses
Fisheye lenses
{{photo-stub