Customer Reviews

Sony VCL-DH0730 Wide Lens 30MM

5 star:		(7)
4 star:		(4)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

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.

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.

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.

The wide angle lens is good for outdoor pictures when you do not need to use the in-built flash. I used it with my DSC-W7 camera. It helped a lot to get wider pictures.

The lens is not good for indoor pictures as it obstructs the flash light

I purchased one of these for my Sony DSC-W5. It is a well made, weighty piece, which matches the finish fo the VAD-WA adapter well. My wide angle photos came out pretty well, with good detail and a tolerably small amount of barrel distortion.

I bought this item on november 2004 to use with my excellent new DSC P100. My expectation was take good shots wtih wide angle, I don't have previus experience with how much mean 0.7X in terms of reduction of scenary angle. With the first photos, I really felt disapointing because the "wide angle" is not enough, actually the difference between the scenary angle with the lens and without it, is pretty low.

Now I'm searching for lens with bigger reduction, maybe 0.45X

Bought this product to take closer photos of group family shots and to be able to take wider photos of scenic shots. Quality of photos is great!!

Recently purchased this product to take X-Mas photos.

Pro - All family members were able to fit in the picture.

Con - A shadow is produced at the bottom of pic when the flash is used. This is because the lens protrudes into the flash area.

Anyone else have this problem or solved this issue?

The Sony VCL-DH0730 30mm Wide Angle lens is a fine product as far as I can tell. It provides a much larger shot (as it claims) and I haven't yet noticed any of the distortion effects sometimes associated with wide angles lens. The only downside is the adapter I had to use on my camera (Sony DSC-W1) blocks the flash from a small portion of the bottom/center of the picture. (About 15% ?) On the upside, this sometimes forces me to turn off the flash and use a tripod, which usually provides a much nicer picture anyway.

I've said this before, but it's worth repeating: Amazon makes if VERY difficult to ship to P.O. Boxes, and they still don't seem to understand why this is a problem! You guys need to work on it. I can't be the only person in the US that orders stuff off the Internet to a P.O. Box.

I have this Wide angle lens and I am happy to have it. The photo camera doesn't have very wide lens without this lens.