Ummm, focusable, but not necessarily "clear", if your
standards are high...; and definitely not undistorted,
if by that you mean without curvature of straight
subject lines - though there is considerable advantage
in having "barrel" distortion in video wide-angles:
rounded subjects (like people) are more "kindly"
rendered near the field edges, and pans and tilts are
smoother-looking (less abrupt shifts in perspective)
than with distortion-free WAs...

On Sun, 04 Feb 2001 23:49:07 GMT, "Evan Mann" wrote:

>So just that I am understanind this correctly. If you used the ES06 on the
>current x20 D8's (which are 48mm WA) then you could have an effective zoom
>range from 29-58mm of actual clear and undistorted picture?

>"Neuman - Ruether" wrote in message
>news:3a7fbea6.21553120@newsstand.cit.cornell.edu...
>>
>> OK, if 48mm-equivalent x .6 = 29mm-equivalent, 2:1 zoom
>> range would then be 29mm x 2 = 58mm-equivalent...
>> The Canon WD-58 is large and heavy and only .7X - and
>> it is designed for 58mm-threaded lenses. It is unlikely
>> to be a nice match for a compact camera (at $180 or so,
>> too). Better would be the .6X Sony CVL-ES06, I would think,
>> for use on a compact camera.