Lens help needed..

[stuartjl 0]

Hi, I need some help deciding which lens to get for my first camera. I hear people talking about 0.5 lenses but I don't know what it means. Can someone offer some advice on which wide angled lens I should be looking at to start my camera flying career. I have just bought a Sony TRV-33.

Thanks

[riggerrob 643]

Good choice on the TRV33. You can pick them up CHEAP as that model is being superceded by the HC40.

Which lens you chose depends upon what you plan to video. A .5 or .45 wide angle lens will do fine for outside tandem and belly flyers. However if you want to do inside tandem video then you will want one of those low profile Diamond .3 lenses sold by Max Cohn (at Generation Freefly) or Way Cool Industries in Australia.
Most of the aftermarket lenses sold by SONY, Kenko, etc. will provide decent picture quality, but they are mighty bulky.

[stuartjl 0]

Thanks for that. Can you tell me what is meant by 0.5 etc. I know it relates to the angle but is 0.3 a wider angle than a 0.5?

[FrancoR 0]

0.3 is a wider angle.

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[DaGimp 0]

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Thanks for that. Can you tell me what is meant by 0.5 etc. I know it relates to the angle but is 0.3 a wider angle than a 0.5?

ok think of it this way....your camera shoots at a 1.0

a .5 is like saying that you take the distance you are away from something, divide that by 2 and move that much further away. Which in turn for one makes the object your filming look smaller but gives you a wider view.

If you go to http://www.royal-lens.com/fov.htm they give you pictures of difrent wide angel lens from the sqame distance. That will prolly give you a better idea of what im talking about.

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[damion75 0]

Cheers! That was probably the most useful link I have followed in ages!

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[stuartjl 0]

Thanks, that definately helps..