What are super wide-angle lens called?

fisheye lenses
A lens with a focal length of less than around 24mm is considered an ultra wide angle lens – these are commonly called fisheye lenses because of the extreme angle of view. Wide angle lenses tend to be 35mm or lower.

What is the widest lens without distortion?

Venus Optics brings the World’s Widest f/2.8 lens for Full Frame cameras with Invisible Distortion, Superb Optical Quality & Tiny Size.

What is the widest EF mount lens?

The widest prime lens in the Canon catalogue is a real gem: the EF 14mm f2. 8L II USM, now in an improved Mark II version, delivers ultra-wide coverage without any of the distortion of a fisheye. This is the lens to go for if you want to capture big skies, large buildings or expansive landscapes with superb quality.

What does 45x wide angle mean?

45x refer to how much magnification the adaptor lens adds to the builtin lens. So a 1.00x lens would have no effect – it would be 100% of the normal image size. Numbers smaller than 1.00x give a wide angle effect. As the numbers get smaller your field of view gets wider, so a . 70x adaptor is not as wide as a .

When would you use an ultra-wide angle lens?

When you need to get everything into a single image – as in this hotel in Manila, Philippines – and you have no room to manoeuvre, an ultra wide-angle focal length of 11mm is your best friend. If wide-angle lenses take in more of the view than normal, ultra wide-angles take in a huge amount more.

What is considered an ultra wide lens?

An ultra wide-angle lens is a lens whose focal length is shorter than that of an average wide-angle lens, providing an even wider view. The term denotes a different range of lenses, relative to the size of the sensor in the camera in question. For 1″ any 9mm or shorter is considered ultra wide angle.

What is the widest angle lens without fisheye?

The new XP 10mm will be available for Canon DSLRs with a Nikon version in the pipeline. So what’s so special about this lens, well, if you like to wide with your photography, this optic will let you go further than ever before because the XP10mm is the world’s widest non-fisheye lens.

What is the widest lens Canon makes?

Canon EF 11-24mm f/4L USM Lens While Canon has released some stellar wide-angle lenses, my favorite has to be the Canon EF 11-24mm f/4L USM Lens. Canon made the world’s widest angle lens at a staggering 11mm.

Is 24mm a wide-angle lens?

On a full-frame camera, any lens with a focal length of 35mm or wider is considered a wide angle lens, while 24mm and wider is considered an ultra-wide angle lens.

What is a .45x lens?

45x Wide Angle Magnetic Lens is designed for use with your Flip Video camera. This magnetic lens easily attaches to the Ultra, Mino, UltraHD, MinoHD, and SlideHD, and stays put thanks to the included tether and metal adapter rings.