Customer Reviews

Canon LA-DC58K Conversion Lens Adapter for Canon G10 & G11 Digital Cameras

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Made of cheap plastic, this is actually a TWO-PIECE affair with a 57mm (odd-size) thread in the middle.All the plastic adapters I have owned stripped, cross-threaded or got loose threaded in no time, Canon has doubled your chances by making it two pieces that screw together.The worst part is that when they do eventually cross-thread, your heart stops for a second as you check the camera body to make sure it did not cross-thread.You can buy a metal alternative at [...].

The Canon LA-DC58K Adapter for the G10 is a waste of money. The thing rattles due to improper fit when mounted, it's a two-piece(who knows why) plactic adapter that when put to it's designed use, attaching a 58mm filter, vinettes severly at standard zoom range. Canon is,in my opinion, falling behind other manufactures in quality, and now appearently, in design engineeering as well. Too bad.

Unsuitable for filters, because of vignetting at wide angles and insufficient length for full telephoto extension of the lens. Should work fine with the Canon 1.4x tele adapter. For filters, consider the Lensmate alternative.

For some reason Canon has forgotten that the G10 is a flagship product, and released this "accessory." While I can understand the need for two pieces to some degree, the workmanship, materials, and limitations it imposes upon the camera are all unacceptable. The plastic itself is flimsy and too flexible, and I suspect will become brittle in cold temperatures. The limitations imposed by this adapter are the worst part-full zoom range is not available, and severe vignetting occurs at wide angle. Third party products are available for a higher price that are made of metal, and offer a larger filter diameter to avoid vignetting and are longer to allow full zoom range. Let's hope this product is just an exception, rather than the rule when it comes to Canon's new accessories.

I purchased this accessory for the sole purpose of being able to use my extensive filter system with this camera. I normally shoot with a DSLR and the screw thread size on all my filters, as well as close-up lenses, is 77mm.

After attaching a 58mm to 77mm step up ring, all of my regularly used filters easily attached. There is a catch, however. The mere adding of the conversion adapter will create vignetting at the widest focal length settings on the zoom range. So you're going to loose the 28mm focal length. It's going to be more like a 35mm after zooming in far enough to eliminate the vignetting.

I plan to overcome this limitation by shooting multi-image panorama shots with the camera in a vertical position. I can then control how wide I want the image and the longer focal length (35mm or higher) actually reduces the distortion that is occasioned by wider angle focal lengths, making the panorama look more realistic.

I was also successful in attaching my Canon 500D close-up lens. Vignetting is not a problem here as you are using the longer end of the zoom range for close-ups. Generally speaking, at the maximum optical zoom, this close-up lens allowed me to focus about 5 inches closer to the subject and it more than doubled its size on the LDC screen as compared the closest focusing point without a close-up lens.

Despite the limitations, this accessory still permits one to extend the potential of this camera by permitting the use of filters and close up lenses.

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It really bothers me that Canon does not put filter threads on their top of the line point and shoots. Its even more troubling that they would design such a horrid solution to that problem, that of the LA-DC58K.

There are multiple problems with the LA-DC58K. First its plastic which means the overall quality is much lower than the other options on the market, besides plastic threads are never a good idea as they wear down with time making it harder and harder to properly screw things in as it ages. This simply doesn't happen with brass or aluminum threads. The biggest problem with the LA-DC58K is that it doesn't fit soundly on the camera. Once installed it should be 100 movement free, in other words it should have a nice sound fit and that just isn't what you get with the LA-DC58K. It rattles around and is completely unstable once fitted in the camera and this is simply inexcusable. As if this wasn't enough you also get severe vignetting at wide angles and the tube isn't long enough thus it restricts full zoom ability. I honestly have absolutely no clue how this accessory was allowed to go to market in its current condition.

I know it may seem unbelievable that Canon could design an accessory for one of its flagship models that has this many problems but believe it as everything I wrote is 100% accurate. I am one of the unfortunate people that ordered the LA-DC58K. It was absolutely horrid and was boxed up and returned after less than an hour of use. With that being said, there is another company out there that makes a very high quality aluminum lens tube that will allow you to use either 58 or 72mm filters with both the G10 and G-11. Unfortunately I am not able to give you that name as its against Amazon policy to give you this info as they don't sell it themselves. Just Google G10 aluminum lens tube and you should easily find the company I am talking about. It starts with an L and ends with an e.

Bottom line - Do not buy this!!!!!!

This has many uses, but because of the way the Canon lens moves, it's not perfect. The lens moves out for wide angle, then in for midrange, then out further for telephoto. This causes a complicated set of conflicting design tradeoffs for this seemingly simple adapter tube. To mount a Canon teleconverter, it has to be long enough for the lens zoomed long. But unfortunately that long tube would block the lens at widest angle, causing vignetting. So, Canon made the end section removable, so you use the short part for wide, and add the end section for telephoto.

This is at best inconvenient, but it sort of works. Another way to solve this problem is to flare the end tube to 72mm. Then it won't vignette at wide, and it will accept 72mm accessories. The problem with that is the flared extension blocks both the viewfinder and the flash. Nonetheless, a third party makes a version of this adapter with the 72mm flared end section. Lensmate is the third party, and wouldn't you know, people copied them with a cheaper version made in China. Google it, you will find the Lensmate product and the copies too.

After a lot of complaints, Canon redesigned this for the G12 (same lens). They made it telescope, very cool. It does slightly block the viewfinder and the flash because they had to make the tube wider to allow the telescoping, so it's not perfect, but it works OK except for blocking the corner of the flash. It's got a spring pulling the filter mount to the camera body, then the lens pushes out to change zoom and they stay coupled (since there are no threads on the front of the actual lens, this is a cute way of doing it). It's here on Amazon as the Canon FA-DC58B. FA=Filter Adapter? Hmmm, I guess they don't want you to use heavy lenses on it.

Not to be outdone, Lensmate made a simpler, more clever solution suited for filters only. They made a Quick Change filter adapter, consisting of two parts: a ring that glues to the front of the lens, and a mating bayonet adapter that has the common 52mm threads on it. You can quickly change the filter+bayonet adapter. It does not vignette with one filter, yay! Since it's glued on, you should not put anything heavy on it, like a wide angle or telephoto lens, cuz it will fall off. Heavy stuff would break the lens mechanism in time anyway, so remember, just filters.

So, depending on what extras you want to add to the camera, you have several options, namely this LA-DC58K , the FA-DC58B, and several third party solutions you will also find on Amazon. All have pro's and con's so decide what you want to mount before you buy. I hope this blurb gives enough background to pick the best for your needs.

Most reviews complain Canon LA-DC58K becuase of its cheap material and length isn't long enough. Both are true if you plug and play. After I play few times and find out... We have to set G11 to work with LA-DC58K in camera menu, and then it works better. We also need to change back original setting after we take out LA-DC58K. It's too complicated!!!

Overall looking is good, but the material is cheap. I still have no idea why Canon created this secret trap. If you don't change the setting, everything is wrong. It's just too much work......

Reasonable good product it seems its made out of some plastic material doesn't fit tight to the camera body but is ok.
Expected a more proffssional hardware from a manufacturer like Cannon.