What Wide Angle Lense for Sony HC7?

[flyer299 0]

On my old SD Camera I used a .5 wide angle lens and it matched up with my 28mm lens on my still (15mm for digital).

I am switching to HD with a HC7. Should I stick with .5, or does the HD have an effect on the focal length requiring something else?

[dragon2 2]

Buy a hd lens, I like the raynox hd3131 for .3 I think the .5 is called hd5050. Although .5 is pretty narrow, I suspect the .3 would be better - you can zoom it in.

ciel bleu,
Saskia

[DSE 5]

Depending on whether you want to match focal lengths of the still cam to the video cam, you'll prolly be best with the Raynox .3 if you have $$, or the Royal .3 37mm if you don't. The Raynox is somewhat of an HD lens, it's not full resolution but it's better res than any SD lens out there.
HD does not have any impact on the focal length, you're still dealing with small chips/sensors, so focal length from what you're used to dealing with is very close to identical.
The .5 will be very close, but you can't zoom through it. You'll have more noticable abberation, but at the same time, that probably doesn't matter much for most of what you're doing. The benefit of HD is that you can crop the edges anyway (if you're delivering SD).

[flyer299 0]

The Raynox .3 is pretty large. Does it fit in the Bonehead DBOX with out an issue?

[DSE 5]

I'll have to grab my Dbox from the DZ and look. Seems like you'd have to cut back the edges of the flare on the Dbox. I have a Cookie box, not a Bonehead box, but I think they're about the same.
That said, I've pretty well quit using a box on the HC series of cams,

[nbpd610 0]

DSE-May I ask why you've stopped using your Cookie Box with the HC Series?

[flyer299 0]

FYI... response from Bonehead directly:

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You shouldn't have to cut much if any for any lens as it sticks out of the body.

[garywainwright 0]

I use Boneheads HC3 box for my HC5 + Raynox 0.3 - fits great. Not sure if there is any difference in size between the HC5 and HC7

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[flyer299 0]

What do you use for a lens on Still Camera?

[garywainwright 0]

Canon 15mm (on a Rebel XT / 350D)

The Raynox 0.3 isn't very wide at all - not even as wide as my old sony 0.45

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[dragon2 2]

I think it's more that sony's lenses are wider? My old sony .6 was wider than my current hama .45.

Too bad there isn't a standard for videolenses. I thought there was at least for photo lenses, but I have a sigma 150mm macro lens that I just found out has the same fov as my tamron 28-200 cheapo zoomlens when zoomed in to 200mm

ciel bleu,
Saskia

[garywainwright 0]

They probably are saskia

Life is never simple!

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