Fisheye Photos that are not Full Frame

[TexPhoto]

So if you own an 8-15mm fisheye, you can shoot full frame Fisheye Photos at 15mm (and 14mm):



And you can shoot Circular Fisheye Photos at 8mm (on Full Frame):



But you can also shoot in between. The image is at 10mm



I wanted to start this threat to discuss the in-between. And I don't mean which is the best of the above 3 images, those are just examples. I mean in general.

If you don't like fisheye photos, or want to tell me "you can't take all your Photos with a fisheye lens", that's cool too, but not really the discussion I want to have.

 

[dcm]

I’ve had this lens for quite a while. I prefer the diagonal versus circular view for photography but imagine there are some specialized uses for circular. The challenge really is finding the right subjects, when the distortion adds something to the image rather than becomes a distraction, like lying down on a path in the forest and shooting straight up. I may have posted some images in theads a while back if you want to do a search.

I picked it up early in my APS-C days where it could function as a diagonal fisheye at 8mm and it worked just as well on my FF bodies now. It is similarly useful for APS-H cameras at 12mm and FF at 15. I figured this was part of the reason they did the zoom in addition to the EF 15mm fisheye. I have a Samyang 8 mm for my APS-C EOS M bodies.

The EF 11-24 overlapped usage somewhat, with the 11mm field of view is similar to a defished 15mm image. I believe I posted a comparison of that in a past thread, https://www.canonrumors.com/forum/threads/canon-ef-11-24mm-f-4l-usm.24975/page-7#post-527161. I still use it when I am looking for a distinct viewpoint.