Century xtreme fisheye plus#

With a fixed lens video camera you by these add ons which are dedicated so they only last as long as the technology behind the camera (as you experienced with your vx2100). One nice thing about the old 35mm and 16mm film cameras was you bought your lens arsenal and it lasted for years. The idiot who did their sample shots moved the camera in 6 or 7 feet and up about 2 feet between shots. It’s too bad schnieder doesn’t fix an HVX200 on a tripod and do a w/a shot without anything and then one with the super fisheye and another with the Xtreme fisheye. If you are used to the 125′ of coverage you will be disappointed by the 92′ coverage which is typical of a good wide angle rectalinear lens (which is far more difficult to manufacture than a fisheye).

Your old set up was kind of in between the 2 listed here. The 0HD-FESU-HVX super fisheye $595.00 image circle N/A and a horizontal coverage of 92′ on 16:9 format. The Xtreme HD $3250.00 has an image circle of 180′ and a horizontal coverage of 160′ on a 16:9 format. Your original lens had an image circle of 180′ and a horizontal coverage of 125′ on a 4:3 format.

Century xtreme fisheye plus#

55x plus the HVX compare to my old setup?” 55x from Century, just how much of a distortion loss will that be? If I’m used to the Vx 2100 with the. 55x plus the HVX compare to my old setup? 4x ‘Affordable Fisheye Adapter’ from cavision, but In my experience, I’ve learned to trust Century optics and I’ve grown wary of other lensmakers.ġ) Is the Cavision one any good, or does the glass pale in comparison to a Century Optics? And while we’re at it, how much does it run for, as the website doesn’t say?Ģ) If I buy the. That’s rediculous.Īnyways, they also offer a considerably less costly fisheye for about 500 dollars, with a distortion of only. Century optics offers one with the same distortion, called the ‘Xtreme Fisheye’, but it runs for over three grand. I had to sell that whole set up to afford my HVX, and now I’m looking for a similar fisheye for the HVX. 3x Ultra Fisheye (known in the skate world as the Death Lens). Before I bought my HVX, I shot a lot of skateboarding on my Sony VX-2100, with a Century Optics.