Sealife SL970 Wide Angle Lens

by SeaLife

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 4 x 4 x 4 inches ; 5.6 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00006LLB7
• Item model number: SL970
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 11, 2002

Product Description

This SeaLife(r) wide-angle lens is designed to allow you to capture wide-angle reef scenes and group shots from a close distance. It's optically-coated and tuned to bring out richer colors in blusih underwater light conditions.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Proprietary Lens, June 4, 2011

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Martin A Hogan "Marty From SF" (San Francisco, CA. (Hercules)) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sealife SL970 Wide Angle Lens (Electronics)

This lens is proprietary for Sealife cameras. It does increase your field of view by 50% and easily snaps on and off your Sealife camera underwater. This is critical, as you will get a blurry line of bubble if you don't release all the air between the lens and camera. On some of the Sealife models, there is a convenient `lens dock' where you can temporarily slide your lens into and keep it firmly attached. This 24-mm lens is of high quality optical glass but there are only two issues that troubled me. There is a rubber gasket or ring around the outside of the lens that is thin and loosely attached. Its use is not readily apparent. The big problem I found that although you get 50% more image, you also get rounded black corners, giving the look of your photo or video like it was shot through a telescope. I'd recommended viewing one in person before buying it. It is of good quality.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pretty amazing, November 29, 2007

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C. M. Delion - See all my reviews
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Pretty amazing when added with the Sealife camera. Easy to clip on even under water and comes with handy little clip ons. Definitely a good buy.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not what I expected, August 28, 2010

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Larry T. Higbee "Tom" (az usa) - See all my reviews
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It took me a while to figure out how to attach the lens to the camera. Once I did that I was surprised to see that pictures have rounded corners that require cropping. Maybe I'm not using the lens correctly but so far that's what I've discovered. I'm not an expert by any means.