Fish eye for Panasonic TM700

Well first off,
do you want a babydeath? im assuming you do, and Opteka and Century make quality stuff. Opteka makes a 43mm, you can pick up a cheap ring to adapt it. I've heard Century makes a better product, but it's also more expensive. If you need to something quick and don't have monies, you can buy a cheap wide angle and flip the lens. You just screw off the little ring, and take the lens out, clean it, the put it back in upside down. It creates a fisheye effect. Hope that helps.

Well what is a baby death? I've heard of them before and opteka alot. Do you know of any specific models? Because I know opteka has multiple models
Thanks for your help bro

I know this is kinda off topic but... How are you liking this camera? I've been looking into getting one. ^by babydeath he's reffering to a smaller death lens; which is just a massive fisheye.

Opteka has less quality glass but it costs a lot less then Century.If you are gonna go all out and spend a lot go for the Century Baby death.

(hah im writing this for the second time because I lost my connection)
I am really liking the camera so far. I just got it and filmed a week at Hood. the footage is excellent for a 700 dollar camera. And people say its better than canons flagship camcorder which is like 1200 dollars. The only thing I dont really like about it is probably the touchscreen and the manual controls. You can still change aperture and shutter speed but not both at the same time. And you get used to the touchscreen pretty quick. And it films in 60p which is epic.

bump. so i know baby death are good but what specs should i be looking for in a fish eye? What does .3X mean, also opteka has many different lenses that would fit my camera but whats the difference between them, and if i get a 43 mm fish eye and use an adapter for a 46mm will it have vignetting?
thanks for your help guys

If you search "46mm fisheye" on ebay or amazon you will find a lot of different fisheyes.  You will get what you pay for.  I would recommend buying the Opteka 43mm and getting a 43mm to 46mm step up ring.   http://www.amazon.com/Opteka-Platinum-Fisheye-Digital-Camcorders/dp/B002CMYPNM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1280418457&sr=8-1
http://www.amazon.com/Adorama-Step-Up-Adapter-Ring-Filter/dp/B0002GRL5E/ref=sr_1_4?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1280418759&sr=1-4
Yes, you will get vignette either way.  If you don't want to spend that much just get a cheap 46mm fisheye.  .3x means your lens' focal length will be multiplied by .3  Since the TM700's focal length is 35mm, you will get a very wide angle.  Opteka has lenses like telephoto, which increases focal length, fisheye, which decreases focal length and will give you the curved edges, and it pulls close things closer and pushes far things farther.  Wide angle, which will decrease focal length without distorting the image, if you want to make professional looking video, buy a wide angle, not a fisheye.
Hope this helps

One question: What editing software do you use for the 60p footage?

Thanks man, helps a ton. I use Sony Vegas platinum 9
+K for you my good sir

No problem, good to hear.  Is that this one?  http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/moviestudiope but 9 instead of 10?

Yeah i believe so. Here is the link to the one I have

http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=vegas+movie+studio+platinum&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&cid=8596935851031011206&ei=yH5STPvyCIqqiwS358yaAg&sa=title&ved=0CE8Q8wIwBjgA#p

Oh okay, thanks

im thinking of getting the TM700 and a fisheye. kinda new to fisheyes and camcorders. i just have a few questions:

1) you screw it onto the filter threads of the camcorder's lens.
2) depends on which fisheye you get (you get what you pay for) but the image quality will always be degraded at least a little
3) eg "46mm fisheye" means the threads on the back of the fisheye have a 46mm diameter
4) if the fisheye's threads have the same diameter as the camcorder's lens threads
5) fisheye's usually do not except any type of filter, because the front element of them is generally pretty convex, so there will be no way to fit a flat filter on

hate to be that kid but what is a filter?

a filter is a thin attachment that goes on the front of the lens (except for a few rare exceptions with drop in ones, which you don't need to worry about). They can be anything from a clear pice of glass to protect it, to a polarizer, to a fader, even a graduated nd filter. Most for video are attached using threaded rings, or a mattebox (professional video). Photographers also use threaded filters, though many also use something like the cokin system which holds square filters, like a graduated nd, and they are sort of like a mini mattebox