CX 100 Wide Angle Lens Which one?

[Reaperwear 0]

I am buying a new Sony CX 100 to do tandem handcam video with. I'm not educated on wide angle lenses. Any suggestions would be helpful.

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[drdive 0]

For hand cam, you will probably want a 0.3 wide angle. Century, Opteka, Raynox are all good choices. I just ordered a Raynox from Adorama for $95.

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[velocityphoto 0]

I have all 3 of those, and i prefer the optika .3 for handcam since it is the widest low dollar lens of the 2 fisheye lenses. Century baby death is a real nice lens but you will scratch it doing handcams since the hood is made of rubber and would have to taped in place to keep it on . The optika has a metal hood with set screws. My 2 cents :)

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[Reaperwear 0]

Thanks guy I appreciate the replies been looking at Raynox, Century and Liquid. the liquid is the only one that is low profile but it is not HD. Any problem with those lenses that are so long?

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the liquid is the only one that is low profile but it is not HD.

That's not exactly true. The Century .55x is low profile, light and has a decent resolution. (My choice for tandems / FS4/FS8 video.)

[pilotdave 0]

Way too narrow for handcam though, which is his intended use.

Dave

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