Best Wide Angle for the HVX?

HowdyDoo

HowdyDoo

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What HD wide angle adapters are available for the HVX? All I ever hear about is the Century Optics .8X.

Are there any other decent HD wide angle lenses (that don't require 35mm adapters) for the HVX?
 
I have the REDEYE from vfgadgets.com - very little edge softness and only the size of a filter. you can put on the stock lensshade after attaching the wideangle. Beats the size of the century but is non zoom through.
 
Yeah i also have the .7X RED-Eye. Its as light as a screw on filter, you can use the the original HVX lens shade which the century would not allow. No zoom through but I didn't want zoom through anyway.
 
Do the wide angle adapters have to be rated HD or will the DV ones work? I imagine it's a better grade of glass on the HD versions, correct?
 
Can you attach filters infront of the Red-Eye? Does it have a thread in the front?
I doubt it but one can ask ;-)
I am certain the Centruy wouldn´t have a thread either, would it ?
 
After Barry's recommendation I got the full zoom wide angle .75 x adapter from 16x9.

Just like he said it's extremely sharp on the edges when fully open. It falls a bit as you zoom through it but it's a very acceptable compromise.

I'm very happy with it.
 
The Century WA adapters do have a front thread (102mm), so you can attach filters to them.
 
I recently bought a Cavision.6 non zoom through adapter. I'm very satisfied with it. It gives a slight fisheye effect which I wanted. Seems to be good glass and very sharp, multi coated. The company makes a whole range of broadcast gear. It runs less than half the price of the equivilant Century lens. If anyone is interested I can post screen grabs of shots using the lens.
 
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mainstreetprod said:
I recently bought a Cavision.6 non zoom through adapter. I'm very satisfied with it. It gives a slight fisheye effect which I wanted. Seems to be good glass and very sharp, multi coated. The company makes a whole range of broadcast gear. It runs about half the price of the equivilant Century lens. If anyone is interested I can post screen grabs of shots using the lens.
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POST EM!! I wanna see!
 
mainstreetprod said:
I recently bought a Cavision.6 non zoom through adapter. I'm very satisfied with it. It gives a slight fisheye effect which I wanted. Seems to be good glass and very sharp, multi coated. The company makes a whole range of broadcast gear. It runs about half the price of the equivilant Century lens. If anyone is interested I can post screen grabs of shots using the lens.
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The Century Optics 0.6x WA is less than US$ 400 online, that would mean the Cavision would have to sell for about US$ 200.
 
Screen grab - Cavision .6 WA adapter for HVX

Screen grab - Cavision .6 WA adapter for HVX

Here is a grab (link) from my last shoot- not the best example because subjects are moving rapidly and there is motion blur. Obviously there is some barrel distortion, a characteristic I expected and wanted from a wide adapter. Not everyone will. The edge sharpness seems to be good on this lens.

http://www.dvxuser6.com/uploaded/21102/1170378443.jpg

In the still below, camera was traveling with subjects so focus is better on them.
Building is motion blurred.


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The $179 version is the one I used to make the footage that the above grabs came from. It does have a 72 to 82 step down ring - but the camera was zoomed fully out,
so there is no significant vignetting.
 
mainstreetprod said:
Here is a grab (link) from my last shoot- not the best example because subjects are moving rapidly and there is motion blur. Obviously there is some barrel distortion, a characteristic I expected and wanted from a wide adapter. Not everyone will. The edge sharpness seems to be good on this lens.

http://www.dvxuser6.com/uploaded/21102/1170378443.jpg

In the still below, camera was traveling with subjects so focus is better on them.
Building is motion blurred.


1170379239.jpg
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how effective is this adaptor if you don't want any distortion?
 
You won't find a budget rectilinear wide angle adapter. That's the domain of very expensive lenses.
 
My review of the 16x9 should be posted soon. I thought it performed quite well at full wide. It suffers a loss of sharpness as you zoom in, but I can live with that because what's the point of zooming in on a wide angle anyway? It performs much better at full wide than the Century .75 does, for example.

With that said, the 16x9 is only a .75, so it's not *tremendously* wider. But it is wider.
 
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