HV20 Fisheye
 

hi does anyone know of a good fisheye for the HV20? Correct me if im wrong, but the lens for a hd cam is diffrent than a DV right?

different as in you need better quality lens to show of HD resolution.

Anybody found a good fisheye solution yet?

Well if you have the Wide Angle Lens at full wide, and get really, really close to it then you're almost there. Maybe do the rest in post somehow.....

I guess a century optics 58mm will work fine if you have money for it..

http://www.schneideroptics.com

The 37 min i death-lins did not work I have try it..

I used a very cheap ebay lens attachment and got the results here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omqgjue3Cmw

Its crap, I dont claim its anything but, thats what fisheyes do though LOL

Here's the lens I bought along with a step down to 43mm

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Nikon-F55D-F55...QQcmdZViewItem

Once again, its a toy and on a HD cam its suspect - not too bad for SD stuff though and perfect for web / youtube.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...7962&rd=1&rd=1

Anyone tried this?

I'm not sure why you'd pick a 37mm lens, however, I also would like to know if anyone uses Raynox lenses, like HD-6600 (350lines/mm) or HD-7000 (540lines/mm). These lenses have a front filter thread which Canon's WD-H43 doesn't. I wonder if the HD-6600 would be 'good enough' for HD, and whether it won't block the IF sensor. TIA.

Neither was I which is why I asked;-)

I'm curious as to whether you would get seriously heavy vignetting with that or....does the adapter compensate in anyway?

I've got an HD-6600Pro 43mm Raynox coming the end of the week for my HV10. I'll be posting some still shots hopefully by the end of the weekend.

- John

rikki,

what's the rear thread size of that?

i dont get it.. HV20 is a popular camera, but i called Centruy Optics, and Raynox, and neither of them offer a lens that will fit 43mm threads.. Is anyone going to make something for this cam?

52mm, needed a step up ring.

Well, Raynox does have the 43mm HD-6600Pro... Personally, I decided to use a 52mm step up ring, the filter & lens selection in this size is way better.

I've used a cheap Sony wide angle (VCL-0637 S) with a step down ring to its 37mm threads and I got no vignetting. I haven't checked, but I'm sure the glass on this Sony wide angle is too cheap for HD though.

Thomas