On Sat, 07 Jul 2001 22:55:30 GMT, "brian a. henderson" wrote:

>I hear a lot of people going for the Century Optics zoom through WA for
>the JVC GY-DV500. Is there a cheaper alternative? Raynox or Kenko
>perhaps? Or, as usual, do you just get what you pay for?

With this, it is mostly a matter of mounting-diameter
and available converters to fit - otherwise, *selected*
Raynox and Kenko converters are generally at least as
good as the far more expensive Century (which not only
offers large-diameter converters, but often ones that
fit specific front bayonets). Even 58mm converters are
not common yet (still looking for a good zoom-through
58mm .5X...).