Very interesting read, thanks! I found that they had made some lenses I was never aware of, and here I thought that I know about most AF lenses in existence... (Mostly from reading Photozone, of course). 
That 10-17 fisheye though... I like it and so does my wife. Perfectly usable on APS-H zoomed out a little and loads of fun. But beware of inaccurate AF, and when I combined it with a 5D Mark II that I had to use for a spell, the combo was downright disastrous. Of course the two were never meant to be paired anyway, so I only got myself to blame for this...
I also had the 12-24 (first gen) for a little while in 2008, but made a memorable trip with it, and loads of published shots that summer/autumn before selling the lens in anticipation of going to 1D (which didn't happen until a year later; the time was pretty chaotic for me). Fringing was really strong with that one, though - seen on a printed photo on a newspaper page, ugh.
As well, I owned the enigmatic 17/3.5 for a while - I was fascinated with it after reading a review on a review site (Photozone also did review it, but I'm chiefly referring to another resource, http://prime-junta.net/, which hasn't been active in almost a decade). Ordered it from the US and even got PayPal just to be able to pay for it - ah, strong feelings. Unfortunately the lens wasn't in use for very long as I was/am well covered in the ultrawide segment so when it fell into disuse I decided to sell it so that it might find a happy owner instead of collecting dust in my office.
That 10-17 fisheye though... I like it and so does my wife. Perfectly usable on APS-H zoomed out a little and loads of fun. But beware of inaccurate AF, and when I combined it with a 5D Mark II that I had to use for a spell, the combo was downright disastrous. Of course the two were never meant to be paired anyway, so I only got myself to blame for this...
I also had the 12-24 (first gen) for a little while in 2008, but made a memorable trip with it, and loads of published shots that summer/autumn before selling the lens in anticipation of going to 1D (which didn't happen until a year later; the time was pretty chaotic for me). Fringing was really strong with that one, though - seen on a printed photo on a newspaper page, ugh.
As well, I owned the enigmatic 17/3.5 for a while - I was fascinated with it after reading a review on a review site (Photozone also did review it, but I'm chiefly referring to another resource, http://prime-junta.net/, which hasn't been active in almost a decade). Ordered it from the US and even got PayPal just to be able to pay for it - ah, strong feelings.
Unfortunately the lens wasn't in use for very long as I was/am well covered in the ultrawide segment so when it fell into disuse I decided to sell it so that it might find a happy owner instead of collecting dust in my office.