Canon WD-H43 0.7x Wide Angle Converter for HV Camcorders
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Digital Cameras Photo Reviews of Canon WD-H43 0.7x Wide Angle Converter for HV Camcorders
Customer Review: HD is now wiiiiide
Summary: 4 Stars
The Canon HV20 HD Videocamera is really a great camera. But the normal "wide" angle of this camera is not very useful inside a house or close to something you want to tape. The original Canon WD-H43 0.7x Wide Angle converter seemed to be perfect. Cheaper converters always had bad reviews, so there must be a reason for this converter to be a little more expensive than the rest. After the part arrived I attached it to my camera and you see no blurry edges or so. Picture is still HD, crisp clear and when you zoom it stays very good.
Only minus I have to add, just like many other reviewers, the weight is huge compared to the total weight of the camera itself. But I don't care. The pictures is the result I want to see, not a good looking, tiny video camera :-)
Customer Review: Good optical quality
Summary: 4 Stars
This lens is top notch. PROS: GREAT OPTICAL QUALITY! No blurring around the edges and DOES NOT take away from HD quality. CONS: IT'S HEAVY! This lens weighs about the same as the my Canon HV30 - so if you plan on using with a steady cam set up - beware that it may be too heavy to balance correctly!Customer Review: No option for UV Filter to protect glass
Summary: 4 Stars
I leave this lens on 99% of the time. It is solid and about as heavy as my hv30, but a trade off i will take any day once i saw the picture quality and extra field of view i can capture.
The only downside is lack of front thread to be able to protect the lens with UV filter.
Customer Review: Warning about the weight
Summary: 3 Stars
If you have not held this wide angle converter in your hands, you need to be aware of the weight - it is VERY heavy, weighing roughly the same as the entire camcorder (including battery and tape). Putting this big hunk of glass at the front makes it an entirely different camcorder - twice as heavy and very unbalanced with all that weight hanging off the front. It is pretty big also, adding 3-4 inches at the front, but the weight and balance were the killers for me.
I wanted to like it, as this camcorder really could use a wider field (I am tired of backing up so much). It also looks very high quality (and if glass weight = quality, it must be great) but I never even tested it out because to me the camcorder becomes a different (and unusable) device with this on it. If you don't mind the weight (perhaps you only use it on a tripod, where the size and weight don't matter), give it a try, but I wanted to warn you first - heavy and unbalanced make for bad handheld shooting.