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 Great Lens Can't beat the priceApr 20, 2007
By E. Nathanael Martin
"http://natureby.1111mb.com"
I bought this exact lens off Ebay a year ago to go with my Panasonic Lumix FZ7. It works great, love the wide angle and the macro is absolutely insane how close you can get--basically a microscope. Only thing I didn't like was the macro lens showed a LOT of chromatic abberation, but that might be partly it interacting with that particlar camera. I sold that camera and lens and now I have a Canon S3, but I bought a 52mm adapter so I can get this same lens cause I liked it so well. Absolutely cannot be beaten for the price!!!
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
A cheap alternative worth the moneyMay 29, 2009
By Tech Ninja
I wasn't expecting this lens to be better than the Raynox Pro DCR .66x that I bought a year ago for my Powershot S3/S5 but for a quarter of the price I was willing to take the risk, gotta live on the edge, right??
I don't know where Merkury learned their math but .45x should reduce the focal length even more than my .66x lens does and it's in fact less effective at opening the field of view... I estimate the effect to be about .7x or .75x - big disappointment but one I was willing to live with for the price.
Pros: Small, lightweight, separate macro element (1.5x apparently) and front-thread for filters (64mm). Good image quality.
Cons: moderate barrel distortion with the set, more important with the macro element alone, softness around the edges reduces the useable area after a crop.
Extras: If you remove the macro element and carefully stick it against your lens (I haven't found any adapter for that) then you get a fisheye effect and your pictures all come out with that nice spherical distortion (vignetted for me).
I decided I could use this lens punctually and that it wasn't worth returning it. If it's your first specialty lens, you should have fun with it.
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
Wide angle views are greatJun 30, 2008
By Roger Simister
"Rogers"
I love my Canon HV-20 and with the Merkury Innovations CL-52WB Wide Angle Lens - things are much better. The big lens on the little HV-20 makes it look more serious. No fish eye distortion. The wide angle lens actually reduces hand held shakes, that is it's not as noticable. I would buy it again.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
GREAT!!!Apr 24, 2009
By J. J. Honeycutt
First of all, this item's price cannot be beaten... but for around $30, what do you expect? I was hoping the image was 'okay' but no, it was great! I wanted a decent amount of 'distortion', which this adds, bending the corners. Yeah, if you zoom out too far, you'll get some vignetting, but you have to be completely zoomed out... just touch it forward a little and you're fine. Seriously, this is a great buy. For $30, what do you have to lose?
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
A Great Lens Priced RightDec 22, 2008
By W. Wang
I was looking for a cheap wide angle lens for the occasional use on my Canon HG20 camcorder. This lens works well with an adapter for that purpose: there seems to be little loss of video quality, the lens barrel effect is there but barely noticable, the image remains sharp throughout except at the very far end. Again for the price and for occasional use, it's more than acceptable, to me at least.
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