In article <3328c8ec.8453299@news.charm.net>, colorcast@charm.net says...

>I am looking for a true fisheye lens for the Sony DCR VX1000. If
>anyone knows where I could find one, please post and email me.

I like fisheyes and wide-angles, and have a small collection of
fisheye adapters (I could probably sell you my least favorite for
$45 and shipping...), and hope to be able to tell more about how
they work on a VX-1000 sometime soon... (still looking for a
new/used one at a price I can manage...;-). On other cameras,
this is my experience: Some cameras have the CCD mounted not
quite centered, which causes unsymmetrical vignetting if you
want to show the two curved sides of the circular image (no
camcorder I have seen will show the full circle), and prevents
you from using the widest possible full-frame coverage without
seeing a one or two corner vignette. Some cameras produce a
sharp image over most of the coverage (Canon L1 and UCS-3, but
not the Canon ES-5000 or the Sony PC-7), and a very few show very
sharp coverage over the whole frame to the corners (Panasonic EZ-1).
Most of the inexpensive fisheye adapters are not coated, and can
show a ghost image near the center of the field. Accurate focus
with the resultant extremely short focal-length can be VERY
difficult with many viewfinders (and mis-focus DOES show on
screen...). With all the problems, I have great fun with a fisheye
attached, the tally light turned off, the camera on continuous record,
and the camcorder "floated" around people at an event, at an outdoor
market, through flowers and foliage, etc. - the results are,
gosh, well, "really neat" to watch and hear
(a good stereo mic helps with this).
Hope This Helps