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tBatt
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I'm looking to pick one of these up for my HV30, anyone know of any online retailers having them on sale/for cheap? The cheapest I've found so far is on Amazon for $140

Also looking for an extra battery if anyone could help me out with that too. Currently looking at this:

http://www.pricegrabber.com/user_sales_getprod.php/masterid=3648205/lot_id=1397054/mode=googleff/
Dec 6 2009 5:42PM
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thisandthatfilms
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http://opteka.com/optekaplatinumseries43mm03xhdultrafisheyelensforprofessionalvideocamcorders.aspx


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Dec 6 2009 6:23PM
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A.Eberhard
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To the fisheye suggested above I also use it. It gives a lot of distortion and width , but if you don't want vignetting you have to zoom in a tiny bit or crop it out in Sony Vegas or whatever you use.
For the extra battery pick up a BP-2L24H it lasts the longest but is not totally flush with the viewfinder.
Dec 6 2009 7:57PM
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Mooserz
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how much is a tiny bit?
Dec 6 2009 8:32PM
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tBatt
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It looks nice, but I want a wide angle, not fisheye.
Dec 6 2009 10:50PM
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tBatt
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That battery is about $80, the one I posted is $9, even though it is 1800 mAh and the BP is 2400mAh
Dec 7 2009 6:30PM
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omckee
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Check out B&H, they have it for around $120, I am picking one up soon. Also get the 52mm because I hear it will have less vignetting than the 43mm
Dec 8 2009 10:50AM
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tBatt
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Shit, I found it on BestBatt for $35. I'm probably going with that instead now.

And to who suggested B&H thanks - That's most likely what I'm getting/where
Dec 8 2009 10:57AM
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eheath
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Going cheap on battery's (at least for high end cameras like mine) is a bad idea. I ended up dropping 120 on a legit battery this year because i bought some cheap 20 dollar battery that was suppose to be as good as my legit battery and it lasted legit 1/8th as long. It's hard to go cheap with camera equipment if you want quality shit.
Dec 8 2009 11:16AM
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Galin
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i picked up a dvxuser battery before the season for like ... $70? and it's doing really well. Try looking into one of those if you ever need to pick up another battery, a ton of people vouch for them.
Dec 8 2009 1:43PM
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eheath
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yeah yeah like 85 after shipping, i considered that, but i thought id just send the extra 35 for the legit batts.
Dec 8 2009 1:48PM
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tBatt
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No it's actually the legit BP-2L24 battery. I was going to get a cheap generic one off PriceGrabber.com but decided to go for the real stuff. Thats's what I was afraid of though.
Dec 8 2009 2:48PM
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dylansiggers
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really.....
Dec 8 2009 10:41PM
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jblaski
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How well does it bounce?
Dec 9 2009 2:31AM
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Trent_Palmer
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I cant say anything on the battery bouncing but I can say from experience that HVX's bounce pretty well if you drop them at high speed!
Dec 9 2009 7:37PM
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eheath
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I was only trying to say that my camera sucks shitty battery down like its nothing, but while my friend scott has a dv30 and the same battery i kill in an hour will last him 6 hours.
Dec 9 2009 7:39PM
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joey.
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6600 is the perfect wide for the hv30...i used it for a day before selling my HV30 stuff. No distortion, vignette, quality loss or color loss. I paid the extra 20 for the 52mm version...worth it.
Dec 10 2009 6:16PM
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