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Best Option for G7 lens wider angle than 14mm but not fishy?

Started Oct 2, 2020 | Discussions thread
cba_melbourne
cba_melbourne Veteran Member • Posts: 5,850
Re: Panasonic DMW-GWC1 Wide Conversion Lens

HRPOWER wrote:

There was also a dude on YT with a non pan wide lens adapter again - mysteriously hard to find.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbhxxdlF5dQ

Also weirdly the actual name of it has been removed from the description.

I searched and searched before with no results.

7-14mm is very expensive - £700+ omg - Its not fish eye tho is it?

Looks like I may have to try out the Go Pro 8/9 and light the subject as well as possible because for £700 + I am better off making do with not too many presenter close ups and using cut aways - you can get two Go Pro 9s for £700 for this application.

There is one or two on eBay for 400 odd but yes again no stability -

If you are considering a gopro, I think you would be happy with the low cost 8mm SLRmagic too.

The 7-14/F/4 is a very very good lens, but it is a little too expensive new for what it is. If you look around you should easily find it used for half new price. It was first released 12 years ago and for many years was the only UWA option, so there are many around. Lots of real estate agents used it for indoor, and may be selling it now due to poor business.

I have both, and for your situation I think you cannot lose much giving the SLRmagic a try. It may well be all you need. And gives you some UWA experience on the cheap, that will help you decide what to buy should you decide you need better.

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