Wide angle adapters?

Tom Hardwick · October 25th, 2005, 02:37 AM

You've used the Aspheron? Excellent, and welcome to the club. As you rightly point out, very hard to find and expensive. Even more so if you buy new from Switzerland (which I didn't do).

Interestingly Sony's Z1 has a three stage OIS, one specifically designed for wide-angle converter usage. It's a 'softer' version of the standard stabilisation setting for the very reasons you love the 3x - in that less stabilisation is generally needed at short focal lengths. You still shake the camera just as much of course (which is why I want OIS) but it's generally less visible on screen.

tom.

October 25th, 2005, 02:37 AM	#16
Tom Hardwick Inner Circle Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Billericay, England UK Posts: 4,711	You've used the Aspheron? Excellent, and welcome to the club. As you rightly point out, very hard to find and expensive. Even more so if you buy new from Switzerland (which I didn't do). Interestingly Sony's Z1 has a three stage OIS, one specifically designed for wide-angle converter usage. It's a 'softer' version of the standard stabilisation setting for the very reasons you love the 3x - in that less stabilisation is generally needed at short focal lengths. You still shake the camera just as much of course (which is why I want OIS) but it's generally less visible on screen. tom.