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hi everybody

i posted a thread 2 days back , found that it has been deleted due to forum maintainace process .Anyway i am currently looking for suitable wide angle lens for my h2 cam , i am not a professional photographer just often capture shots as my hobby ,now i want to play with kind of fish eye wide angle lens , i have searched net for this purpose and found few wide lens some are very cheap and some eems to me expensive like :
http://www.digitalinnovationsny.com/Items/snyh1fish
http://www.digitalinnovationsny.com/Items/mx3000h5

therefore please suggest me which one should i try ,i know this forum has alot expert photographers here .

thanks
 
A Sony VCL-DH0758 wide angle. It will yield about a 10% increase in the field of view.

Dave
 
thanks for reply ..well i think it is official sony product for h2 cam but its just 0.7x and i have seen few lens which are providing upto 0.3x :S
 
abart said:
thanks for reply ..well i think it is official sony product for h2
cam but its just 0.7x and i have seen few lens which are providing
upto 0.3x :S
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Do you really believe you can take good photos with such a dubious offer ? Why there are only sellers of cheap lenses, that offer lenses with less than 0.6x ? Are Canon, Nikon, Olympus or Sony not able to build something like this ?

Also my recommendation: VCL-DH0758

Here once more the link to my website with comparison shots of the H2 and the VCL-DH0758:

http://www.ok-photos.com/sonyh2/a.htm

Regards

Olaf
 
I've been using mine for just under a month now. It works well with the camera and I'd recommend it. I certainly wouldn't go for anything wider (except possibly a dedicated fish-eye).

It was quite a hassle finding mine - B&H seem to have stopped stocking since the H2/5 were phased out and haven't bothered reintroducing them for the H3. However, other sites to have them for around $100. Again, I'd be suspicious of anything claiming to be a quality lens that was much cheaper than this.

Robert
 
DavePlugh said:
A Sony VCL-DH0758 wide angle. It will yield about a 10% increase in
the field of view.

Dave
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I also replied this two days ago:

The increase of field of the VCL-DH0758 is 1 : 0.7 = 1.428. That is more than 40 %. But if you try to measure it by comparing shots with and without the lens the results will differ depending on the distance of the measured objects. Please compare these photos:

http://www.ok-photos.com/sonyh2/a.htm

Regards

Olaf
 
Vew is angle dependent not size dependent.

Percentage wise you will get the same change a kilometer away as a meter away in size

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Marion Warling
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Look on the page of raynox.com wht is perfect for your camera. I can also recommend the Raynox HD6600 pro, that seems to be better than the Sony. I use it with my Sony H3 and I am really happy about the really rectangular pictures!.

I would also recommend the Raynox Fisheye. I use the perfect FE180 pro with my Sony R1 and it is perfect.
 
I also prefer the Sony VCL-DH0758 lens over the others.It is reasonably priced and works very well.The image quality is excellent.Don't cheap-out on these accessory lenses.It's not worth it!
 
Kattslackey said:
Vew is angle dependent not size dependent.

Percentage wise you will get the same change a kilometer away as a
meter away in size
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Marion,

you are also right. If you consider a tele adapter the magnification factor strongly depends on the distance to an object. The intrinsic factor is measured against infinity.

In theory now a wide angle is a reversed tele adapter. The factor of the extension of fieild is more dependent on the angle and this linearly depends on the distance. But (as reversed) you only can measure it with more narrower distances.

With more narrower distances you will really get a factor of 0.7 with the VCL-DH0758. That means: if you try to photograph your family together with aunt Margery in a room. If your family needs 2 meters of your photo and aunt margery will fit onto the rest of 80 cm, you will get a good photo (including aunt margery)

Regards

Olaf
 
They are both good pieces of glass...

It is a bit funny that the add-on lenses I have cost almost as much as the 149 I paid for the H2.

Please do not buy the cheap add lenses. The H2 has a nice lens and when you add the cheap lens it is only as good as the weakest link in the chain.

The M3358 macro- the 1758 or raynox 2020 tele.. and the above mentioned wides are all good glass IMHO and worth the money if that is the style of shooting you really want to do.

-gus-
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But, I over exposed and blew the highlights
 
well thanks alot for suggestions i think i should go for VCL-DH0758, i visited your website and you put some great shots , i am really interested in the bugs shots , would you please share the technique with which you capture these bugs macro shots , i have tried my self with my h2 but couldn't succeed , i want to know which mode do you use for this kind of macro shots or you use also some extra lens for these macro shots .
thanks
 
yes i agree with you thanks for advice i will now surly go for offcial sony product :)
 
yes i have seen this gallery and it is quite informative for the person like me , actually i found this very little difference as compare to fish eye lens therefore i was considering other lens but yes its still better than without any lens , i agree !
 
what i have understood that if you want to see the effect of wide angle in your shots you need tp lace your object nearer to your camera , is that right? otherwise distant objects will look almost similar :S
 
If one lens cover an angle of view of 60 degrees and the other 90 degrees the ratios of width will be the same from near focus to infinity. Size of subject matter has nothing to do with it. PERIOD.
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Marion Warling
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i think i would go for sony product as i hv got more vote for sony lens :)
 
yes ofcourse size will not matter but i am talking about the location of the subject , will it matter ? if we place the subject nearer to cam the wide angle effect will be more visible(like fish eye) as compare to distant subject ??
 
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