Is this lens truly wide angle, without having to use the camera's wide angle program? I get a black spot using the Wide Angle SCN on OMD E 10
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No idea about your camera issues but this lens is in fact equivalent of a 24mm lens on a "full frame" (or actual 35mm film) camera. So it's pretty wide. Remember all micro 4/3rd camera lenses are exactly half the focal length of ff camera lenses to achieve the same field of view. So yes.
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yes it is. no software required to take wide angle photo's. high quality, very happy with it.
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I use this lens on a Panasonic Lumix GH4. It is a very good quality wide angle lens with roughly 84° field of view (compared to "normal" 46° in a 25mm MFT/50mmFF). I can't comment on your "wide angle SCN" as I am not familiar with the E10.
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It's wide angle-ish... not like fisheye but I do get a tad bit of distortive curve. Check out Digital Rev's review on youtube... there's examples of the pic. I definitely notice a difference between this lens and my lumix 20 mm. It's an awesome lens!
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The standard lens is a spot. The Wide angle creates a horizontal rectangle of light. The ideal set up for night mountain biking is to have the spot on your helmet and the wide angle on your handle bar. Works great!
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I have been very pleased with my Samyang and use it on a 5d Classic, full frame. I wanted to use it on a FF to gain the benefits of the lens. I have both cropped and not when I have processed the images I have taken. It is a great lens and the price is right.
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Keep in mind it's a fish eye lens (so some straight lines will be curved), this is to allow the exceedingly wide view. As long as you get the canon mount. It's identical (rebranded) to any Samyang, Rokinon or similar 8mm f/3.5 lenses. You won't have the focus confirmation ligth (as the lens isn't chipped) and the camera won't control the aperture (so when you stop down the view will dim), but everything else should work. They're fun lenses!
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Hi Raymond,Canon has terrific email response to questions like yours. They respond within a day. I have used it more than once. I suspect the answer is yes, but it is best to check with them. I don't know where you live, but if there is a professional camera store they could also answer your question. I hope this helps even though I didn't directly answer your question.I can say it is an awesome lens. If you think about it we see in wide angel. This lens is great in every way.Bruce
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Yes! You screw it off completely! It shows up blurry if you're trying to take normal pictures, but when you angle the camera close to something, its supposed to focus and look zoomed in! Keep trying, or look up info about macro lenses!
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had not had any issues with lens flair but I also try not to shoot in direct sunlight. lens is sharp despite what others have said. It's made for a full frame body...very happy with the lens performance....I recommend it.
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I love my combo of this lens and my OM-D E-M5. I have no problems. Focus is plenty fast for me. That lens-body combo takes my highest quality pics.
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Hi Rameez, Fisheye and wide angle lenses can cause a bit of bluriness on the edges of photos as the lens "bends" the image. This is a natural effect of a wide angle/fisheye lens. While we do receive mostly positive reviews for these lenses, I understand it may not be for everyone. The important thing to note is that a very high quality lens can cost several times more than the value of this lens. We try to offer products at a low cost for photographers who want to get more out of their camera or try something new but aren't yet ready to pay the high costs associated with professional items. Also, we really hope that customers give our products a shot and that is why we offer a 90 Day Satisfaction Guarantee on all our products, so that they may try out the products for themselves and judge if it is up to their standards. Have a great day. Walter DIGITAL GOJA
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Mine is excellent. I'd never read anything where this particular lens is bad. Wide open you'll get purple fringe. But you'll get that on most 85mm lenses. Stopped down at a lower f stop is clean. You can always get rid of the fringe in Photoshop if you prefer to shoot wide open. But you may not need to, seeing that the lens is a low light shooting lens. Beautiful lens and a steal compared to the Sony Zeiss version.
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Not sure, my OMD E-M10 seems to have trouble with autofocus in certain conditions, most of the time it work well, but in low contrast conditions it struggles. It only has contrast focusing, no phase focusing. If I were going to spend the money to go to Africa I might consider the next level, the OMD E-M1. I know twice as much money, but it has a better auto focus system, and is weather sealed.
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It behaves as it is marked. Remember that this is a D-SLR only lens and is made for C-sized sensors. Consequently, it behaves like a 50mm lens (when compared to film camera). So it is definitely not a "wide" angle lens :-) So not a lens for the stereotypical landscape pictures but I am pretty sure one can take beautiful landscape pictures with just about any type of lens :-) The lens does have a wide aperture and behaves quite fast. I had bought it for my Minolta Maxxum 7D camera but I had to sell it since this lens was having focusing issues with my Minolta. The buyer had a Sony D-SLR and the lens performed perfectly fine on his camera :-) It behaves as it is marked. Remember that this is a D-SLR only lens and is made for C-sized sensors. Consequently, it behaves like a 50mm lens (when compared to film camera). So it is definitely not a "wide" angle lens :-) So not a lens for the stereotypical landscape pictures but I am pretty sure one can take beautiful landscape pictures with just about any type of lens :-) The lens does have a wide aperture and behaves quite fast. I had bought it for my Minolta Maxxum 7D camera but I had to sell it since this lens was having focusing issues with my Minolta. The buyer had a Sony... » Read More It behaves as it is marked. Remember that this is a D-SLR only lens and is made for C-sized sensors. Consequently, it behaves like a 50mm lens (when compared to film camera). So it is definitely not a "wide" angle lens :-) So not a lens for the stereotypical landscape pictures but I am pretty sure one can take beautiful landscape pictures with just about any type of lens :-) The lens does have a wide aperture and behaves quite fast. I had bought it for my Minolta Maxxum 7D camera but I had to sell it since this lens was having focusing issues with my Minolta. The buyer had a Sony D-SLR and the lens performed perfectly fine on his camera :-) « Show Less
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No, Due to sensor size you do not want to use an EF-S size lens. There would be a vignette about half of the sensor size even if there was an adapter to use. There would be a big black circle around your whole image.
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I have not seen any problems yet, but I'm only using it on my macro lens and a low f-stop for a good depth of field. I haven't tried a wide open f-stop yet.
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I had a Canon PowerShot SD800, which also has a wide angle lens. In my opinoin, WIDE ANGLE is WAY MORE VALUABLE than higher zoom. I find that I often "can't back up far enough" to get the shot I want ... for many situations, wide angle is super useful. Zoom doesn't help nearly as much.. you're likely to get blur, etc. I'm now searching for a reaplacement and I will ONLY buy one with wide angle. I'd recommend the same for you. thx
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It depends on how close you're talking about. 17mm isn't extremely wide like say a 10mm but it should unless you're standing really close to them. With any focal length running in that range you're still apt to get the occasional focal distortion such as rounded edges. To me it's still maybe my favorite lens that I've ever owned.
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No, the wide angle view is fine with the standard lense. Yes, it has a remote that works great.