On 22 Sep 1998 04:18:23 GMT, arrfilms@aol.com (ArrFilms) wrote:

>Are they any very good .4X wide angle lenses that have a 52mm or larger thread
>size on the rear?

I assume you mean fisheyes...?
I have tried 4-5 of the cheap series-VII ones on a VX-1000,
and found two that gave excellent sharpness to the corners
when the aperture was held to f5.6 or smaller, the zoom was
adjusted to avoid vignette (stabilizer off), and a bit of
metal-shaving was done to move the converter glass closer to
the camcorder glass. Unfortunately, neither is coated, and
there are some problems when shooting with bright areas
within a darker field (anyone know where to have the three
elements coated?). They are quite sharp, though, and fun
to shoot with...