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Oliver Darden September 25th, 2009 04:09 PM

What Fish Eye Lens to get / Skateboarding
 
Can anyone recommend the best fish eye lens to get for shooting some skate videos? Like the most common size (between .43x and .3x?) for that.

Lots of options and they are pretty costly for something I will only use for 1 type of filming:
xha1 fish eye

This one looks nice:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A01_UhDIKz4

Thanks

Jack Walker September 25th, 2009 08:55 PM

For the XH-A1 I suggest these:
Canon XH-G1 & XH-A1 Attachments - Schneider Optics

The ultra fisheye is .3x, and vignettes.

The fisheye that does not list magnification is .45x I believe and does not vignette. (Though on this one B&H incorrectly lists the magnification at .3x if I remember. Call Century in Van Nuys for exact information.)

All of the Century stuff can be bought at B&H for a discount off of retail.

I have the .6x WA from Century and it is excellent for what I want. The Century bayonet mount on these adapters is excellent... much better than threaded alternatives.

Oliver Darden September 26th, 2009 01:24 PM

Thanks for the feedback Jack.

I think I like this one:
Century Precision Optics | 0HD-FEAD-XLH 0.3x | 0HD-FEAD-XLH

Can you send me a link to the Century bayonet mount your talking about please?

Anyone else used this company / lens and like it?

Jack Walker September 28th, 2009 10:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Oliver Darden (Post 1401590)
Thanks for the feedback Jack.

I think I like this one:
Century Precision Optics | 0HD-FEAD-XLH 0.3x | 0HD-FEAD-XLH

Can you send me a link to the Century bayonet mount your talking about please?

Anyone else used this company / lens and like it?

The bayonet mount is house this adapter attaches to the camera. It is bulit into the lens. It comes that way.

Steve Staffan October 3rd, 2009 07:15 AM

I have the Century Optics .3x fisheye designed for the XH-A1, and I love it. I film for DC shoes, and amateurs around where I live that are flow for companies.
Century Precision Optics | 0HD-FE3X-XLH 0.3x | 0HD-FE3X-XLH


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