The widest wideangle with no BD?

[rawfa]

What is the widest 72mm wide angle lens around with no barrel distortion? Is there anything that could be similar to a 20mm photo lens or am I asking too much? Zoom through and front thread would be good pluses.

 

[Huy Vu]

Canon makes an excellent wide angle lense for the A1.

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/464579-REG/Canon_1724B001_WD_H72_72mm_0_75x_Wide.html

There's a review article on it at DVinfo. No apparent distortion at all and very wide. At $400 it's a good value I think.

 

[rawfa]

Yes, I've been toying with the idea of buying a WD-H72. I'd like to get some more opinions though. I've read couple of reviews about different WA but nothing too insightful. Right now i have a cavision 0.6X and the barrel distortion is REALLY big.

 

[ESTEBEVERDE]

WD-H72

Any user opinions or reviews?

 

[mayodaze]

I have the WD-H72. I like it, it works great for interior shots. There will be barrel distortion at it's widest in small interiors. Outdoors, BD is mostly avoided or unnoticeable unless you're trying to see it.

I just compared it to my EOS 10-22mm lens adjusted to about 20mm, and I'd say they were comparably wide. Just about the same. Very usable for indoors. The difference is the BD.

You're not really going to avoid it for the A1 for the widest shots.