Fisheye for HVX200

[Sektor]

Hey... i need help... i need a fisheye for the HVX200 quickly... any idea where i can get one... i checked in B & H, but they are out of shiping until the 28th april... i need it as soon as possible... so???

(Note: I'm sorry about my english)

[THoff]

Which fisheye are you looking for? If it is one of the Century Optics models, they have a dealer locator (http://www.schneideroptics.com/dealers/dealers.htm) on their website.

[alexdias]

I use the 16x9inc. .75x

Excellent quality and sharp all the way to the edges.

[Joe Lawry]

.75.. that cant really be classed as a fish can it? .3 and wider should be the norm..

[Justyn]

For the HVX it's actually either the .45 super fish by 16x9 or the .55 by century. I have the century and fine it more usueful and not as "fishy" and specialized. The century is more of an extreme wide and I use it all the time.

For stuff like this: http://www.electriccowtheater.com/YOYO/YO.mov

[Spec-Comm]

Hey Sektor,

I can check with Century on lead-time but this is the fisheye that we offer:

http://www.spec-comm.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=26_54&products_id=435

Best regards,

Andrew Hoffman
Senior Operations Manager
Specialized Communications Corp.
20940 Twin Springs Dr.
Smithsburg, MD 21783-1510 USA
800-359-1858
301-790-0103
Fax: 301-790-0173
andrewh@spec-comm.com
www.spec-comm.com

Please visit our new online store at ( http://www.spec-comm.com/store ). New products being added daily!

[MikeWilkinson]

I use the 16x9 Inc Super Fisheye. It's OK... some issues around the edges, but not horrible.

[Justyn]

Arges, do you have any footie with the 16x9?

[manglerBMX]

here is footy of hvx and 16x9 fisheye
http://vimeo.com/672127

[MikeWilkinson]

There is a clip in here with it...
http://orchard.wccnet.edu/~mwilkin3/School_music&perf_h264.mov (http://orchard.wccnet.edu/%7Emwilkin3/School_music&perf_h264.mov)
About halfway through with the keyboard at the front of the shot

And I shot this the other day, but it's SD.
http://wilkinsonvisual.com/FILES/wilkinson_red_wings.mov

[Justyn]

Nice pieces. Like the performance school piece a lot. I would love to have the .45 and the century I have but a tele converter is next on the list.



Your roomate must have been pissed at that.. Funny stuff there. Go cannucks! whatever that means.

[MikeWilkinson]

Nice pieces. Like the performance school piece a lot. I would love to have the .45 and the century I have but a tele converter is next on the list.

Your roomate must have been pissed at that.. Funny stuff there. Go cannucks! whatever that means.

Thanks.

Additionally, I used the the .6 Century for MANY of the shots in the performing arts video.

[tallrd]

hi justyn. I've heard good feedback from ppl using this one:
http://www.schneideroptics.com/Ecommerce/CatalogItemDetail.aspx?CID=1074&IID=865

[Joe Lawry]

The 0.55 Century seems like the way to go, not too wide so useable for certain professional applications. But still wide enough for extreme sports.

Has anyone tried the Cavision 0.4x? cheaper yes, but i wonder what the fish effect is like.

As nice as the 16x9 0.45x looks i dont like the fact you have to step down to a 72mm thread to attach it. This has got to be the reason that with certain hvxs (well most) you see slight vignetting on the left hand side.

But then again, guess you cant have everything, even centurys extreme fish vignettes...

[THoff]

Schneider and Century Optics are the same company/product line.

[Justyn]

YEP. I have the .55 and it's a sweet piece. I find that it's a better choice than the .6 except if you have to zoom. That .6 is HEAVY...

[THoff]

That .6 is HEAVY...The nice thing about the Schneider/Century optics is that they attach to the bayonet mount of the HVX rather than being threaded on -- that's a much more robust and durable method, and is much quicker too.

[RUSKA]

anyone have any century super fisheye footy?

[Justyn]

the 3000 extreme fisheye?

[Sektor]

here is footy of hvx and 16x9 fisheye
http://vimeo.com/672127

Hi.... thanks for the answers...

So... that's footage with the .45???

