Sony VCL-DH0730 Wide Lens 30MM

by Sony

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 4.6 x 2.7 inches ; 2.4 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B0000996BR
• Item model number: VCL-DH0730
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: June 29, 2004

Product Description

pOptimized for megapixel digital photography, this 0.7x high grade wide-angle lens offers increased detail at the edge of an image./p

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars GOOD ADDITION TO CAMERA BUT WITH "TRADEOFF", October 21, 2005

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Amorvivo S. Campos - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sony VCL-DH0730 Wide Lens 30MM (Electronics)

I USE THIS LENS FOR MY DSC W-7. THIS LENS ENABLES YOUR CAMERA TO CAPTURE A WIDER VIEW. FROM A DISTANCE OF ABOUT 8 FEET AWAY FROM MY COVERAGE AREA, I HAVE NOTICED THAT IT ADDED ABOUT 2.5 FEET MORE ON EACH SIDE OF THE AREA. I FIND THIS COOL BECAUSE I DONT HAVE TO ASK SOMEONE TO SQUEEZE IN-FRONT JUST TO BE INCLUDED.

GOOD POINT:
USE IT AT DAY TIME OR ON A WELL LIT PLACE, NO PROBLEM. IT WILL PRODUCE THE SAME GOOD QUALITY IMAGE EVEN AT THE LOWEST RESOLUTION

BAD POINT:
WHEN YOU NEED TO USE THE CAMERA FLASH: IF YOU ATTACH THE ADAPTER & LENS TO THE CAMERA BODY, THE ATTACHMENT EXTENDS TO A LITTLE OVER 2 INCHES. THE BUILT-IN FLASH IS JUST ABOVE THE EXTENDED ATTACHMENT SO EVERYTIME YOU USE THE FLASH, THE GLOW THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE SPREAD OVER THE SUBJECT SCENE DOES NOT GET THAT LIGHT BECAUSE THE ATTACHMENT BLOCKS IT. PHOTOS TAKEN SHOW AN OBVIOUS DARKENING (SHADOW) AT THE BOTTOM. I SEE THIS AS A STRUCTURAL DEFICIENCY WHICH "SONY" CORP SHOULD ADDRESS IN FUTURE MODELS. PERHAPS IF A "SEPARATE" FLASH CAN BE ATTACHED TO THE CAMERA THEN THIS PROBLEM WILL BE NEGATED.
THIS BEING THE CASE, THE OTHER TWO LENS ATTACHMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE WSC W- SERIES WILL PRODUCE THIS SAME DEFICIENCY.

21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Decent wide angle, May 21, 2005

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Pierre Saslawsky (San Francisco, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sony VCL-DH0730 Wide Lens 30MM (Electronics)

I disagree with the previous review. I bought, tried and shipped back two other wide-angle lenses for a Sony P150, both with smaller ratio (0.6x and 0.45x). The problem was that they distorted the image way too much, and had unacceptable vignetting and chromatic aberrations. The Sony 0.7x lens might not be as wide as we would wish sometimes (is there a lens in the world that's wide enough to capture it all anyhow?!) but at least it gives decent results.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Nice lens, but requires a slave flash, September 10, 2005

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Lou "Lou" (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sony VCL-DH0730 Wide Lens 30MM (Electronics)

The lens takes nice wide angle pictures. However, it requires an adaptor on my DSC-W5 Sony Camera in order to fit. This puts the wide angle lens sufficiently away from the original lens that you see a shadow on the picture when using the build in flash. It appears that the build in flash is blocked a bit by the set up. The slave flash corrects this, but even at low setting it's sometimes too bright for the picture.