Merkury Innovations CL-52WB 52mm High Definition 0.45X Wide Angle Lens (Black)

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• Item Weight: 2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B000HJ8P2O
• Item model number: CL-52WB
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: August 9, 2006

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Lens Can't beat the price, April 19, 2007

By	E. Nathanael Martin "http://natureby.1111mb.com" (McMinnville, OR) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I bought this exact lens off Ebay a year ago to go with my Panasonic Lumix FZ7. It works great, love the wide angle and the macro is absolutely insane how close you can get--basically a microscope. Only thing I didn't like was the macro lens showed a LOT of chromatic abberation, but that might be partly it interacting with that particlar camera. I sold that camera and lens and now I have a Canon S3, but I bought a 52mm adapter so I can get this same lens cause I liked it so well. Absolutely cannot be beaten for the price!!!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A cheap alternative worth the money, May 29, 2009

By	Tech Ninja (USA) - See all my reviews

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I wasn't expecting this lens to be better than the Raynox Pro DCR .66x that I bought a year ago for my Powershot S3/S5 but for a quarter of the price I was willing to take the risk, gotta live on the edge, right??

I don't know where Merkury learned their math but .45x should reduce the focal length even more than my .66x lens does and it's in fact less effective at opening the field of view... I estimate the effect to be about .7x or .75x - big disappointment but one I was willing to live with for the price.

Pros: Small, lightweight, separate macro element (1.5x apparently) and front-thread for filters (64mm). Good image quality.
Cons: moderate barrel distortion with the set, more important with the macro element alone, softness around the edges reduces the useable area after a crop.
Extras: If you remove the macro element and carefully stick it against your lens (I haven't found any adapter for that) then you get a fisheye effect and your pictures all come out with that nice spherical distortion (vignetted for me).
I decided I could use this lens punctually and that it wasn't worth returning it. If it's your first specialty lens, you should have fun with it.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wide angle views are great, June 30, 2008

By	Roger Simister "Rogers" (Utah) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I love my Canon HV-20 and with the Merkury Innovations CL-52WB Wide Angle Lens - things are much better. The big lens on the little HV-20 makes it look more serious. No fish eye distortion. The wide angle lens actually reduces hand held shakes, that is it's not as noticable. I would buy it again.