Canon WC-DC58B Wide Converter Lens for Canon A650IS, G7 & G9 Digital Cameras
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Digital Cameras Photo Reviews of Canon WC-DC58B Wide Converter Lens for Canon A650IS, G7 & G9 Digital Cameras
Customer Review: Good service, Quick shipment
Summary: 5 Stars
The ordered goods were send to us almost on the same day as we ordered them. They arrived even before the expected delivery date which was visible under track your goods.
Excellent service.
Customer Review: G9 Wide angle lens
Summary: 5 Stars
Dont let the little picture fool you. This lens is build solid and has great optics. If you like to shoot your G9, your really gonna love shooting it WIDE!Customer Review: Canon WC-DC58B Wide Angle Lens Delivers Excellent Quality
Summary: 4 Stars
Ahh, where to begin? The WC-DC58B is a wonder to behold. The quality, look, and feel of this lens at first sight impressed me greatly. I was immediately seduced. It had the same effect on my wife. After using this lens now for a few weeks on the Canon PowerShot a650IS I have both positive and negatives to relate. (If you intend to use this lens on the G series Canon Cameras some of the details may differ or not apply... for example the focal length.)
The good:
* Excellent construction quality
* Inexpensive compared to a high quality wide angle SLR lens
* Comes with a lens sack and two plastic lens covers that fit easily and stay snug on the lens
* No perceptible degradation of image quality compared to pictures taken without the wide angle lens
* The camera becomes quite impressive with this lens, however you no longer will look discrete when taking pictures :-)
Quite a few Cons:
* Quite large and heavy, it is a bit of a juggling act to carefully screw this to its adapter and then attach it to the camera when you are in the "field". Luckily with a lot of attention while doing this I have not dropped anything (See the images I posted for a look at the parts and sizes).
* The Canon documentation for the a650is says to only use this lens on the camera's wide end setting
* You have to buy the separate adapter to attach it to your camera
* The closest focus distance is about 12" (1 foot) on the A650IS
* The lens blocks the optical image finder and the flash. This makes the lens less than optimum for indoors use unless you buy the external flash unit.
* Wide angle but not so wide as to be dramatic: This lens gives a 35 mm Film wide angle equivalent focal length of 26.8mm on the Canon PowerShot a650IS. This is on the minimum side of being a wide angle lens and not quite as wide as I would have liked. This was probably a trade off Canon made between increasing the lens size even more and limits on image degradation for this add on converter lens.
* Canon documentation says that there are no attachment provisions for filters or hoods. You can make do by providing an improvised shade/hood. I haven't had the need to add a filter yet so I haven't investigated any work-arounds.
* When used with the a650IS you must remember to set up the camera for the lens in the menu and when taking the lens off you must remember to reset the menu. This is easy to forget when you are in the middle of taking pictures; I have forgotten several times.
In summary: I bought this lens to use outdoors. If you need/want to take shots with extra wide angle perspective and don't need to take them indoors with poor lighting (or you have the external flash or will buy the external flash unit) then this lens is a high quality addition to your camera.
Customer Review: Wider view, bigger glass.
Summary: 4 Stars
The product does exactly what it promises - takes the view of my G9 and makes it wider. I have taken a few shots with this so far, and they look good - canon makes pretty good glass, even at this lower screw-on adapter filter level of products. one thing though - this lens is BIG. makes the little point and shooter look like a kids toy with a big shiny monster eye in the middle.. I probably won't leave this on while walking around with the camera.
one 'feature' i didnt like was the way the threads are set up - you cant put another filter between this and the camera unless it has very deep threads - so i cannot use my IR filter and wide angle together easily.
Customer Review: Superior over others
Summary: 4 Stars
I returned another brand that claimed it was superior and compatible with the G9; however, their claim was false and the lens was useless since there was tunneling around the entire image and you had to zoom in to get rid of the dark edges making it a useless wide-angle lens, The Canon WC-DC58B works well with minor barreling and NO edge cut-off. I am very pleased with this product and commend Canon for its production.