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Wide-Angle Converters Anonymous
Hey /p/,

I'm looking at wide angle converters for my Panasonic FZ30. The lens on my my camera is already pretty handy at 35-420mm (equiv.) but I'd like a bit more room to move on the wide end. For the FZ30 there are readily available 0.42x and 0.7x converters of various brands. I have two questions:

1/ will a converter be useful across a decent amount of the zoom range? ie if I get a 0.42x will I get decent shots at 14.7mm fisheye as well as zoomed in to about 65mm, giving 65x0.42=28mm.

2/Does anyone have any experience with Kodak's Schneider-Kreuznach Xenar glass? is it good quality (they make a cheap 0.7x that will fit an FZ30)

I think it would be very rare that i'd use a fisheye lens, so if WA converters only work well at the wide end i'd go for a 0.7x to get in the 25-28mm range.

Thanks.

In b4 get a DSLR
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>> Anonymous
get a DSLR
>> Anonymous
1. Don't get a fisheye, it'll suck.

2.

>Kodak's Schneider-Kreuznach

Kodak's Schneider-Kreuznach isn't even a Schneider-Kreuznach design the same way your Leica is at least designed by Leica. It's just branding. Which doesn't mean it's bad, but it does mean you can't make generalizations about its quality.

The only wide converter I messed with was one for a Canon G2, it was the OEM one, and it sucked massively. Took all the sharpness out of the lens, distorted like a political campaign, and it only made the 34mm equivalent a 27mm equivalent. So they probably all suck.

One thing you might do instead of getting a DSLR is wait for the G1 to hit stores next month; the ergonomics are near identical to the FZ series, and you'll get 28mm out of the box and when the M-mount adapters come out get a 12/5.6 Voigtlaender, or wait for the 7-14/4 zoom if you want a zoom. Downside to this is it's expensive.
>> Anonymous
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Probably the same bulk, and weight to carry around, far better results
>> Anonymous
I honestly don't understand where you people are coming from. Kodak is one of the great pioneer companies in photography and it's been around even longer than Nikon. Given that a lot of their development budget over the company's life has been focused on the production of better photosensitive devices. You'd seriously be at a loss if you were to simply ignore kodak's great achievements in the field of photography and their contributions even today.

Schneider optics, which are used in OP's camera are also some of the leading optics manufacturers in Germany, most certainly on par with the Carl Zeiss of old, pretty much like Leica, except heavily underrated.

As for this camera, you need no more than take a swift look around the camera to know it's a really good camera for the money. First off, Kodak took it's cue for ergonomics from professional SLR designs. This isn't a flimsy camera and it isn't difficult to handle (unlike a certain entry-level model produced by Canon). Its control menus are certainly on par with Nikons' fantastic ones, if not better, given that there is a much better integration in this camera's system than there is with Nikon's entry level SLR's, perhaps even a higher level. The optics and imaging device are certainly where it's at with this model, however. Through Kodak's expertise (and history) in the creation of light-sensitive devices, you can most certainly assume, without a doubt, that this camera is at a whole different level than you'd find in an SLR. This sensor, coupled with Schneider's optics makes gives this camera the edge over the similarly-priced cameras produced by the Japanese market.

You guys need to do some reading on these companies instead of dissing OP's camera. You'll realize how much you've missed and even lost by buying an expensive all-in-one SLR system when you could have achieved comparable/superior quality images from a well-priced, spot-on solution as the one OP has put on the table.
>> Anonymous !SDPEsPMnww
>>283967As for this camera, you need no more than take a swift look around the camera to know it's a really good camera for the money.

enjoy ur extreem noise at 400+ ISO

I started off on the FZ-30 and I wish I had started off with a cheap, used DSLR instead.
>> Anonymous
>>284318

enjoy your copypasta
>> Anonymous
>>284321
I hope you guiz realize you can troll /p/ with anything. You don't need to save hundreds of gigantic stupid paragraphs for copy pasta, just start a "How does I upgrade megapixels?" thread.
>> Anonymous
canned replies take less effort
>> Anonymous
>>284337
Why troll /p/ anyway?
>> Anonymous
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