Q: Wide angle distortion lens?

[Jrm]

I'm in the market for a new lens and this entry entitled Using Wide Angle Lens Distortion Creatively (http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/rediscovering-wide-angle-focal-lengths/) caught my eye. I was told by a local seller that not all wide angle lens create this effect. Can anyone recommend a lens for my Sony Alpha A100 that creates this effect?

[jdepould]

Different lenses do it to different extents, but there are very few wide angles that don't have some kind of barrel distortion.

http://www.photozone.de/Reviews/Sony%20/%20Minolta%20Lens%20Tests

The 11-18 has "pronounced distortion" at 11mm. They do extensive objective testing on every lens they review.

[villafane928]

well if you want

[Elmo]

I played with the 10-whatever "fisheye" Tokina at the local store yesterday. It had some distorsion at 10mm but not as much as i would have liked on a 40D. above that it was relatively square.

It would make a nice WA containing both.

[HockeyFan]

I would love to have a good fisheye lense, but can't afford one right now. If you can get one of those good ones, I'd recommend it just because I want one so badly. The cheapest one I've even considered is the Zenitar, but I haven't been able to get a deal on one yet that I can afford.