16:9 vs century wide angles at DVinfo.net

Robert Bobson · May 15th, 2011, 12:16 PM

Has anyone compared the quality of 16:9 inc's EXII 0 6X Wide Attachment vs century optics .6 wide angle for the ex1r?

or just 16:9 vs century lens in general?

Matt Davis · May 16th, 2011, 12:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Robert Bobson

16:9 vs century lens in general?

So sorry I can't point you at the discussion I read, but I did see one a while back. IIRC, the Century won by a gnats. Bought one, used it, got a few nice shots but wasn't really delighted, bought Canon 550D and Tokina 11-16 instead, lived happily ever after. YMMV.

Andrew Stone · May 17th, 2011, 08:29 AM

Robert hard to know as to what you mean by quality. Both are going to have the same issues with barrel distortion. The adapter isn't like a full blown lens where you can be going through over 6 lens elements.

I would suggest going to camera outfit in a larger city that will probably have at least a Century wide angle in inventory and try it out.

I have the Century zoom through wide angle which is a very good lens adapter but any wide angle adapter on this camera is going to have a degree of compromise. The differences between the units will be small, if unnoticeable. The Century will be an easier resell.

May 15th, 2011, 12:16 PM	#1
Robert Bobson Major Player Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Bay City, Michigan Posts: 585	16:9 vs century wide angles Has anyone compared the quality of 16:9 inc's EXII 0 6X Wide Attachment vs century optics .6 wide angle for the ex1r? or just 16:9 vs century lens in general?

May 17th, 2011, 08:29 AM	#3
Andrew Stone Major Player Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Vancouver, Canada Posts: 975	Re: 16:9 vs century wide angles Robert hard to know as to what you mean by quality. Both are going to have the same issues with barrel distortion. The adapter isn't like a full blown lens where you can be going through over 6 lens elements. I would suggest going to camera outfit in a larger city that will probably have at least a Century wide angle in inventory and try it out. I have the Century zoom through wide angle which is a very good lens adapter but any wide angle adapter on this camera is going to have a degree of compromise. The differences between the units will be small, if unnoticeable. The Century will be an easier resell.