"Casey" <fannygas@mchsi.com> wrote in message news:YT7nc.52585$kh4.3025885@attbi_s52...

> I am finding my Sony TRV-950 doesn't allow me to get close-up shots so well.

> Not macro, but groups of nearby people. Sony sells a wide-angle attachment,

> VCL-HG0737X, which looks like it may do the trick. Does anyone have any

> feedback regarding this piece of hardware? Is there another, posibbly

> better alternative?

It is the best .7X converter I've seen. I adapted one to the TRV900,

and it even works fine on this camera (on which most other converters

are somewhat soft at the edges). It is surprisingly heavy and expensive

(and not very wide), but worth it...

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David Ruether

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