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Wide Angle or Fisheye

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Ok, so i shoot with a DVX100p, and i have a budget of 200$ So if i want quality glass then ill have to buy used which is no problem at all, but i can either get a 0.45x 16x9inc fisheye for 200$ shipped or a 0.6x century optics wide angle for 150$ shipped both are pretty minty, but im not sure which one i should get and if this helps at all, i shoot 60% skiing and snowboarding 20% skateboarding, 10% bmxing, and 10% fruitbooting, i also sometimes shoot short films but that doesnt matter...
Oct 21 2010 5:29PM
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Meh, all depends on wether you want distortion or not.
Oct 21 2010 5:32PM
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yeah, im not sure ive always seen non distortion as looking alot cleaner, but the fisheye comes in handy while filming skating
Oct 21 2010 5:35PM
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My guess is you will get more use out of the wide-angle. If i see more than like 5 fish-eye shots in a segment it starts to annoy me, but I could watch wide angle shots all day.
Oct 21 2010 8:49PM
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