3CHIP Productions
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Perfect baby death lens. 37mm thread Century quality. $250
Century Baby Death MKII Fisheye 37 mm
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puredrifting
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I give up, what the hell is a baby death lens?
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Hunter Hampton
Carbonite Member
It looks like this:
They were dubbed "Death" lenses by extreme sport videographers because of how close you have to get to the action to get the shots you want. Death meaning you get hit a lot by skateboards and flying people. The "baby" part just means this is a smaller version of the big "death" lens. They are usually 0.3x on your current focal length at the wide side, so you get nearly 180 degrees feild of view.
puredrifting
Major Contributor
I have shot skate films (my wife's film school thesis, Concrete Addiction) and I have shot with Fisheyes for over 25 years but I have never heard this term. Fascinating. Thanks for adding to my vocabulary!
Dan
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Hunter Hampton
Carbonite Member
I used to flim skating also- fun stuff!
Warren Foster
Active member
It is pretty average. You can get them new for 300us. So a perfect one for 250 makes sense.
btownproductions
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$300, really? I'm pretty sure I paid almost $700 when I got mine. But that was quite some time ago, I guess the price has dropped by now.
puredrifting
Major Contributor
Keep in mind that 37mm is a small lens, designed for HV-20/30 types of cameras, not for "real" medium sized cameras like the DVX/HVX/EX-1. $700.00 must have been for a physically larger lens like the one in Hunter's picture above.
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btownproductions
Well-known member
Yeah, I'm pretty sure the one in hunter's pic is the exact same one I have, I just couldn't remember the thread size. I just used it on my little sony cam. It's a fun lens to shoot with if you're into extreme sports or music videos though