How about wide angle *adapters*?

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xbourque

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So... it seems that the big challenge will be to get cheap wide glass on the GH1.

According to the Panny rep I spoke to last week end, the 7-14 will retail around 1500$CAD (!)...

So I was thinking, I use a Raynox 0.66 wide angle adapter on my HV20 with great results regularly.

Anybody tried something similar with the GH1 stock lens?
 
That Olympus 7-14 is bloody ASTONISHING, though. I use a 510 and I'm constantly amazed by this lens.
 
xbourque said:
So... it seems that the big challenge will be to get cheap wide glass on the GH1.

According to the Panny rep I spoke to last week end, the 7-14 will retail around 1500$CAD (!)...

So I was thinking, I use a Raynox 0.66 wide angle adapter on my HV20 with great results regularly.

Anybody tried something similar with the GH1 stock lens?
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I also have that raynox adapter for my HV30 (55 mm thread in my case). I wonder how bad the light loss on the GH1 using the stock lens will be and if there will be any vignetting.
 
Seems the filter thread for the stock 14-140 lens is 62mm... so I think our 55mm Raynoxes are out of the question. Maybe with a stepdown ring... but I suspect the edges will be cropped.

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The Peleng, though a fish eye could be a solution. On Four Thirds it's fairly comparable to the ZD 8mm from what I've seen.
That Olympus 7-14 is bloody ASTONISHING, though. I use a 510 and I'm constantly amazed by this lens.
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Absolutely, this could be the wide lens to beat on the GH1.
 
xbourque said:
Seems the filter thread for the stock 14-140 lens is 62mm... so I think our 55mm Raynoxes are out of the question. Maybe with a stepdown ring... but I suspect the edges will be cropped.

-- X
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I checked and you are absolutely right about the GH1 thread size! I guess using my raynox is out of the question :(. Even with a step up ring the vignetting would be horrible, I would have to zoom in to get rid of it, loosing the wide angle I wanted.
 
I've got a Raynox Pro 0.66x wide angle adapter which I used on the HV20. Although the fixing thread diameter is too small for the stock lens of the GH1, I though I would experiment with it on a manual prime lens at least.
 
Remember that the Raynox becomes pointless if your lens is longer than 21mm, since 21mm*0.66 = 14mm...

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xbourque said:
Seems the filter thread for the stock 14-140 lens is 62mm... so I think our 55mm Raynoxes are out of the question. Maybe with a stepdown ring... but I suspect the edges will be cropped.

-- X
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Yeah, I would be hugely surprised if the Raynox 55mm didn't vignette heavily on a 62mm filter size, but the 14-45mm G1 kit lens (which will be available with the GH1 in a few weeks in Japan) uses 52mm threads..The markup for this lens compared to a body only is very low, so even if you get the 14-140 kit, you should be able to snatch one of these (VERY sharp) kitties for around $100. IOW this might be the cheapes way of getting a 18.5mm equivalent lens to work, but you'll lose some of the 'HD' goodies of the 11-140.

Raynox does make some fisheyes on 62mm mounting threads, but I don't know what these cost. I have an Oly 08b, which has proved to an overkill compared to my Raynox .66, but in this case the 62mm threads could prove valuable. It's quite a lump (340g/12oz) but this might be the trick to keep the continuous iris and the tracking AF.
 
xbourque said:
Seems the filter thread for the stock 14-140 lens is 62mm... so I think our 55mm Raynoxes are out of the question. Maybe with a stepdown ring... but I suspect the edges will be cropped.
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The 14-45mm lens that comes with the G1, and is reported to possibly be an option with the GH1 in japan, has front threads of 52mm. Could be a good candidate for one of these add on wide-angle adapters and would definitely be cheaper than other wide angle lens options.
 
Hmmm. I have a decent Century Optics wide angle adapter that I used on my Sony VX-1000 back in the day. I'm pretty sure the thread size is 52mm. So I wonder if it would work screwed onto the GH-1 kit lens.

My biggest concern would be whether or not the added weight would put too much stress on the camera mount without rails. It's the full-on zoom through type adapter and is kinda heavy. Also, does anyone know if such an adapter--made for a DV camera--could even resolve 1080 lines? So many questions. I can't wait to get my hands on a GH-1.

Ron
 
so has anyone discovered a wide angle adapter that works well with the kit lens zoomed all the way wide (14mm?)
 
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