A question or two regarding step down lense adapters...

MatthewC

MatthewC

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I was looking at .5 and .7 wide angle lens adapters on Ebay.
I notice the 52mm are quite a bit cheaper.

1. Is it worthwhile to buy a 52mm .5 or .7 lens adapter and use a 72mm to 52mm lens adapter on my DVX100A, or will I lose picture quality compared to buying a 72mm wide angle for my DVX100A?

2 Also, what brands are recommended? I see I can get a new 72mm .5x wide angle for around $110 on Ebay, but the brand name is Digital Optics. Are they any good?

Thanks in advance!
 
A 52mm wide angle will vignette on a DVX. Like looking thru a key hole, which might be what you want...

For my money, Century is the best, but if all you have is $110... I only use my .6 century about 3% of the time, for artsy wide angle shots. For me it's more about the effect, so if it were a little soft, I could live with it for the occasional shot.
 
j said:
A 52mm wide angle will vignette on a DVX. Like looking thru a key hole, which might be what you want...

For my money, Century is the best, but if all you have is $110... I only use my .6 century about 3% of the time, for artsy wide angle shots. For me it's more about the effect, so if it were a little soft, I could live with it for the occasional shot.
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I like lots of action shots where people are coming towards the camera, almost pushing the camera out of the way, sort of like in The Shield. I really like the look of it.

What wide angle will give you more picture on the right and left without vignetting much? .7?

Thanks for answering bud.
 
MatthewC said:
What wide angle will give you more picture on the right and left without vignetting much? .7?
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As was mentioned earlier, if you step down to 52mm you'll vignette no matter what. If you use a 72mm you probably won't vignette at all unless you stack filters on the wide angle lens. Lenses get wider as their decimal rating gets lower. A .3x would be extremely wide, whereas a .7 or .6 is a bit wider than the stock lens, but not that wide. You won't get a 'fish eye' effect from a .6 or .7.
 
.6 just barely starts to get "fisheye" (barrel distortion) .7 will just be nice and wide.
 
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