Wide angle lense

[RaySky]

HI!!! How is everyone?

Anywho, I do a lot of concert photography and I mean lots...I want to get a fish eye or wide angle lens to add something to my photos. I have a sony a390 that I take to concerts since its my older camera and it will get bashed around a lot... LOL so any suggestions?:lmao:

 

[cosmonaut]

A lot of good choices. The 16-80mm Carl Zeiss, 11-18mm, the Sigma 8-16mm, widest on the market. A fisheye is more of a niche lens if you ask me. But the 18-50mm is one sweet lens and also 2.8. It would be my choice no question.

 

[DiskoJoe]

tokina 11-16 f2.8
sigma 10-20 f3.5
sigma 17-50 f2.8

Sigma 8mm fisheye f3.5
sigma 4.5mm fisheye f/2.8

Rokinon 8mm f3.5 manual focus.

The only lens that is really cost effective is the rokinon which you can get for about $200. All the rest your looking at $700 or more.

 

[MLeeK]

HI!!! How is everyone?

Anywho, I do a lot of concert photography and I mean lots...I want to get a fish eye or wide angle lens to add something to my photos. I have a sony a390 that I take to concerts since its my older camera and it will get bashed around a lot... LOL so any suggestions?:lmao:

Budget?

 

[DiskoJoe]

HI!!! How is everyone?

Anywho, I do a lot of concert photography and I mean lots...I want to get a fish eye or wide angle lens to add something to my photos. I have a sony a390 that I take to concerts since its my older camera and it will get bashed around a lot... LOL so any suggestions?:lmao:

Budget?

She's still rockin a entry level sony. So I would guess cheap.

 

[ChrisedwardsHT]

What kind concert photography?

 

[dxqcanada]

If you really want to get a fisheye ... go for the Rokinon/Samyang/Bower as you really don't need to focus ... though I believe you will have to work the aperture manually via the dial on the lens.

 

[MLeeK]

CHEAP: get a screw on mounted fisheye lens. Sh!t quality but a ton of fun!

 

[BobSaget]

CHEAP: get a screw on mounted fisheye lens. Sh!t quality but a ton of fun!

Careful with this, I bought a Ziekos screw on for around thirty dollars and couldnt stand the results. I wound up having it stolen and figure the burglar probably regrets taking it. MLEEK, did you have a better experience? I know the prices go up from 30 but how bout the quality?

 

[MLeeK]

CHEAP: get a screw on mounted fisheye lens. Sh!t quality but a ton of fun!

Careful with this, I bought a Ziekos screw on for around thirty dollars and couldnt stand the results. I wound up having it stolen and figure the burglar probably regrets taking it. MLEEK, did you have a better experience? I know the prices go up from 30 but how bout the quality?

Did you happen to see the Sh!t quality part of that? Yeah... it sucked but it was a lot of fun to play with!

 

[jfrabat]

I have the 16-80 Zeiss mentioned above; awesome lens, but not a fish eye. Also a bit expensive to take to a rock concert and having it "bashed around" like you mentioned. I woul dprobably go with the Tamron one if I were looking for something cheap.

 

[cosmonaut]

Cheap lenses also would probably flare like crazy trying to shoot under stage lighting. Super wides are bad to do it.

 

[CP1]

As concerts have typically terrible light for photographers, get the widest/fastest lens you can get to keep shutter speed up.

 

[dash66]

I don't know if you have bought a wide angle lens or not, but I have the Tokina 11-16 f2.8 and have been having a lot of fun with it. The images are also very sharp.

 

[2fastlx]

I don't know if you have bought a wide angle lens or not, but I have the Tokina 11-16 f2.8 and have been having a lot of fun with it. The images are also very sharp.

I also use the tokina 11-16. Great lens. The rokinon fisheye is great too. Both are very sharp. The rokinon will flare a lot if you're not careful.