Wide Angle Lens for GL2

[jody]

Does anyone have a recommendation for a good wide angle lens for my GL2? I am shooting in a very small space and need all the help I can get. I went on EBAY and bought a 100.00 wide angle lens that produced an terrible FISHEYE result. I definately did not like that. Can you recommend one that won't give that FISHEYE look?

Respectfully,
Jody :?:

 

[hogie616]

Did you by chance get the Raynox .3x semi-fisheye? It's about a hundred dollars and used a lot in extreme-sports videography. What makes it a fisheye is the barrel distortion. the lower the decimal number the more barrel distortion you will get. A .45x is not technically a fisheye and you may get a little barrel distortion, but no too too much. i would suggest maybe a .5x or .6x lens depending on how tight the space is. Also, keep in mind the quality of the lens, there are alot of cheap lenses out there that will degrade the image quality somewhat. The best wide-angle lenses I find are made by Century Precision Optics, and they are kinda pricey but extremely high quality. Hope all that helps.

 

[jody]

FISHEYE

FISHEYE

Thanks. I will check them out tomorrow.