WA included with PD-170 at DVinfo.net

Law Tyler · January 6th, 2004, 05:10 AM

Saw B&H has a PD-170 item with wide-angle attachment included, and it has its own hood.

Wonder how the performance is?

I got some cheapy WA attachment once and it was CA galore, yuk! Never venture that route again.

But since this WA came with the PD-170, plus it has its own hood, be real sweet if it works w/o any CA.

Anybody has one?

Bryan Beasleigh · January 11th, 2004, 04:58 PM

Sony wide angle adapters are very good quality.

CA, never heard that one?????????

Law Tyler · January 11th, 2004, 05:03 PM

Well, you probably know this, but for those who don't, CA stands for chromatic abberration, usually in the form of "purple fringing" on the edges.

The cheapy WA I had look so bad, it is like looking thru a fish bowl.

My question is, Sony's expensive WA, and Century Optics, all htese expensive ones, do they give you the focal length change with the picture retaining pretty much the original quality, i.e. as if it is w/o the WA attachment?

After my experience with the cheapy WA, I have a lot of doubt, may be I should not.

Boyd Ostroff · January 11th, 2004, 05:31 PM

I have Sony's expensive 58mm WA attachment for my VX-2000. It's quite nice all the way through the zoom range as far as I can tell. I shot some test charts long ago and really couldn't tell much difference in resolution with and without the adaptor. I assume this is the one they include with the PD-170, but not sure. The only downside is that there are no filter threads on the front.

January 6th, 2004, 05:10 AM	#1
Law Tyler Major Player Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Plano, TX Posts: 204	WA included with PD-170 Saw B&H has a PD-170 item with wide-angle attachment included, and it has its own hood. Wonder how the performance is? I got some cheapy WA attachment once and it was CA galore, yuk! Never venture that route again. But since this WA came with the PD-170, plus it has its own hood, be real sweet if it works w/o any CA. Anybody has one?

January 11th, 2004, 04:58 PM	#2
Bryan Beasleigh Trustee Join Date: May 2002 Location: Barrie, Ontario, Canada Posts: 1,922	Sony wide angle adapters are very good quality. CA, never heard that one?????????

January 11th, 2004, 05:03 PM	#3
Law Tyler Major Player Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Plano, TX Posts: 204	Well, you probably know this, but for those who don't, CA stands for chromatic abberration, usually in the form of "purple fringing" on the edges. The cheapy WA I had look so bad, it is like looking thru a fish bowl. My question is, Sony's expensive WA, and Century Optics, all htese expensive ones, do they give you the focal length change with the picture retaining pretty much the original quality, i.e. as if it is w/o the WA attachment? After my experience with the cheapy WA, I have a lot of doubt, may be I should not.

January 11th, 2004, 05:31 PM	#4
Boyd Ostroff Wrangler Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mays Landing, NJ Posts: 11,802	I have Sony's expensive 58mm WA attachment for my VX-2000. It's quite nice all the way through the zoom range as far as I can tell. I shot some test charts long ago and really couldn't tell much difference in resolution with and without the adaptor. I assume this is the one they include with the PD-170, but not sure. The only downside is that there are no filter threads on the front.