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New Boot
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: chicago illinois
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Need help with lenses
Did anybody buy those High Definition Digital Lenses from Ebay?
Are they good for its price? What brand would you guys recomended for lenses for GL2? Thank's a lot! |
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Regular Crew
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: San Diego, CA
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depends on what your doing
i couldnt really justify buying a 2700 dollar camcorder and putting cheap glass in front of it. century optics are pretty much the way to go if you have the money. |
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Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Minnesota
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I agree, buying a 2700 dollar camera then buying some imataion lens infront of it sucks. I recently purchesed a century optics fisheye for the GL2 and it rocks, best ever.
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Join Date: Dec 2001
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There are no cheap shortcuts to making good lenses. The best way to get a bargain on such accessory lenses is to look for a good name (ex: Century, Canon) used lens.
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Join Date: Oct 2001
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I took a look at one of these "titanium" lenses at a cheap camera shop in Times Square awhile back...You could see a huge color shift when you pass the lens in front of your eye...a very cool effect in my opinion. Also, ever notice how most lenses have black "interiors"...I think these guys are onto something great with the "titanium" innard...must be to increase the speed of the lens by reflecting more light into the camera....
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Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Madison, WI
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$2700!!! Where are you people buying your cameras. I just got a new GL2 from a Canon authorised dealer for $1788 after rebate.
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Join Date: Oct 2001
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Well, most of us didn't buy the camera with a rebate so that
would be at least $2288 then. Also prices tend to drop so the earlier you bought it the more expensive it was (usually). Not everybody buys from the cheapest place either but go for the quality/service/price ratio. And ofcourse a lot of people buy extra accesories when they buy the camera.
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Capt. Quirk
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Middle of the woods in Georgia
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So... What exactly is a High Def lens? I can understand a camera being High Def, but a lens? Is this just sales propaganda or what?
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Obstreperous Rex
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Yup, it's strictly a marketing gimmick. There's nothing "high def" about those cheap adapters.
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Capt. Quirk
Join Date: Apr 2002
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Ok... This is likely to be a "no", but why? Can you use a lens from a still cam on a video cam? As long as they both have the right thread, wouldn't it be similar in function?
Thanks for the quick reply Chris... I'm ebaying at the moment!
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You mean a lens adapter such as a wide-angle adapter... an attachment for a lens. What I know is, Canon has a wide-angle adapter for the GL2 with a 58mm thread, and an entirely separate adapter for their PowerShot G5 digicam, also at 58mm. I asked about it and was told that the two adapters are not interchaneable even though they're the same thread diameter due to vignetting issues. But that may not be true all the way across the board though.
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Capt. Quirk
Join Date: Apr 2002
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Ok... I can buy that, although it seems that vignetting is a common problem in most lenses- except for the high dollar items.
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