Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #151 in Camera & Photo
- Brand: Digital
Features
- High Speed Auto Focus
- Multi Coated Optical Glass, High Speed Auto Focus, High Quality Crystal Optics
- Fits thread 58mm, Black Professional barrel
- Digital resolution Day and Night
- Front and Rear caps, soft pouch included
- High Speed Auto Focus
- Multi Coated Optical Glass, High Speed Auto Focus, High Quality Crystal Optics
- Fits thread 58mm, Black Professional barrel
- Digital resolution Day and Night
- Front and Rear caps, soft pouch included
Product Description
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Professional Digital Super Wide Angle Lens attaches to most cameras, camcorders and lenses with 52mm filter threads. The world's finest super wide panoramic lens attachment. Optimized for use in digital equipment. Among the many makes whose products it fits are Sony, JVC, Olympus, Canon, Nikon and others.
This excellent lens can be separated in two pieces (unscrewed): macro part and wide angle part. So you can use it both ways: like macro lens (without wide angle part) and like wide angle with macro together! This is a very unique feature of this lens for its price. So please notice, this lens consists of two parts: macro part and wide angle part
Customer Reviews
Most helpful customer reviews
41 of 42 people found the following review helpful.
By J. Sims
The lens is cheap, and I know enough about optics and cameras to be forewarned that I may have just thrown away $17.00. The lens arrived in a plastic bubble envelope (Sigh). I was prepared for the worst. The manufacturers box was crushed badly (second Sigh). Then I find that this is made by Vivitar, a fact not mentioned in the product description (well maybe this isn't so bad). Then I noticed that the magnification factor is 0.43 and not 0.45x as shown in the product photo (Not a real big deal, but kinda makes one wonder how careful these folks are). I tried it out on my Canon T2i 18-55 lens. There is vignetting at 18mm zoom, although the manufacturers suggestion is to use the maximum wide angle setting. However at this setting it is the equivalent of a 12mm lens (35mm film photography-I just can't get used to the small sensor focal length factors). Vignetting disappears at about 24mm zoom (16mm in 35mm equivalent). At 35 mm zoom the lens gives me a 24mm focal length equivalent. So for $17.00 I get to extend my wide angle capabilities below the 28mm equivalent on the standard Canon lens to as low as maybe 15-18mm in 35 mm equivalents with the supplementary lens. Hey not bad for a cheap lens. I'll probably only use it for those special times I need an extreme (for me) wide angle. When I did 35mm film photography I had a 21mm, 24mm, and a 28mm wide angle. Mostly I used the 28mm, sometimes the 24mm and rarely the 21mm. So right now with only a bit of testing, this looks like I didn't waste $17.00 after all.UPDATE: I did more testing and the most significant result is that the there is significant chromatic aberration outside the central 50 percent of the photo. The aberration is most noticeable at higher magnifications. It seems that if you do some judicious cropping and don't make big enlargements is won't be so noticeable--particularly at 8 x 10 or maybe 11 x 14.
27 of 28 people found the following review helpful.
By bocajoe@comcast.net
This lens is fantantic for the money. I take a lot of macro shots and didn't want to invest in a big clunky separate lens. This does the trick perfectly.I just upgraded to a digital SLR and didn't want to buy a separate lens. This screws onto the existing lens and not only does the macro but the wide angle too. I can leave it on my regular 28-55mm lens all the time.You do get a "tunnel" effect at the corners at the widest angle but if you zoom in just a bit , it disappears. I kinda like the effect with the tunnel on some photos.It is what it is for the money- a great value.Joe
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful.
By Smalls
decent wide angle lens attachment, not going to be as good as a professional wide angle, but it gets the job done. Some vignetting when fully zoomed out. If you're looking for a professional wide angle lens, this attachment is not what you're looking for. Though, at such a low price it's a nice piece to have if you don't want to spend $500 on a pro lens.
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