fisheye lenses...

dandantheadminman · Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 9:01 pm Post subject: fisheye lenses...

are these any good?

i wouldnt be able to afford one for awhile as i got more proiritys, but i could probs save a tenner or whatever for stoked episode 2.

i have a shitty sony handicam thing. jsd has seen it lol

rad2themax · Quite High User Joined: 14 Dec 2006 Posts: 136

Im assuming it has a 37mm filter thread? It should say somewhere around the lense of the camera. I just wrote this in another topic for Dan, not sure if you've seen it or not yet:

'EDIT: Oh and Dan cheap 0.45X lenses that go onto 37mm video cameras can be found on ebay. Just search 37mm wide angle or something similair. These are generally known as 'semi fisheye though. A proper fisheye will be 0.3X usually. These are alot harder to find without shelling out alot of cash for baby deaths and such but raynox do a Clip On 0.3X that will fit. I have no experience with clip on though as my 0.45X is screw on but should be ok. If it's not great you've only wasted a tenner. Smile

http://www.cameras2u.com/products/details.cfm?PRODUCT=RAYQC303'

I find that i rarely film without my 0.45X just because video cameras are as standard not very wide angle at all (mine's 60mm or something) and, espeacially for BMX, i often just can't be that far out.
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Hamish · Forum Veteran Joined: 29 Sep 2006 Posts: 1011

A mate gave me a cheap screw on one for my videocamera several years ago and it worked okay. You have to watch going into the sun as it makes flare really bad but other than that it seemed to do the job well.
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dandantheadminman · Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 9:57 pm Post subject:

yeh, ill try and get one for ep2 then, cause i need wide angle some times, but other times i dont
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jetsetdan · Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 9:42 am Post subject:

Rad2themax.. thanks for the advice. nice one.
I have looked on ebay... i seen a few cheap ones.
I was kinda looking for more a recomendation that was all Very Happy

Camera has a f=2.1 37.8mm 1:1.8 O 37 spec Lens.

Most of this means nothing to me to be honest.

So going on what you said i need a 37mm lens... hmmm.. ok Wink

I'll go look further now.. cheers.
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rad2themax · Quite High User Joined: 14 Dec 2006 Posts: 136

[img]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=330067615917&ssPageName=STRK:MEWN:IT&ih=014[/img]

Well that's the cheap arse 0.45X i use. It does the job for me and will fit your camera but yer watch the flare as hamish said.

That's more of a wide angle though really and there isn't really very noticable fisheye effects (it just makers the picture wider obsiously). The 0.3X in the link above will have more and give you a wider angle and i'm planning on getting one of those in the near future.
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JAW · Posted: Mon May 28, 2007 1:42 pm Post subject:

ok this reply is a bit late but....

We use a wide angle lens brought from Jessops where they let you try different lenses in the shop. We initially went to get a fish eye but found that wide angles can do a fine job and are more subtle (you can hardly tell when a wide angle has been used).

They sold us one 1st hand (obviously) for around £50. It was one of the best spent £50 in the whole making of our films.

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