Using
larger converters often produces better results at frame
edges -
but can be worse if matching is poor. Larger converters
are,
uh, also larger and heavier, so less handy - and the 0737HG
would
likely be too heavy for the new smaller cameras (balance
would
be poor). The 0637 is light, though, and may be a good
choice
- though the 0730HG may be sharper(?). As with everything
in
video, it's a compromise of elements, with not all known at the
time of
purchase, alas...
"Jon
Harris" <goldentully@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>
Are there any advantages/disadvantages to using a 37mm with step-up adapter
>
rather than a 30mm adapter? It looks
like the 37mm of the 0.6x is cheaper
>
than the 30mm but the "high quality" 0.7x are the same price.
>
David Ruether <rpn1@no-junk.cornell.edu> wrote in message
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> "Jon Harris" <goldentully@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>
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> > I just purchased a Sony DCR-TRV27 Mini DV camcorder and am already
>
finding I
>
> > want to get wider shots. I'm
looking at getting a wide angle adapter.
>
Sony
>
> > offers 2, the VCL-HG0730 ($190 list) and the VCL-0630 ($80). Since my
>
> > camera cost <$600, I'm not too keen on spending nearly a third of
that
>
again
>
> > for a WA adapter. I know that
the HG0730 is supposed to have better
>
image
>
> > detail, especially on the edges, but is the price worth it? I'm mainly
>
> > shooting family events, so my needs aren't the same as some of you
who
>
shoot
>
> > professionally. But I am
interested in getting decent quality.
>
> >
>
> > Is the HG0730 worth the extra money?
Or are there other third party
>
> > adapters I should be considering (30mm lens threads)?
>
> You can also use 37mm threaded WA converters, with 30->37mm
>
> step-up ring. The 0637 is good and cheap; the 0737HG is excellent
>
> but large, heavy, and much more money. SK's advice is excellent (buy
>
> at a good discounter that not only provides good prices and reliable
>
> service, but accepts returns/exchanges with minimal hassels [my first
>
> 0737HG was defective, BTW, expensive as it was - ALWAYS test
>
> gear before serious use!]). As for WAs in general: they can be
>
> excellent/good/poor; some camera lenses are excellent/good/acceptable;
>
> the combinations of these that work are not predictable (though the
>
> better converters are more likely to work at least fairly well - but only
>
> a *very* few WA converters work very well on most lenses [the
>
> 0737HG is one]); the best WAs degrade the image minimally, but
>
> some; the worst WAs (or combinations) are unusable; some very
>
> cheap moderate (.8X instead of .5-.6X) WAs often work very well,
>
> and are usually light and compact; Sony, Canon, and Raynox generally
>
> offer the best converters, though many cheap .42X fisheyes are
>
> surprisingly sharp...
>
> --
>
> David Ruether
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David Ruether
d_ruether@hotmail.com
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