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Opteka .42x HD² Wide Angle Macro Fisheye Lens for Canon EOS / EF

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Basically this works by screwing onto the end of your lens like a filter. There is a conversion ring for the Cannon lens, a 58 series VII (46mm to 58mm) adapter. It does open up the wide angle aspect of the lens, but it also cuts down on the light you are getting. I think with the faster 50mm lens it gives you a really nice wide angle lens that isn't as dark.

As for the Macro aspects, not really any better than the stock lens. Also a pure wide angle or fisheye is probably better, but the price on this was right for what I wanted. Haven't shot much with it yet, but so far it looks okay.

Received the Wide Angle & Macro Fisheye lens on time as expected. The actual lens is a fun addition to a standard lens (I've mostly used it on my standard kit lens) but quickly creates excessive curves on items towards the extremities of the picture. The macro function is very limited in its usefulness. If I decide to further pursue macro photography I will probably buy a dedicated lens. As for this lens, it is good for creating som fun effects, but nothing more.

This was one of the first things I bought after I got my Rebel XTi last November. It's great. The fisheye effect can be a little extreme at wide angles (under 25mm), but for shooting fun pictures, this is great. The only thing I didn't like about this lens was the color, gold. Opteka released a black version recently and I bought it immediately, even though it's basically the same thing. I've moved on to more expensive equipment and none of my new lenses really work with this accessory, but if you have a camera that accepts this lens, especially the 18-55 kit lens of all the Rebels, I highly recommend getting this, or the .38x black version. I posted a couple pictures I took using the other lens, which you can find here: Opteka .38x HD² Super Wide Angle Panoramic Macro Fisheye Lens for Canon EOS 30D 20D 10D 5D 1Ds 1D

The filter itself is 52mm. But it comes with a adapter ring that change
it to 58mm which can mount on the XTi's kits lens and 50mm f1.8 lens.
When it mounts to the kits lens which is 18-55mm you can not tune the
kits to 18mm, simply because 18mm is so focus short plus this .42 you get
very limit light path that only can lighten a small round area of your
10M CCD. The minimum it can go is 30mm that is 30x.42=12mm. Still not a
bad fish eye.

great for fun, i screwed this onto my 18-55 from my rebel xs and got some decent shots for the effect.
but when it came down to it, i knew when i purchased it this was only to hold me over for the next few months until i can afford something that can deliver what i need. Sigma 12-24mm f/4.5-5.6 EX DG IF HSM Aspherical Ultra Wide Angle Zoom Lens for Canon SLR Cameras because i have needs.
i experience a pretty noticeable amount of distortion on the outer edges of the shot, nothing that can't be cropped out or ignored.
also great to use if you want to add that certain "character" to your shot & yet making it seem intentional. or if you're debating whether or not to add a wide angle lens to your collection, try this out first?

i think its really fun to unscrew this off my camera & watch peoples faces through it. whoa.

seller was excellent, fast shipping! & all that good stuff.

It says that its a Wide Angle, Panoramic Macro, FISHEYE Lens.. but when i received mine, it was "semi-fisheye". Im kinda disappointed about it. but over all, the Wide Angle takes really nice pictures.

I bought this item just to add some flexibility to my canon rebel digital. It works fine for fun wide angle pictures, and you can't beat the price. In extreme wide angle, there is distortion but it works great for panoramics.

I was going to sell the EFS 18-55 kit lens that came with my 20D, but now I'm keeping it since this fisheye is so much fun. You simply add the included step-up ring (which changes the gadget's girth from 52mm to 58mm) and screw it onto the filter end of the lens. The further you zoom out, the more the fisheye takes effect until it's almost a full circle. By keeping the lens closer to the 18mm end, you get a less pronounced distortion. When you want to use the macro function, you unscrew the front part of the gadget, leaving just the macro part on the lens. Would almost give it 5-stars for the money, except that the rubber lens cap is so loose it's nearly worthless.

Without the step-up ring, the gadget also fits a 52mm filter size lens. I tried it on my Canon EF-S 60mm macro, but it didn't seem to work on that one.

The ad was not clear that this screws onto the end of the factory zoom lens with a reducing adaptor but that was OK once I tried it out. It does fisheye and wide angle as you zoom. It shoots about 180 degrees from 1 foot away. Clear sharp images. Does not darken the image.

I was impressed with the resluts I got it using the opteka .42hd2 wide angle macro lens. I got my canon slr few weeks ago and I was able to get really nice macro and fish eye effects from my pictures using the opteka lens (attached to my 50mm lens).
Tottally worth it if you are staring to learn the world of SLR.