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- A .45x wide-angle converter DOUBLES your angle of view, allowing you to get twice as much in the picture
- High Classification² – 2 times the resolution of standard high classification lenses
- Exclusive SureGrip composite material is used around the barrel. This material is exceptionally non-slip, yet soft and simple on your hands
- Digital Multi-Coated to reduce the appearance of lens flare and ghosting caused by reflections
- Adapter included, lifetime warranty
Product Description
Nothing changes the way you see the world like High Classification², and no company does High Classification² like Opteka. In the professional setting, Opteka’s glass optics mark out High Classification. Change the way you view the world. Delight in outstanding detail, delight in enhanced clarity, delight in Opteka. Since it fits right over your camera’s unfilled lens logic, a wide-angle converter affects the full zoom range of your camera’s lens. A wide-angle converter increases your angle of view – scenes include more of the landscape, groups include more people, and interiors show more of the room. A .45x wide-angle converter DOUBLES your angle of view, allowing you to get twice as much in the picture (AND your telephoto setting also becomes wider; not zooming in as close).
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I am a professional photographer so what was I doing buying a $30 piece of glass for my Canon G11? Well sometimes I have to take elevated photographs of homes from the top of a 40ft mast and need a light weight camera and wondered if I might get away with this wide angle lens added to the G11. The G11 is just not wide enough to often get the whole house in and I end up stitching two metaphors together. I must admit but I was expecting to return it to Amazon after trying it out.
My 4 star rating is based on the price and, for the price this is not to terrible piece of glass. In fact it is much better than I expected and I’m keeping it.
Now there are issues. Chromatic aberrations are quite high (color fringing at the edges) much of which I can right, or at least reduce in Photoshop Camera RAW. There is also some curvature at the edges of the frame noticable on verticals. PT Lens software can help here but at the cost of loosing some of the image. But even the G11 prime lenes used alone has noticable chromatic aberrations at its widest setting. For me the Opteka lens would not be excellent enough for professional home interiors where verticals are vital. Here I rely on a Nikon D300 + Sigma 10 – 20mm which is excellent but still not perfect.
So this lenes is by no means perfect and nor should one expect it to be for $30. It does come with the extension tube that fits directly onto the G11 body (and I reckon also G10′s) – so don’t buy the extension tube as a seperate item. That is not always clear from the sales information. The tube is in two parts and for using the wide angle Opteka lens only the bottom half is used. If you use the whole tube you get a black ring around the image making a circular looking picture. Nothing like a fisheye just a circle instead of rectangle, even if I believe Opteka do make a fisheye lens.
I reckon for landscapes and groups of people this may do the trick and at a modest price provided the prints are not too huge.
Rating: 4 / 5
After many comparing and contrasting with the other lenses, I found that this in fact works really excellent for me. I’m not a professional but I do like taking excellent photos. Just i’ve been taking action shots in football games and basketball games. My just bought G10 wasn’t really helping me out since it wasn’t up to its full capacity. So i chose to get some lens for it.
I must say, the Opteka .45x HD2 Wide Angle Lens really helped me out! A lot! The ghosting went away and also the lens flare. My pictures came out much better than last time.
As for the delivery, it delivered right on schedule! Now I just need to buy a sparkle logic for my camera, and maybe it’ll give up me even better pictures than without.
The lenses are also very cheap. Don’t hesitate. It’s worth your money.
I promise it.
Rating: 5 / 5
I’ve bought lens attachments like this before and learned promptly that they usually hurt more than they help. I tried very hard to find information about this particular lens but there isn’t much out there, so I chose to just go ahead and get it, without expecting much. I was pleasantly surprised when I received it because the quality was much higher than I expected and it also came with a metal Bower lens attachment for the G11, equivalent to the Canon LA-DC58K ($40) which clicks into the bayonet mount around the lens. I was expecting the adaptor to be cheap plastic with 52mm threads. I didn’t know before that the threads on the adaptor and the rear threads on the lens are 58mm, not 52mm, which is what I’d seen in pictures. This works out fantastic because the lens can also be screwed onto most SLR kit lenses as well. There is absolutely no vignetting when used on the G11, with slight softness at the corners, but it focuses and performs fantastic. There is very obvious barrel distortion, which some weirdos out there really freak out over. I don’t mind it, and it can be easily removed in Photoshop or equiv. Chromatic aberration and flaring seem minimal. I haven’t figured out yet what size the front threads are on the lens, but I figure it to be about 72mm, so other filters like polarizers and what not can be added. The macro attachment doesn’t offer the G11 much because of it’s already awe-inspiring macro ability. The sparkle and optical VF are relentlessly crippled with the attachment on, but that’s to be expected. Overall, I’m extremely glad I bought this lens and I hope I offered some information that will make others more at ease about purchasing it. The filter adaptor alone makes it worth it.
Rating: 4 / 5
This product works well and really comes in handy when you need it. I was looking for a wide lens for my G11, and didn’t initially want to waste that much money. That search led me to this product. I saw the price and figured I would at least give it a try. Can’t expect too much at $30. I received the product and was at once impressed with the quality of construction. The fit and end on the lens is brilliant.
As has been mentioned, the lens comes with a wide/tele adapter as well (again, only use the bottom part with this lens). I did not use it, as I already had a lens mount adapter. If you aren’t trying to capture a particularly special image or something that requires critical IQ, this lens is a fantastic asset when you need to get as much in the picture as possible.
Using DXO optics with the G11 module, the CA and barrel distortion issues I’ve experienced are all but completely corrected.
The Macro attachment when used on its own is fantastic too. While the G11 already has fantastic macro ability, I was able to magnify even more when using it. For the price, this is a fantastic addition to your G10/11.
Rating: 4 / 5
This item shipped promptly and was simple to attach to my Canon G11. I at once took pictures of all sorts of lighting and compared it to the normal lens pictures. The wide-angle pictures were sharp and colors very right. I am extremely pleased with it.
The only draw-back using the wide-angle attachment was you cannot use the internal sparkle unit as vignetting results due to the lens covering a part of the sparkle coverage.
This is easily overcome with an open-air sparkle unit, that works well with the G11. Overall, it’s worth every penny!
Rating: 5 / 5