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aggro_sk8
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i have a sony TRV-140 with a 37mm thread. im looking for a fisheye lense for it. please tell me where i can get one, hopefully cheap.
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Jul 12 2002 9:43PM
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Prins
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duno where to get a cheap one, I would go to like a national camera or something like that. Just be careful with the lens on your camera and get some UV filters, so instead of scraching your lens or the lens of your fisheye you are just scraching a much cheaper part to replace.
Jul 12 2002 11:52PM
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Sean14456
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k go for a kenko .42x fisheye, runs for like 60 bucks, best place to get it from is www.bhvideo.com
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Jul 14 2002 11:59PM
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Jibtech
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dude don't be cheap. you get what you pay for, those 60 buck jobers have shit plasic lenses and they have that horrid black croping around the edges. Save up and get a Century Optics Mini DVD Fisheye. 0.42x with out croping, sick glass lens and lens hood.

centuryoptics.com its in the mini DV section
Jul 15 2002 9:20PM
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aggro_sk8
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yeah, well i looked around at century optics fisheyes, and they're cheap at $300 bucks. i dont have that kind of money, especially if i plan to actually ski this winter.
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Dfresh
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ya the kenko .42x is the ebst deal if you wanna get the best product for your money, if your a big spender you can go for the century lenses, 'death lens' haha, .32x its crazy wide view and thats what oyu mean by fisheye, but your looking at like 600$+ i think
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Jul 16 2002 3:26PM
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Dfresh
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but make sure whatever lens you do get make sure its not .5x which many lenses are because thats not wide enoguh, and also to turn off steady shot because if not it will make it look real bad
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Jul 16 2002 3:31PM
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adrian.bee
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yea turn off steadyshot..

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Jul 19 2002 10:36PM
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Sean14456
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dave the century minidv cam aka baby death lens is a .3x, and yes it is sick but if your posting stuff like this you obviously dont know much about this(no dis intended) so you will be looking at stuff for around 60 bucks
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Jul 20 2002 12:04PM
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aggro_sk8
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i keep hearing #ws being thrown around like .3x, .32x, .42x, etc... i have no clue what these mean. what will give me a good amount of distortion without being majorly distorted or looking like a wideangle. and if your wondering how cheap i am, the other day i picked up a wideangle at a shop for $5. it was an old phenix, brand new laying in a pile of old equipment.
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skodeo7
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The lower the number the more distortion (fisheye effect) you will see.

IE... With a .45x wide angle you will see very little distortion, as opposed to the .3x wide angle lens where you will see big time barrel style distortion.
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Jul 21 2002 10:55PM
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Dfresh
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ya itd .3x not .32 sorry i goofed there, i dunno waht i was thinking
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Jul 22 2002 12:47AM
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Dfresh
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and .42 is not fisheye is it? i thought it is describes as a 'fisheye' when its .3x bevause of how wide the viewing area is, and it will distort it to the point where it makes the picture look different then it acutally is, but it makes for sick filming on SOME SHOTS, like go buy the .42x kenko one, best bet, and you wont see the rim or anything if you turn off steady shot, and it will make good footage and also you might not want to have the wide angle lens on all the time, so you can go like far away, and zoom in itll make for a cool shot, and its cheap too.
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Jul 22 2002 12:51AM
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adrian.bee
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yea i have the kenko .43...i like it..its pretty sick...i haven't used it for skiing yet but i've used it for downhill mtb and it looks ill..
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Jul 26 2002 8:49PM
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Sean14456
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kenko makes a .43 and .42 and both are fisheye, good for amatuer stuff, but if you have a home camcorder but want to film good fisheye stuff get a century .3x ultra compact fisheye, 37mm thread
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Jul 27 2002 12:33PM
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adrian.bee
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aggro skate is looking for something cheap money wise..umm i dont think he wants to spend that much
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Jul 27 2002 5:37PM
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Sean14456
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yeah thats why i didnt recommend it at first, but im just explaining for my sake so i dont get ranted at
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Jul 27 2002 6:52PM
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adrian.bee
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oh......
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Jul 28 2002 4:55PM
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johnnypsunami
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I went to 2 camara places in ottawa and they are supposed to be 'professionals'. These guys didnt know fuck all about shit! I told them I got a ZR 90 and the guy said, thats what 5 years old? I'm like you arew a fucking idiot, they had MY camera on the rack right behind the guy, and hes saying its 5 years old! omg! the obviously dont sell a lot of these lenses and must be mentally challenged.









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Jan 17 2005 2:05PM
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mintcrue
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go with wide angle

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Jan 17 2005 2:21PM
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LC.
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Cheap fisheyes look horrible. Unless you're going to spend serious cash on a Century Baby Death, get a cheap wide angle by Raynox or Kenko.
Jan 18 2005 7:51AM
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johnnypsunami
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^yeah I'm looking at the super wide angle 0.43X by kenko, it looks pretty nice.









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Jan 18 2005 9:30AM
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another1260poser
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jibtech - you're an idiot.
-'...those 60 buck jobers have shit plastic lenses and they have that horrid black croping around the edges...'
-that's called vignetting buddy, and it doesn't have anything to do with a shitty lens. it's caused by the filter mount lens sitting far away from the camera's lens...usually because of a step up ring that it's mounted to. I have one of those cheap 'shit' lenses (the 37mm kenko 0.43x fisheye) and it works great and has (!gasp!) REAL GLASS elements.
Jan 19 2005 2:58AM
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bigkstylie
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I just ordered one of those kenko 43's... i will post a review of it tomorrow. I think it looks pretty good for what I am gonna be filming.
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