sierpinski
Leading Member
Hello all,
I purchased the set of lenses shown in this link from Saini Digital on ebay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/FISHEYE-TELE-LENS-FILTER-fo-PANASONIC-DMC-FZ50-FZ30-FZ5_W0QQitemZ150124612688QQihZ005QQcategoryZ116191QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
The lenses are really too small for the FZ50 but an adapter ring was included. When using the 2X lens, the corners were black in my pictures until I zoomed far enough out to get past the black. Beyond that, every single picture I took with the 2X telephoto lens was severely distorted at the edges. The set purchased included a number of items, and the whole cost including shipping was $92, so although I do not intend to use this set of lenses ever again, it wasn't a ton of money spent and lost, not enough to fight with them over it. I did, however, let Saini Digital know how terrible the lens was, giving them the opportunity to care without demanding that they take the product back. They made no comment, which leads me to believe 1) they weren't shocked by what I said, and 2) that they don't care.
So I've taken a loss on what appear to be low quality lenses that were advertised to be high quality. I am determined that at least some good should come out of this. If anybody has thought to buy these lenses, or would like to verify for themselves the true state of the lenses (because I am not a photographer and am not in a position to make estimations and claims about photographic equipment), it would be my privilege to ship these to someone to check them out and keep them, or check them out and pass them along as I am doing. Maybe what happened was my fault due to misuse or something. If these are bad lenses, I would like for them to serve the purpose of my mistake being educational for other would-be purchasers, so I would ask in return that you post your results. I will go ahead and post one image, but again, I don't know anything about lenses and I may have somehow used the lens incorrectly. I will upload a reduced-sized image and below it the full-sized image for examination around the edges, which show severe distortions.
If anyone wants to take me up on this, please let me know, and I'll ship all of the lenses at my cost within the US, keeping the little tripod and the lens cleaner kit for my own use. If anyone outside the US wants them, you will have to pay the shipping costs. I just know that I don't want them and would like for some good to come out of this mistake.
I was using a tripod and remote shutter when this was taken, and the OIS was set to OFF. There was no wind, no camera shake at all, first time I've ever been able to say that.
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http://www.public.asu.edu/~starlite
I purchased the set of lenses shown in this link from Saini Digital on ebay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/FISHEYE-TELE-LENS-FILTER-fo-PANASONIC-DMC-FZ50-FZ30-FZ5_W0QQitemZ150124612688QQihZ005QQcategoryZ116191QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
The lenses are really too small for the FZ50 but an adapter ring was included. When using the 2X lens, the corners were black in my pictures until I zoomed far enough out to get past the black. Beyond that, every single picture I took with the 2X telephoto lens was severely distorted at the edges. The set purchased included a number of items, and the whole cost including shipping was $92, so although I do not intend to use this set of lenses ever again, it wasn't a ton of money spent and lost, not enough to fight with them over it. I did, however, let Saini Digital know how terrible the lens was, giving them the opportunity to care without demanding that they take the product back. They made no comment, which leads me to believe 1) they weren't shocked by what I said, and 2) that they don't care.
So I've taken a loss on what appear to be low quality lenses that were advertised to be high quality. I am determined that at least some good should come out of this. If anybody has thought to buy these lenses, or would like to verify for themselves the true state of the lenses (because I am not a photographer and am not in a position to make estimations and claims about photographic equipment), it would be my privilege to ship these to someone to check them out and keep them, or check them out and pass them along as I am doing. Maybe what happened was my fault due to misuse or something. If these are bad lenses, I would like for them to serve the purpose of my mistake being educational for other would-be purchasers, so I would ask in return that you post your results. I will go ahead and post one image, but again, I don't know anything about lenses and I may have somehow used the lens incorrectly. I will upload a reduced-sized image and below it the full-sized image for examination around the edges, which show severe distortions.
If anyone wants to take me up on this, please let me know, and I'll ship all of the lenses at my cost within the US, keeping the little tripod and the lens cleaner kit for my own use. If anyone outside the US wants them, you will have to pay the shipping costs. I just know that I don't want them and would like for some good to come out of this mistake.
I was using a tripod and remote shutter when this was taken, and the OIS was set to OFF. There was no wind, no camera shake at all, first time I've ever been able to say that.
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http://www.public.asu.edu/~starlite
