"John" <jdwd4d@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:26f9684a.0405281246.7245777e@posting.google.com...

> I've Been Looking for a wide angle lens for a 37mm digital handicam,

> I'm kind of new to film and photography. Most of the .45x lenses I've

> looked at are fisheye lenses, are all .45x lenses fisheye ? or are

> they diffrent from just normal .45x wide angle lenses. Also Is the

> lower the number (.45x) the wider the picture or do I want one with

> the highest number (.6x)?. Also at what point has the least amount

> of noticable distortion.

This is better placed in rec.video - but I just happen to

know the answer (I have a "ton" of these WA converters

for video cameras...). The answer is: a fisheye-type is not

undesirable (we see in fisheye perspective, and WA

movement effects are minimized with this type of perspective);

the smaller the number, the wider the view (assuming honesty

on the part of the manufacturer, which is not always the case);

and the very best WA converter that I have seen that is not

"fisheye" is the rather heavy and expensive Sony HG0737

(.7X, 37mm thread-mount).

--

David Ruether

d_ruether@hotmail.com

http://www.David-Ruether-Photography.com