3 stills from a Raynox 5050 and 4500 and question about WD43 at DVinfo.net

Alex Zoltowski · July 14th, 2007, 05:47 AM

I'm in desperate need of a proper wide angle conversion lens to go with my HV20. Already tried two which turned out to be utterly useless.

Here is a still done with a Raynox HD-5050 37mm with 37>43mm conversion ring
http://miniurl.pl/32301

For obvious reasons, I decided to replace it with another lens, chose the Raynox HD-4500 (52-> 43mm) which was slightly more expensive and in many ways even worse:
http://miniurl.pl/32300
http://miniurl.pl/32299 (with slight zoom)
http://miniurl.pl/32298

Please could someone who uses the WD-43 post up some stills of how the image looks like with the lens on and without it? The Canon isn't much more expensive than the HD4500 and I can probably have it replaced at an extra charge.

I'm also concerned about the size of the WD-43. The Raynox is 78mm wide by 65mm deep an just about fits into my camera bag. Hope the Canon isn't any bigger?

Pieter Jongerius · July 14th, 2007, 06:45 AM

Hi Alex,

I see what you mean...

In the odd chance it's really the WD43 you're looking for (and not the WDH43), you're in luck, I posted some tests a while back in this thread:

http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthread.php?t=96219

The WD43 is 40mm deep and about 65mm in outer diameter.

Pieter

July 14th, 2007, 05:47 AM	#1
Alex Zoltowski New Boot Join Date: May 2007 Location: Poznan Poland Posts: 6	3 stills from a Raynox 5050 and 4500 and question about WD43 I'm in desperate need of a proper wide angle conversion lens to go with my HV20. Already tried two which turned out to be utterly useless. Here is a still done with a Raynox HD-5050 37mm with 37>43mm conversion ring http://miniurl.pl/32301 For obvious reasons, I decided to replace it with another lens, chose the Raynox HD-4500 (52-> 43mm) which was slightly more expensive and in many ways even worse: http://miniurl.pl/32300 http://miniurl.pl/32299 (with slight zoom) http://miniurl.pl/32298 Please could someone who uses the WD-43 post up some stills of how the image looks like with the lens on and without it? The Canon isn't much more expensive than the HD4500 and I can probably have it replaced at an extra charge. I'm also concerned about the size of the WD-43. The Raynox is 78mm wide by 65mm deep an just about fits into my camera bag. Hope the Canon isn't any bigger?

July 14th, 2007, 06:45 AM	#2
Pieter Jongerius Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Netherlands Posts: 101	Hi Alex, I see what you mean... In the odd chance it's really the WD43 you're looking for (and not the WDH43), you're in luck, I posted some tests a while back in this thread: http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthread.php?t=96219 The WD43 is 40mm deep and about 65mm in outer diameter. Pieter