wide angle conversion lens at DVinfo.net

Jemore Santos · November 22nd, 2005, 10:52 PM

When I bought the HD100 I was curious to see how much the wide angle conversion lens was, and this is no joke but they said it costs about US$8,000 is that true!? Fair enough it would be about a grand but 8?
has anybody used it? any feedback?

Stephen L. Noe · November 22nd, 2005, 11:31 PM

They've quoted you the 13x lens. The adapter is another animal.

Give them this part number WCV-82SC or Try here:

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/cont...x=4&image.y=11

Barry Green · November 23rd, 2005, 01:21 AM

Right, two totally separate things. You said "conversion lens", so presumably you're talking about the wide-angle adapter that fits onto the front of the stock lens, right? That's what Stephen pointed you to.

The $8,000 item would be for the optiona 13x zoom lens, a replacement for the stock lens. And actually, $8,000 sounds pretty darn cheap for that particular lens, since it carries a retail price of $11,995. Not saying that $8,000 is "cheap", of course, but for a $12,000 item to be offered at $8,000 is quite a discount.

Jemore Santos · November 23rd, 2005, 03:09 AM

yeah they do good discounts
im in japan btw and I converted the price to US dollars...I guess they misinterpretted what i said then...yeah the adapter is only a couple of hundreds of dollars yeah?

November 22nd, 2005, 10:52 PM	#1
Jemore Santos Major Player Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Tokyo/Sydney Posts: 297	wide angle conversion lens When I bought the HD100 I was curious to see how much the wide angle conversion lens was, and this is no joke but they said it costs about US$8,000 is that true!? Fair enough it would be about a grand but 8? has anybody used it? any feedback?

November 23rd, 2005, 03:09 AM	#4
Jemore Santos Major Player Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Tokyo/Sydney Posts: 297	yeah adapter yeah they do good discounts im in japan btw and I converted the price to US dollars...I guess they misinterpretted what i said then...yeah the adapter is only a couple of hundreds of dollars yeah?

November 22nd, 2005, 11:31 PM	#2
Stephen L. Noe Trustee Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Chicago Posts: 1,214	They've quoted you the 13x lens. The adapter is another animal. Give them this part number WCV-82SC or Try here: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/cont...x=4&image.y=11

November 23rd, 2005, 01:21 AM	#3
Barry Green Barry Wan Kenobi Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: North Carolina Posts: 3,863	Right, two totally separate things. You said "conversion lens", so presumably you're talking about the wide-angle adapter that fits onto the front of the stock lens, right? That's what Stephen pointed you to. The $8,000 item would be for the optiona 13x zoom lens, a replacement for the stock lens. And actually, $8,000 sounds pretty darn cheap for that particular lens, since it carries a retail price of $11,995. Not saying that $8,000 is "cheap", of course, but for a $12,000 item to be offered at $8,000 is quite a discount.