Great CANON WIDE ANGLE LENS

Zenitar 16mm f/2.8 MC Fisheye. What do you do if you want a real wide angle photo, but don't want to spend $500 on a nice wide angle lens? Buy a Russian Zenitar fisheye lens for $120 on ebay! I got it from the Zenitar company (seems they sell one at a time on ebay for $120 each) complete with a carry case, EOS metal adaptor ring, three colored rear filters for use with BW film (red, yellow and green) and a Russian instruction manual (luckily I have some Russian friends!). I use the PTLens free Photoshop plug-in for distortion correction. It didn't come with a profile for the 1.3x 1D (there is a profile for all Canon 1.6x cameras), so I had to calculate and tweak some coefficients, but it wasn't hard. It's pretty soft at f/2.8, but you can't tell it from Canon's great $600 17-40mm f/4L USM at f/8! [$120 on eBay] filter size: none

Pros Cheapest good quality fisheye you can buy! Correct distorion using free software. Works on 35mm film for almost 180o diagonal views! Light weight

Cons Hard to focus manually - You can barely see details at 16mm! Closest focus is 0.3m - would be more fun if it were 0.1m. Front cap is a little loose for comfort. Had to adjust petal hood with a screwdriver since it wasn't straight.