Wide Angle Advice Please

galt

Well-known member
I am thinking about buying a WA adapter. I think it would primarily be for "big picture effects", making room interiors, equipment, buildings, crowds all look bigger. I would also use it to smooth out / enhance my glidecam work. So which one should I buy? Here is what I think I know...

Option 1. - Century .7 - allows zoom thru, more $$$ than others, heavy. Will I care about zoom thru? WIll weight be afactor on glidecam?

Option 2. - Century .6 - $200 Cheaper, only partial zoom thru, I assume lighter than .7 but not sure.

Option 3. - Century fisheye (is this .6??) same $$ as .6, Obviously gives me a fisheye effect, but not sure about weight

Option 4. Some other WA adapter ??

Option 5, just save my money for an HVX or a trip to Vegas.
 
Option 2 is much much lighter than Option 1, howver you cannot zoom with it. The .7 is a big-assed hunk of glass. I have the .6 and am very happy with it. It is only for super wide shots. This is no problem for me as I come from the film world where shooting primes is the first choice. I equate it to putting on a 5.7 in the 16mm world. you wouldn't use it all the time, but it's good to have in the kit for the rare time you want to use it.

The century fisheye is for "fisheye" shots only.

-j
 
Thanks for the links Ray. When I did some searches, I didn't find any useful threads. I am also leaning towards the .6 now. :thumbup:
 
galt,
You might want check out the Red Eye adaptor... light weight and .5 or .6x as I recall.
Hope this helps.
Ken
the Screen Skins guy
 
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