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august 1, 2008 – canon hv30 – accessory shoe removal
july 31, 2008 – canon hv30 purchased!
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so will the cetury opttics fisheye fit on the canon hv 30?
Hey Bob, thanks for stopping by. Did a quick search over at HV20.com and found this thread:
http://hv20.com/showthread.php?t=4620&highlight=fish+eye+hv30
To quote Beebs:
get a century fisheye, also known as the death lens
the quality is the best you can get.
plus, all the pros use the century mk1 and mk2s for skateboarding
you want the “baby death” which has 37mm threads. you need a thread converter/step rings and you’ll get a little bit of vignetting. you can mod the lens to have no vignetting if you really hate it
And if you Google:
Century Optics .3x Ultra Fisheye Adapter for Digital Video Cameras with 37mm Lens Front Diameter
It takes you to this Amazon link:
Century Optics .3x Ultra Fisheye Adapter for Digital Video Cameras with 37mm Lens Front Diameter
Essentially, it looks like you need a 43mm to 37mm step down ring to use the Century Optics fish eye and this could result in some vignetting.
yo pete!
just went to B&H and got a wide angle converter for my hv30:
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/577500-REG/Century_Precision_Optics_0HD_05WA_43_0HD_05WA_43_0_5x_Wide_Angle.html
they didnt have your panasonic one, so the guy said this was a good one. put it on my cam and it def bounces out the viewable field pretty significantly. this century lens is a .5 so its def pushing past your .7 lens.
i’m wondering how much distortion you get on your panasonic lens? thinking if i should sacrifice viewable area vs. distortion.
keep posting, homey!
-b
ex-Terp
Hey Ben, check out this video for footage of the HV20 & HV30 with the panasonic wide angle adapter:
http://vimeo.com/1519660
Both handheld cameras have the wide angle lens and i don’t see much if any distortion.
proactively • terp 4 life •peter
I have the same details as your blog.
Hey,
What made the ultimate decision to go with the Panasonic lens over a Raynox wide angle (6600 0r 7000). Also, I not sure what your current configuration is, but I have seen many people mount the mke 400 on the front of their lens hood.
Thanks for all the info
Andy
Simple answer is the Raynox was out of stock at B&H so I went with the Panasonic. I’m still working with the configuration you see in the picture with the MKE 400 mounted on the hot shoe.
Iam a fan of landscape photography and this is the perfect accessory for my Canon PS S3IS. It is good because it has a front thread (72 mm) to put filters on. I often use this with a Linear Polarizer and it produces a slight vignetting that can be eliminated with a small push in the zoom rocker (from 1x to 1.1x) so it is not really something I regret. It converts my 36 mm Equivalent focal length into 24 mm, which broadens the field of view substantially. Barrel distortion with this converter is negligible when compared to the cameras own performance and to other Wide Angle Converters. I totally recommend it.