I like what i see...but... i have a doubt...
The lens is a 72mm and comes with an adater to fit in to 82mm?? This adapter are included with the lens???

[Media Productions Canada]

Has anyone tried the Cavision 0.4x? cheaper yes, but i wonder what the fish effect is like.



I have the Cavision 0.4x fish and I have been really happy with it so far.
I have bunch of sample clips that I have been meaning to post just need to get some time to get around to it.
You can see some sample of it in this promo video I created for a young skater.
All the fisheye shots where done with the Cavision.

http://www.rip.tv/video/view/4883

if you want to see a higher res version the video is on my Vimeo page too
www.vimeo.com/brianhunttv (http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/www.vimeo.com/brianhunttv)

You can get the it direct from Cavision.

[manglerBMX]

Hi.... thanks for the answers...

So... that's footage with the .45???

I like what i see...but... i have a doubt...
The lens is a 72mm and comes with an adater to fit in to 82mm?? This adapter are included with the lens???

yes, this is the lens and it does come with a very nice adapter ring. and it has no vignetting.

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/487006-REG/16x9_Inc__169HDVSF5X82_169HDVSF5X82_Super_Fisheye_ Lens.html

[aleyland]

The 0.55 Century seems like the way to go, not too wide so useable for certain professional applications. But still wide enough for extreme sports.

Has anyone tried the Cavision 0.4x? cheaper yes, but i wonder what the fish effect is like.

As nice as the 16x9 0.45x looks i dont like the fact you have to step down to a 72mm thread to attach it. This has got to be the reason that with certain hvxs (well most) you see slight vignetting on the left hand side.

But then again, guess you cant have everything, even centurys extreme fish vignettes...

i used the century .55 last season, i didn't really like it, and i kinda wanted wider, i got the 16x9 .45 and is pretty good, the converter ring is a non issue, screw mount works fine for me, although there is some decent chromatic aberation going on in the corners. great lens for what i do, snowboard filming.

the century just didn't fit my needs. i wish there was an fisheye that copied the distortion on the 15mm canon fisheye for stills, or the 3.5mm century for 16mm.
whatever mack dawg used to run on that sr3 was sick too.

[Justyn]

aleyland.. that's totally true. is nice to get a bit wider but I found that the .55 was much more functional in the majority of application so that's why I bought it. Ocassionaly I'd like that funky blown out fishy fish look, but most of the time getting just a really wide with the .55 was preferred for clients and such. It doesn't really fit the traditional fisheye concept I think, it's more of an extreme wide and that just works for me more often.


Like on this piece: plenty of the .55 in here.

http://www.electriccowtheater.com/RUSTY/RUSTY640x360.mov

[ProfessorU]

I have the Cavision .7x, it's super light, and not overwhelmingly wide on the 4.5mm HVX lens. It definitely has barrel distortion (so does the stock lens, though) but not an extreme amount.

[avenue]

resurection of thread but this Century footy looks really wid even through its .55 ????wierd or am I loosing it I would love a comparison Century .55 VS 16x9 .4 :)

[jetaddiction@mac.com]

i have the century fisheye for sale . made a snow board clip on youtube, look on ,mount washington bc will be put up by jetaddiction. you can just rent it from me if you want.

[mrbrycel]

There's no .3x fisheye available for the HVX? No wonder skateboard filmers who own HVX's still shoot with VX1000's with MK1 fisheyes.

[Justyn]

a .3 on the HVX would be a circular round fisheye that I just find to be so unpleasant. That 16x9 fish is totally wide enough for most apps. and I love the .55 from century for everything else. a .3 is a one trick pony looking shot IMHO

[dropdeadjason]

century has a fisheye that weighs 4 lbs for the HD cams. i had one for my sony fx1. and it was just unbelieveably heavy. but sooooooo wide. i loved it but it was becoming a hassle just filming a clip.
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t212/jasonjendre/lens-1.jpg

[dropdeadjason]

oh yea and its over 3 grand.

so when i got my hvx i bought the 16x9 .4 and i love it.

[manglerBMX]

i love it as well. i don't shoot action sports for a living so i can't justify the $3k century lens.