Customer Reviews

Opteka Voyeur Right Angle Spy Lens for Canon EOS

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It's a threaded attachment so you can use it on any lens with front threads. You just may need a step-up/step-down ring or two to fit it. It comes with 52 and 58mm set.

Some lenses spin when you autofocus. This creates an issue with where you've set this filter (same problem with gradients and polarizers). You either need to autofocus or use the half-fire before you set it. Plenty of the Canon lenses don't front spin when focusing.

On wide angle or medium normal lens, you'll get some edge vignette. This is true with any attachment that extends in front of a wide or normal lens. You need to use it with a telephoto (prime or zoom) and you'll be fine. But, if your telephoto has a filter greater than about 60mm, you're still going to vignette due to the step-up ring. The EF 75-200 lenses have a 58mm filter and work great with this size. In fact, a majority of the Canon lenses are either 52mm or 58mm filter size.

It's fantastic for capturing those candid shots with natural expressions that you can't get when people see the lens pointing at you. Of course, some people use it to spy - but that's not the best use.

You just have to know your lenses and how such things work - then you can get maximum function.

I had this on my wish list for a while so was a little disappointed to find it worked on only 52mm and 58mm filter size and tried it on my kit lens on my Rebel XTi. It only works around 50m on a zoom lens otherwise you see the edges of it and a small circle of viewing area. I think it is meant to use on a prime lens but this makes truly clandestine shooting limited. I then got a 62-58mm step-down ring and put it on my new tamron 18-250mm lens. It rotates with the autofocus and takes a LOT of getting used to but i was able to shoot some closeups of people's faces across the room in a diner without being noticed. For the cost it is of VERY good quality but in reality, only good for specific applications where you can do a lot of planning. On the run, forget it. You have to really do a lot of adjusting and the focal length where it works is limited.

I bought this lens to use with my XTi. It is 52mm and comes with a 58mm ring. It attaches right onto the filter threads. I can use it with almost all my lenses but I find that it works best with a mid rang zoom. It will work great with a short range but a nice 70-300mm will allow you to keep a nice distance from your subject

It is not actually a lens. It is just a round black metal thing with a mirror stuck sideways inside it. The name written on its box is more appropriate: it is a MIRROR ANGLE SCOPE. And remember: its ring is 58 MM! It does not come with any additional step down or step up rings. You have to purchase them yourself. My Sony Alpha 300 has a 55 ring thread, so I bought a 58 MM step up ring, and it works perfectly with this scope. It is a cheap accessory, but it does what it is supposed to do. Beware that it functions only with autofocus mode on. You could still use it with manual focus, but you have to use both hands to position the scope (which you can easily move around)and MANUALLY FOCUS your lens. It is troublesome! And, when you use autofocus, it keeps on turning up and down when it cannot autofocus. Make sure you shoot something which your lens can easily focus, then this scope will focus easily and does not move crazily. The good thing: it presents no picture distortion, which I like. But you have to move the scope a lot to adjust it to the right position to get the pictures you want. You can move it to different positions (left, right, up, and down) while you keep your camera lens in the same position. I like this thing for what it could give me: FUN!

The huge hole in the side is a dead giveaway but typically people notice you when you are pointing right at them and not away from them so the hole isnt too much of a problem. As long as you keep the mirror clean the image is really good quality. I do wish it had come with come kind of case though.

I think this item is over priced, and it came with the wrong step up/step down adapter.In addition they should declare its size is 58 !! it wont attach to a larger lenses.

It is unfortunate that the dimensions for this product were not given. It does NOT fit all Canon EOS cameras and certainly didn't fit mine. There was no invoice in the box when it arrived. I called the company (after much research to get a telephone number) to get info to return the lens and was promised a return sticker by mail. That was almost a month ago and I am still waiting.

the lens is to hard to use, to get things in focus is extremly hard specially because it rotates when you try to focus and you loose the item you are trying to get in focus to begin with, also you would have to be far away for someone not to notice the hole in the lens side, i have another opteka lens and i am very happy with it, but these is just to complicated to use

Opteka Voyeur Right Angle Spy Lens for Canon EOS was tested only once and seems to work well if used with the telephoto for distant scenes.

I have yet to find and EOS compatible lens that the mirror angle scope will fit on. It was given to me by my son as a present. I think it would be fun to use but no luck yet.