Topic: I'm getting a wide angle lens

[idolminds]

While my parents do get me cool items for christmas, they allow my brother and I to pick out our own "big gift" with a $100 limit.

So I chose to get the lens adapter for my Powershot A80 and the wide angle lens to go with it. I'm going to order it off Amazon in a few moments. I found a cool page that has a comparison. These are both taken from the same camera as I have.

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Wide Angle


So wooty woot for landscapes and interior shots! Plus the adapter itself lets me use a variety of 52mm lenses and filters. Fun times ahead!

[Quemaqua]

Awesome.  I have my shitty-ass Nikon that's all... shitty.  I really wish I had a "real" camera, but I can't afford another hobby.  Not even a little bit.  And nobody gets me stuff for Christmas.  This year from my wife I got a cake, because technically my Christmas present was the 360 which I got months ago and had no way of justifying purchasing.  I'm also about to clear out my birthday present by buying those first edition Sylvie and Bruno books.

[idolminds]

Well you can make the cheap $11 Super Wide Angle lens (read: fish eye) here. I'm probably going to try it as well just for fun.

[idolminds]

The lens arrived...the adapter did not. Looks like they sent them in separate packages. At least the shipping was free, but I can't use the lens yet without the adapter. Gah...its like torture.

Anyway, the lens is cool. Has 2 caps for when you take it off the camera and its own little carrying bag.

[Cools]

Nice. I'd like to get one as well. The catch is that since I do a lot of low light it's hard to find a cheap lens that gives a big angle but also performance well in low light for cheap.

[idolminds]

The adapter arrived today. Hooray! Now I can take wide shots of things!