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October 30th, 2001, 01:33 AM | #1 |
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Join Date: Oct 2001
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Widelens
Hi everyone,
I love to film with wideangle - I always did when I worked with my good old Blaupunkt HI8 camcorder - but I have not enough money to buy an wideangle lense for Canon XL1s, right now -- My question: how good are widelens converters, is there a huge difference ?? ... would it be a good decision to buy a widelens converter or should I wait till I have the money to by a real widelens -- sorry dunno whether I made myself clear, my english is by far not the best ? thanks a lot for the help Ulrik |
October 30th, 2001, 05:50 AM | #2 |
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Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Northern VA
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The wide angle converters and adapters are lower cost than the wide angle lens, but do add weight to the front of the camcorder/lens. Users like the Cnaon 3x as well. The only downside is the somewhat limited zoom range.
The Century Optics products are good. At about 1/3 the price there is a 0.6x partial thorugh (which I have and like) and at about 1/2 the cost a full zoom through 0.7x and they can work with both he manual and standard lenses. Full zoom through gives a good range of operation without changing lenses or adapter. With lenses price is usually a reasonable indicator of optical quality. If you need wide angle now, buy it now. If not then wait as necessary to buy what makes you feel good. |
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