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Raynox 0.3 fisheye

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skibum1854
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duz anyone have one, or know anything about them? if so that would be great if you could let me know how they are.
also if they have any vignetting.

here is a link to the ebay page of it http://cgi.ebay.com/Raynox-MX-3000-Fisheye-Video-Lens-for-Canon-GL2-GL1_W0QQitemZ300091191138QQcategoryZ106875QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Mar 17 2007 10:01PM
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Jwenz
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well first of all its not a fish eye its a semi fish eye wide angle lens (mx3000) I have one and it works great umm...good for follow cams, kills your zoom...I like that you dont get a black ring around your shot which is good...its a great lens

Mar 17 2007 10:08PM
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unchyll
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why would you get a .3 fisheye?
Mar 17 2007 10:18PM
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skibum1854
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why would i not?
Mar 17 2007 10:19PM
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skibum1854
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and i guess its not a streight up fisheye, its a ultra wideagle or somthing
Mar 17 2007 10:19PM
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leckett1
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meh...if your on a beer budget its good. gets the job done, no vig.
Mar 18 2007 12:33AM
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unchyll
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idunno man no hate or anything like i have a .5 and its aight it doesnt make a huge difference tho like you can tell but idunno im just talking out of my ass
Mar 18 2007 12:46AM
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skibum1854
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yeah i dont have that much $ to spend, but what others would you recomend? i have a gl1
Mar 18 2007 12:59AM
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jKutcher
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i have this lens and it isnt that bad
i actually like it quite a bit.
Mar 18 2007 11:26AM
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bhill2.0
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yeah you prolly dont wanna go lower then .3i have like .22
insane fisheye almost 180 dgerees of view i think crazy vignette but i like itthink i might pick up one soon the raynox that is
Mar 18 2007 11:29AM
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skiierman
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Fish`eyes: Making your 10ft jumps into superpark hits since 1999
Mar 18 2007 11:36AM
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fillup
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its kind of useless, i mean you will oviously tell a diffrence but it will be like nothing
but alot of people with gl1-2s have them in the skating world mostly because its one of the only wide angle/fish lens for the camera
Mar 18 2007 12:18PM
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pesja
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its a great lense! it kills your zoom as he said, and it makes your shots a tiny bit darker, but keep it in good shape and you wont notice it. I loved to shoot follow cams and funny shots with it! so great to have on a sunny day when no one wants to sit around and shoot with a tripod.. you can jump next to the skier/rider your shooting and it will be good
Mar 18 2007 12:31PM
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bhill2.0
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yeah, follow cams are great, good for skating.
Everybody i know that has a fisheye zooms with it. Even the kids from QUICK! had zoomed in shots with a WA lens


Mar 18 2007 12:40PM
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Static
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if you can't afford a death lens this is the lens to get. And of course it kills your zoom, why the fuck would you zoom with a fish eye, you want that shit as wide as possible. There's no vignetting on a vx21 all the way back. And you can make it even wider if you glue another lens inside it.
Mar 18 2007 2:28PM
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Chucktheweasel
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Eh, it's not bad for the price yanno? But personally, I love my 0.42 wide angle/fisheye by Pheonix I believe. It's not too much, and not too little. Plus I got it for a steal through my old Photo Prof. If you want to go balls to the walls son, get a 0.25 Pheonix. Shit's only like 70 dollars or something and will fit most cameras.
Mar 18 2007 5:00PM
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cannonskier
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ive got one, i got it off of bhphoto.com and i like it a lot
Mar 18 2007 6:44PM
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unchyll
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shut up you havent said anything about lenses this whole thread
Mar 18 2007 6:55PM
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bhill2.0
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There isnt really much need for a fisheye. Unless your filming inside or in tight quarters i dont see much need. The only reason I have one is so when i film skating/skiing, doing follow cams through interesting or danger terrain you can easily get fucked up. I see kids using them for the dumbest stuff. Also if you get a fisheye, dont buy into the whole 1 hand on the camera handle and extend your arm as far as you can. Its not style it looks dumb. Filmers only do that when there in danger. Also your shots suck too. I saw this like 10 year old with a real craappy fisheye and camera via best buy set up. He was filming his friend follow cam doing the whole"pro film skate style" looked horrible. Thats my quick sense on it.
Mar 18 2007 7:50PM
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skibum1854
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yeah, i would only use it for follow cams because i honestly suck at them when having to move at high speeds
Mar 18 2007 7:59PM
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bhill2.0
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yeah, at high speeds i usually dont even use the view finer just keep my hands steady and use my brain. easy shit
Mar 18 2007 8:01PM
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skibum1854
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how do I do that? and also if i do glue one inside wont that make for madd vignetting?
Mar 18 2007 8:02PM
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bhill2.0
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technically, the further the lense is from the actual camera lens the more wide and vig it will be
Mar 18 2007 8:08PM
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fillup
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you can zoom with a fisheye anyways
Mar 18 2007 8:09PM
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bhill2.0
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eww dude
zooom in alot with any wide angle or fisheye.
terible quality 
pixels and you get a tunnel vision effect where everything looks horrible and gross outwards in
Mar 18 2007 8:11PM
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williams
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why would you ever want to zoom with a fisheye??? jeeeeez!

i have the raynox. I like it a lot but if you have the money id go for somthing a bit better. its decent for follow cams and good for skating. its a perfect lense to start out with right after you drop maaad bills for a new cam. overall its a nice lens
Mar 18 2007 8:20PM
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Static
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there's a tutorial on skateperception.com, there is some vingetting, but you can zoom through it ot stretch the corners in post.
Mar 19 2007 1:01AM
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Lé.Skiing
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i suggest you get one that has atleast 180 degrees veiwing.. i seen one the otherday that had about 230 degree's or something like that.. so dont get that one.. it doesnt even really seem all that great
Mar 19 2007 2:04AM
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eheath
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I got a .38 semi fish and its fucking awesome i love it. Perfect for follows and getting good jib shots.
Mar 19 2007 2:07AM
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skiierman
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You can make any fish eye work as long as you got some duct tape. Personally I think they should only be used in very very few shots and in all follow cams.
Mar 19 2007 10:11AM
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Casey
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HAHAHA yes, perfect!
Mar 19 2007 9:52PM
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Casey
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ya vignette looks SO unprofessional. i seriously can't stand that shit it drives me up the wall. like, zoom in AT ALL and you won't see it, thus reducing the gayness factor by 100.
Mar 19 2007 9:55PM
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