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Old September 16th, 2001, 12:40 PM   #1
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Wide angle attachment for XL1

Does anyone know where I can get hold of a wide angle attachment for my Canon XL1 (standard lens 72mm thread). I am in the UK and have only found a local company called Optex that sell one for £800, also a firm in the US that do one for £400.

Are there cheeper ones than this, as you can get them for £75 for smaller mini dv cameras that have 46 and 48 mm lens threads.

Any help here will be greatly recieved.
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Old September 16th, 2001, 03:16 PM   #2
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I'm aware of three different wide-angle adapters for the XL1. Optex in the UK, Century Precision in the US, and CaVision in Canada. CaVision is at www.cavision.com -- I have only brief experience with the Century glass; I used it once on a rental basis only.
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Old September 26th, 2001, 11:54 AM   #3
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I just get back from S'pore where they did a service on my XL1, because they can't do it here in Jakarta. After three years using the camera as a pro video journalist I'm glad I did it. I had a lot of problems editing the stuff on my G4; like sync problems, whitebalancing, pushfocus etc. No more.
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Old September 26th, 2001, 04:52 PM   #4
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wide angle attachment for XL1

Last I knew, Century offered two, a partial zoom thorugh 0.6x and a more costly 0.7x full zoom through. I've used the 0.6x with good results and like it. Have also heard that folks like the Optex product.
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