Fisheyes: The Rundown.

I need a fisheye lens, my camcorder thread size is a 30mm, I know all I need is a 30mm Fisheye, or maybe and adapter thingy, to make it bigger/smaller.

All I really need to know is, what is a good make for Fisheye Lenses, like Raynox, or are they all as good as each other? Also a good place to get them from, I'll have a look in this thread aswell anyway.

Also Im going to be filming stunts and skits again soon.
So I need to know what a good "zoom" I should get, like 0.6x??

The last time we filmed skits, like indoor, we had a problem with it being to close, and not being able to fit us on, when we needed to place it, if nobody could film.
Also we film stunts, so what would be a good "zoom" to get, or whatever its called? To fit both purposes, we dont really want it too "rounded" and well no black edges if thats possible.
Are there any pictures of each size like?
Is 0.1x very "rounded" or is it the higher the zoom the more rounded it is?

Thanks.

yeah man, I film bmxing and skating with it all the time. its perfect unless you want to zoom

haha

I just glue my lenes together. I have a raynox fisheyelens snap on, and some other fisheye lens from ebay with a 35mm ring on it or osmething. glueing is awesome...oh and isn't the black areas called degausting, or gausting?

-ryan

Ok can anyone help me

I have a Sony DCR - HC18E

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Wich I hate with a passion

But anyway...Im tired or Blue taking Theos old broken scrached one to it

So please...Can anyone find me a Fisheye that screws onto a 25mm lence thingy...Tbh I would like one like Word has...I cant remember what fisheye he has

why do you hate it? I own the HC20E at the moment. buy a ring for it and a standard snap on

works perfect

I have HC22. I like that it small and low ligth quality is good and nightshot is best I´ve used. But I hate the fact that allmost every plug is in the station, not in the camera. And that you have to use the touch screen, Im afraid that I break taht soonish. Those are minor problems compared to the lens.... Do you guys get that annoying lensflare effect easily? I get it very easily and often, sucks.

But yeah you have to buy a ring for it, those are just like few bucks.

Well as Vode said you do get lense flairs easily, Also I use to have a really REALLY big and chunky camera…I really liked it because you could hold it more easily without it shaking ever were, Also what dick thought up of touch screen it’s a shit idea… so now if I want to fast forward etc the screen gets a nice big finger print on it. Also with my camera the heads because dirty within 3 weeks of owning it. But my old camera I had it for more that a year before it started to do that. Also with my old camera it use to fit a fisheye perfectly but my new one I have to blue tack it. Also… im not to shore if this is true but Apparently if you want a mike for it you have to by Sony’s make for it other wise the others mike’s wont fit the shoe (That’s what I have been told..)

I got an extra sony light and the shoe isnt even there...under the plastic tab is nothing whats so ever...just metal

isent that the shoe...I may be wrong...But I thought that was the shoe..Were the metal is you slid the mic of light in?!

nope my old cam had little slips of metal for it to conect too

this one just has 2 screws and nothing under it

..Oh...so do you know what the hell its for then?

nothing, its like they designed it to have one but then cut costs and removed it.

iv got a xtra sony light if anyone wants to buy it?

I have 2 cokin .43 fisheyes, ben.

Can you think of anywere I can get hold of one...Because they have been switched to 5.0x wide angles wich are shitty...

Wanna sell me the other one word?


And Marc, do you get lens flares easily? I hope that it would be something you could fix with settings... but havent yet figured out how

Umm google it? I got mine from a place over here.

Why do you like mine so much? it looks pretty average imo.

Because I want a screw on fisheye....But I cant be assed to look anymore..im just gunna settle for a raynox snap on. (I also like the vig)

Its actually hard to find similar fisheyes to that cokin. Havent found a single one in europe actually. Wilbur posted link to similar fishy thats sold in usa, Kenko swg 43 or sumthing. But yes if you want that you have to order it overseas.

Sweet, looks like I got a good buy then, and I have 2 exactly the same!

Or actually you can get good fishy here too... but then its over hundred, like twice the price and I dont want to pay that much.

For mono....


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Raynox MX-3000 Semi Fisheye 0.3x

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that is sexy

Thanks a lot man.

My wideangle one sux0rz.

I got a dcr-hc 32 how would I go about attaching one to it?

I'm 99% sure that's about the same as my old camera, and you will need to get a stepring, as your camera has a 25mm thread, and most fisheye won't fit on that shit.

poop..

Do you have a fisheye, or are you going to buy one?

I would just like to add:

Do not use superglue on fisheyes.

haha what'd you fuck up

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QC303 on my SamsungVPd80