I'm hoping to order a new lens tonight. Well it's more of a filter type thing. It's between a wideangle and a fisheye lens. I love the fisheye pictures but I don't know if it would be a practical purchase, especially with it being double the prive of the wideangle. ($25 v $50).

Which would you guys go with and why? Here are the links for the two:

Wideangle:
Click Here

Fisheye:
Click Here

 

Here's the truth man.

Those are both cheap pieces of crap. They will kill your image quality and do nothing really for you except kill the picture.

You would be better off saving the money and buying a real fisheye or real wide angle lens.

 

Truth.


Buy a real lens, those are no good.

 

Those are not lens. They are attachments you add to an existing lens. As for wide angle vs fish eye, I would go wide angle because i love doing portrait shots.

A Real decent wideangle like a Canon 10-20 is about $800 Can or $500 US and a decent fisheye is like 900 Can or 550 US

 

Cheap crap right there.

 

I wouldn't do it. Im not really into fisheye shots though, and most lens attachments (like THOSE...not filters) tend to make a slow lens even slower.

 

I do realize they are not the greatest and not real lenses. But I don't have $500 to drop on a lens or I would have a zoom lens. I'd rather buy car parts. My friend also got a wide angle for xmas and his pictures turned out awesome without losing picture quality (or he did but barely and I didn't notice it).

So assuming they aren't THAT terrible, which would you rather go with?

 

I would rather use a point and shoot camera over one of those converters or not even get into photography at all. If you don't have the money or rather spend it elsewhere, then don't even get into it and spend ur time on money or cars

 

if you REALLY want to choose between the 2 wideangle is more usable than fisheye for the majority of pictures.

 

Thanks, that's all I wanted to know. I have a D40. I want to take decent pictures, better than a point and shoot, but I don't have the money to get top of the line everything. I'm a freshman in college and have noooo money.

 

You can pick up an 18-135 wide angle lens which i have for all my pictures for 200-250 used.

And it will blow that crap your about to buy out of the water.

 

I'm about to drop 200 on a custom exhaust lmao. I have 300 in the bank.

 

A 18-135 is not a wide angle lens. A 10-20, 11-20, 12-24 are wideangle. Only on a full frame would 18 be wideangle but if he only had 300 in the bank and is only spending $200 on a exhuast, I don't think he has the funds for a $2000 camera

 

200 on exhaust on a car that it will give you minimal gains.

buy a fairly decent lens that will get you better pictures.

18-135 is a great lens if you don't want to get super into photog but you want decent pictures.

Its what ive used for almost a year now.

 

200 on exhaust on a car that it will give you minimal gains.

buy a fairly decent lens that will get you better pictures.

18-135 is a great lens if you don't want to get super into photog but you want decent pictures.

Its what ive used for almost a year now.

 

A 18-135 is not a wide angle lens. A 10-20, 11-20, 12-24 are wide angle. Only on a full frame would 18 be wide angle but if he only had 300 in the bank and is only spending $200 on a exhaust, I don't think he has the funds for a $2000 camera

 

18 is plenty wide enough on a crop body especially the D40. Ive used it for months.

 

Yeah I guess wide angle is wider then 50mm. Ok 18 is not ultra wide or not near enough wide for me with a 1.6 crop sensor!

 

Its not a super wide deff. But it is a wide angle and its decent for shooting cars.

10-22 is really the best way to go if you want a good wiiiiide angle on the 1.6 crop.

Im going to go with the 17-40 f/4L when i get my 40D tho.

 

Well for shooting cars, wouldn't a fisheye look decent too?

 

Fisheye's are good for interior shots....Fisheyes round the pictures and crap which makes for a cool effect but it distorts the lines on the cars.

 

here's the thing... you may not notice now... but as your eye gets better trained, you will pick up certain things. like how majority of amatuer photographers don't know how to get their colors correctly.. or even basics like properly framing a shot. these are all things that come with time. but don't cheap out.

 

QFT!!!

 

Alright, well for now this is a solution to what I'm looking for. Gimme a minute and I'll post up pictures from my friends camera, I'll give before the lens and with the lens. For those that know photography, tell me what's wrong with the pictures because I don't see too much?

 

Anythign that cheap for a D60 i would never consider it. I have a D60 and the lens are really expensive.