hi all sifu,

Like to ask..What is the best Wide Angle Conversion Lens?
for Canon 58mm kit lens.

many thanks

Avoid conversion filters. They will not provide you satisfying image quality.

i agree with mengsuan. my friend was given one for his D90. the result didnt turn out good

for me, the only filter that can be used is macro filter..it DID give me promising result

it is sucks,
except the raynoxx dcr-250 macro filter

wide angle conversion for camera usually are non branded 1 and you might not be satisfy with the result. For camcoder it is much better, especially sony they hav their own wide teleconverter for it. u can ask at your local camera store for information bout it and i saw 1 before it came with wide angle together with a macro.

if you wan wide convertors, don't get one which is < 0.7x as the image distorts greatly...
also avoid china brands or oem brands...mainly the wide convertors which are often 0.43x 0.45x, and comes together with a "macro" unit..the quality of these lenses are really crappy...

you can choose brands like Raynox, Sony, Olympus, Canon, Nikon, Minolta...which will produce much better quality image from the above mentioned convertor...
some lens you can consider:
Minolta ACW-100
Olympus WCON-08B
Olympus WCON-07
Raynox 6600(smth smth)
and a few nikon, canon, and sony lenses...

Get a wide ultra-wide angle lens, you'll never part with it once you have it

This post has been edited by kenji_britney: Apr 29 2010, 04:42 PM

thanks for all ur response

kenji, how much wud a ultra wide lens cost for canon ?

erm i'm not too sure, you can look around the garage sales, i think there are a few sellers there selling ultra-wide, some with f/2.8 will be more expensive though. but i think a normal aperture one will cost about 1.5k

er, been using Raynox and don't find it anywhere close to a proper Macro lens.

aiya, you know that macro converter is good enough for its price lah
of course if budget allowed straight go for macro lens.

i m heard that the conversion lens if long term usage, it will slow down / damage the motor that built in the lens... coz its quite heavy. At least it heavier than my Pana F3 juz the conversion lens wide angle itself.

No doubt it, raynox some how makes those macro filters powderful except few la...

that's cos the way you posted like Raynox is teh aweasomeness mah.

for the price yes but it's far from being actual macro lens.

hi..

sample macro pic using Canon 500D + kitlens 18-55mm + Vitacon wide/macro 0.5x.

nauzadias great photo

can try the wide conversion withour marco adapter,
will better quality ...no black coner...
i`m using 0.45 wide conversion, still testing....