Originally posted by narual Are you going to be happy going from a 160 degree field of view to a 102 degree field of view? That's a pretty substantial drop, especially when it's going to be mounted so close to your head.
Maybe. If you look at the photo above you'll see that I have a lot of extra room up top and some down below. The 08 would give me a much tighter composition. Not necessarily better, but different for sure. With shots like this, for example, I'm really taking advantage of the fishiness of the 03:
Somewhere in Canada... by
john m flores, on Flickr
But I might be trading one problem for another, as the wide FOV of the 03 gives my some latitude for error when composing the shot. With the 08 I will likely have to be more precise in my composition, which is tough because I guesstimate the composition before mounting the camera. That said, they are such small lenses that if I buy the 08 I will likely bring both along.