freeflir29 0 #1 June 13, 2002 How wide is a .43 Kenko. I called B&H yesterday and ordered the lens but they didn't have .42's in stock. So...since it was only about $45 I got the .43. I have the .42 on back order with them but I figured ANY WA is better than no WA..."Here I come to save the BOOBIES!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SniperCJ 0 #2 June 13, 2002 I use no wide angle and have been doing just fine thank you!I would like to experiment with one before I buy one. I'd like to get a wider angle on the close ups rather than chopping off the head of the TM or the passenger. However I dont want the farther away stuff to suffer because of the WA lens.Comments? Mostly doing tandems and 4-way comp stuff. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #3 June 13, 2002 QuoteHowever I dont want the farther away stuff to suffer because of the WA lensUuuummmmm....Stay closer? I'll just be satisfied when people stop asking incessantly..."Are you zoomed in?" AAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! Drivin me nuts with that question!!! "Here I come to save the BOOBIES!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
psw097 0 #4 June 14, 2002 I use a Kenko KUW-042M and SGW-05 and have also used the KCW-042 which I think was replaced by the SGW-043. The KCW-042 is extremely wide with a lot of fish-eye effect and I had some vignetting using my PC-100. The Kenko .42 does not vignette and the curvature of field is less but you pay for it with size. The KUW-42M and HI are big lenses, mine hangs out significantly past the front/side of my D-Box and I can feel the weight difference. I ended up making a fiberglass shield for the front of my D-Box to enclose the lens.Paul Webster Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #5 June 15, 2002 WooHoo....got to jump my new lens twice today. It is the poop. You can hardly tell it's a wide angle during video play back and it gives me a perfect field of view. I like it!!! I had to just barely zoom it in to get rid of the vignetting(SP?) and now it's perfect!"Here I come to save the BOOBIES!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #6 June 17, 2002 QuoteHowever I dont want the farther away stuff to suffer because of the WA lens.Interesting point.....with the .43 on I think the ALL AROUND video quality is MUCH better. Both close up and far away is clearer and generally just looks nicer. I guess there is a point...I'd guess around 50-60 feet out, maybe farther, that things start to get really tiny. Overall I think it is a VAST improvement over the standard camera lens. "Here I come to save the BOOBIES!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
