New Canon 8-15mm f/4 video

Canon: EF8-15mm f/4L FISHEYE USM Sample Movies

Can't wait to put my hands on this lens.

[Tony Davies-Patrick]

Very nice video footage. A little too much 'fish-eye' lens curve for my own taste, but still a good extra tool to have in the bag. :)

[Ilya Mamonov]

I actually liked that curved horizon. It looked like clouds were boiling in the pan. Neat effect.

[Erik Andersen]

Is the opening shot a zoom in? On which body?

[Tony Davies-Patrick]

It is just manual twisting lens zoom from 8mm to 15mm position while lowering and levelling camera body to horizon. Most of the other shots are mini heli footage.

[Erik Andersen]

My question is which body was this on? That's a heck of a vignette at 8mm.

[Tony Davies-Patrick]

All the video was shot using 5d Mark II and 7D bodies.

[Daniel Browning]

Originally Posted by Erik Andersen

That's a heck of a vignette at 8mm.

That's what the "circular" in "circular fisheye" means. If you think about it, there really is no other way to display a 180-degree (vertical) on a rectangular sensor. Other fisheyes only measure 94 degrees vertical (180-degrees diagonal), so they can fill the frame.

[Erik Andersen]

Thanks Daniel, so unless you want the vignette you'd never zoom out to 8mm on a full frame body?

[Daniel Browning]

Originally Posted by Erik Andersen

Thanks Daniel, so unless you want the vignette you'd never zoom out to 8mm on a full frame body?

Yes; in fact, you wouldn't zoom at all -- 15mm is the only focal length that isn't circular on full frame.

EDIT: here are some illustrations:
http://www.usa.canon.com/dlc/control...articleID=3507