The Canon EF 8-15mm Fisheye zoom is a unique lens and one for which anticipation has been steadily building since its original announcement back in August 2010. Now one year on, the lens has finally hit the stores and I've had a chance to see what all the fuss is about in my review.

Canon EF 8-15 mm f/4 L Fisheye USM 1. In February 2010 the Sigma company presented a new lens, the Sigma 8-16 mm f/4.5-5.6 DC HSM. At first glance the Canon EF-8-15 mm f/4 L Fisheye USM is a very similar device but after a more thorough examination you see only the focal lengths' range of both instruments is alike.

The fisheye camera lens was originally developed so that the whole sky could be captured in one single image to help meteorologists study cloud formations. However, the extravagant 180-degree angle of view soon found favour with photographers. One thing that sets fisheye lenses apart from regular ultra-wide lenses is their curvilinear rather than rectilinear optics.

Canon EF 8-15mm f/4 USM L Fisheye - Review / Test Report Lens Reviews - Canon EOS (Full Format) Review by Klaus Schroiff, published September 2011 Introduction The Canon EF 8-15mm f/4 USM L Fisheye came as a little surprise.

Kai takes out this new Canon L lens on an open top tour bus to test out the fisheye lens. How does the 8-15mm f/4 L perform? Pricing Reference: http://www.digitalrev.com/en/canon-ef-8-15mm-f4-l-usm-fisheye-9800.html