Wide Angle Lens

[TheMalteseJob]

Hey. Anyone here buy a good Wide angle lens? I'm thinking of getting one for my Sony camera but I would like to hear some comments about them if anyone has any.

This is the one i'm probably going to get.

http://www.helixcamera.com/Video/SonyCa ... G0758.html

But it's a lot of money to just buy blindly and I don''t think any shop here in Malta would have any I could test. Much appreciated if anyone can help.

[MFM]

What does a wide angle lens do??

[Kentertainment]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wide_angle_lens

[foxwood]

Well a few years ago I picked up a wide angle lens from Sony for my dvx2000 cost about $400 and was worth every penny. While I couldn't really see the diffrence while I was shooting because the cameras little lcd didn't show me what the lens was seeing, as soon as I poped the video onto my computer I had the realization of how cool it was when Veges capture screen blueup from its noraml 4x3 to my new 16x9.

[TheMalteseJob]

ah, so worth it? by any chance do you have any screenshots that i can see? would really help me!

[foxwood]

Full screen


wideangle


Also the cam was set to shot in wide for the shot with the lens. I'll try and find some better examples. if those do not sufise.

[TheMalteseJob]

hey. The top one has no lens right? Thanks for the pic, but if you've got some others I'd love to see them. gotta be sure about it b4 I order it By the way, are you able to zoom while using the wide angle lens?

[foxwood]

Right the top doesn't have a lens, working digging up some more and yes you can zoom. It just alows you to have a larger shot.

[TheMalteseJob]

ok thanks, will wait for the other pics

[foxwood]

This is with just the widescreen that my camera does




This is with a lens




Though its defently esayist to see when you watch a movie thats in full and wide becasue it will resize say your media player or quicktime window.

after I get something to eat I'll work on maybe getting some video up to show that helps.

[TheMalteseJob]

ok thanks! I am going to get the lens. But it would still be nice to see some footage