On Fri, 02 Feb 2001 15:40:10 GMT, "Evan Mann" wrote:

>"Neuman - Ruether" wrote in message
>news:3a7ac346.2683013@newsstand.cit.cornell.edu...
>> As I have (endlessly...;-) pointed out, if you can
>> stand to lose most of the zooming range, the Sony
>> VCL-ES06 is cheap, very light, flat, and sharp on
>> the widest range of camcorders of any WA adapter

>How much zoom range do you loose? Does it get lost because the lens starts
>to distort drastically when you start to go to the telephoto end of the
>zoom?

It is not "zoom-through", which means only about 2:1
zoom before losing all ability to focus on anything.
On the plus side: it is sharp on most lenses (unlike
most WA converters), and it is compact (about 1/2"
thick, like a thick filter).