Customer Reviews

0.42X FISHEYE LENS W/ MACRO FOR CANON EOS DIGITAL REBEL [Camera]

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I have a canon GL2 and wanted a wide angle or fisheye. I have no real complaints about the quality of this lens, but do have a big warning. If you buy this for a 58mm camera, it comes with step up rings for you to get up to the 58mm but this creates a black barrell on the outside when you want the big wide angle shot. Though this can be a cool effect, it is probably not want you want. So be warned before buying, and get a different lens that is a true 58mm if you want to get an uncluttered fisheye effect. For the macro however since you are usually filming something way close, it isn't a problem.

The lens really is a pair of two lenses. Assembled both, become a semi-fisheye/wide lens what, has that circular border (as in a common door fisheye) that gives the photo some interesting effect. Also, you can have wide angle photos just changing the focal length.

The second part is a real cheap macro lens that can be detached. It has some interesting features and you can get decent pictures with almost no distance at all (though, you need some light). There's a small distortion, but it can be handled easy.

It comes with a couple of adapter rings (52mm and 58mm) for different cameras. I used it with a Canon Digital Rebel XT and it really gives you the idea of a wide angle lens. It may not be as some professional lenses, but the desired effect is enough.

Above all that, it's insanely cheap for a wide/macro lens. And that's a good combo for less than 40 bucks.

This lens does what it is supposed to do - but just that. It feels flimsy, and in all honesty, I felt somewhat like I was putting a walmart sticker on a Tiffany bag when using this lens on my 30D. I decided to go with a dedicated canon fisheye lens instead. You will NOT be disappointed by the shots that you get with the lens - the fisheye effect is strong and the shots clear. You might be disappointed by the quality of the lens itself.

This may be a good lens, however I wouldnt know since it does not fit a canon kit lens or 50mm lens as stated IN THE TITLE!! It is very misleading that it specifically says it will fits canons. Buyers BEWARE. Amazon would not let me return this gift since it was purchased from a seller. Very unhappy. It wasnt even the one pictured, as the lens I recieved was a brassy color, not black like the pic. I cant belive that a seller would mislead customers like that.

I purchased this lens about 1 month ago and I'm generally pleased with it. I have a Canon Rebel XTi with a kit IS 18mm-55mm standard lens. In a nutshell, here's what I think.

The pros:
- low price
- lightweight
- sharp image
- includes lens bag
- creates interesting effects
- creates great macro shots

The cons:
- Compatibility with Canon 18mm-55mm IS lens. Requires 2 "step down" rings to mate the lenses together. As a result, this produces a porthole effect (which might be what you're looking for)
- step down or up rings are NOT included with this lens
- lens caps do not fit snug and always fall off. They're pretty useless.
- edge detail falls off considerably (blurry) with blue edges forming on high contrasting objects.

The verdict:
To achieve the desired effect (fisheye warped / wide angle shots with sharp detail on the extreme edges), this lens does not do that so I'll be looking around for a true Canon / other band fisheye lens.

I don't write reviews but I figured I would write on this because of the mixed reviews.

I have a Canon T2i (550D) and bought this lens adapter just for fun. The box contains one fisheye/wide lens with case and caps, 2 adapter rings, and instructions. This product is supposed to be screwed onto the front of your existing lens, not to replace it. I used the 58 mm adapter ring to fit the fisheye lens to the front of my 18-55 kit lens. yay have fun with fisheye/wide angle! awesome for video.

Here is where to find the macro lens. So the fisheye lens is attached to your lens but the fisheye lens itself unscrews into 2 parts. The main part of the fisheye lens actually unscrews from the ring that is screwed into the adapter ring. That is the Macro lens. use manual focus and get close.

The second adapter ring lets me put this fisheye lens on my 50mm 1.8 or any lens with the same diameter. It looked like crap to me so i keep it on my sigma 28-70 2.8 and make up for my 1.7 crop sensor.

To me this is TOTALLY worth it because i can be creative and have fun without having to buy an expensive lens. I hope this helps someone

This totally DOES NOT fit a Canon Rebel T1i. I should have read ALL of the reviews before adding this to my wish list. Now I have to figure out how to return it....

Although a fixed-focus add-on wide-angle lens will never provide the flexibility and optical quality of a camera manufacturer's own product, this is a very inexpensive, instant, useful way to extend your camera's capability. I've found this lens very useful for large group portraits and wide angle nature and garden shots.

Works best as a macro lens. It does "fisheye" but the quality is not very crisp. The lens hood is kind of useless, and the protective caps for the lens itself don't fit very snug.

The biggest disappointment I had with this lens (besides the mediocre quality of the fisheye effect) is that there is NO DOCUMENTATION ANYWHERE to be found as to how to use this lens.

I had to call email the seller for answers, and they said the same thing.

All in all, it's a fun little lens, just don't expect much quality from it. In fact, it will "step down" how good your camera is. In the end, the difference is about $500 bucks between this and an actual dedicated fisheye lens.

I admit, when I read the reviews before adding this to my wish list, I didn't drill down to the more recent ones and was thus, freaked out when I saw the word "Polaroid" on the box. But since it was in my possession, I decided to at least see if I could figure something out before sending it back. Well, low and behold the device does indeed fit on my Canon EOS Rebel t2i. I had initially attempted to "screw" it directly on to the body, but without threading, that obviously wasn't happening. Then I had my a-ha moment. Screw it on the END of a 18-55mm lens on the camera and TA-DA! It's only been a couple hours that I've had it but the range of emotion from fear to delight felt compelling enough reason to post immediately. Especially since I came here looking for answers and I saw others in very recent days with the same initial shock and fear as me. I hope for all of our sake, as Amazon shoppers and photography buffs, that the device is workable. Now, let the fun begin - my annual "ugliest ornament" collection is about to get a whole new perspective photo shoot.