Bower 52mm 0.45X Pro Deluxe Super Wide Angle Lens with Macro - VLB4552 Review

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(More customer reviews)I am so pleased with this lens! I went into the purchase with realistic expectations. I'm someone who enjoys photography with pinhole and toy cameras, and TTV photography, so I welcome quirks. Bower's sweet little wide angle attachment gives me plenty to play with.
If you think of your Bower wide angle lens as a filter, you will probably be pleased. If you're a cheapskate expecting a $40 screw on lens enhancer to do what a Nikkor extreme wide angle will, you're going to be cranky about this.
On a Nikon D80 with Nikkor 35mm f/1.8 lens, the Bower .45x Super Wide will increase your range of view to about 180degrees. It gets a lot in the image. Only the center area will achieve sharp focus. The edges become moderately to severely blurred. Vignetting is minimal to non-existent if the Bower lens is placed directly on the Nikkor lens. With use of filters, even a standard 52mm UV/haze filter, vignetting starts. Multiple filters? Serious vignettes.
Barrel distortion is pronounced. If your primary lens has any barrel distortion, photos you take with that and the Bower lens will likely look like they were shot in a funhouse mirror. (And that can be a fun effect!)
Autofocus becomes more tricky with the Bower lens. AF is considerably slower and very center-focus oriented. I find it faster to switch to manual mode when using this lens.
If you're looking for a fun toy and you have a sense of humor about your images, this is a great buy. If you demand clarity and integrity, save your money and buy real wide angle from Nikon.

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Lomography Diana F+ Adaptor for Canon EOS mount ( Blue / Slate grey) Review

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(More customer reviews)I just wanted to verify that the lenses will snap snugly into the adapter if you twist it, like the other reviewer stated. I found that the hole in the adapter is smaller than the rear element of the 20mm fisheye lens, and that's pretty much wasting at least 1 stop of light for no reason, so I drilled it out to make it the same size as the rear element. It gives you a little more blurriness too. I've never used the other lenses, but if the rear element on those is even larger than the fisheye, which would make sense, I don't see a reason not to drill out the whole center of the adapter, as long as you still have those tabs for locking the lens on. These are my advices. Do what you will.

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Lomography Diana F+ 38mm Super Wide Angle Lens Review

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(More customer reviews)I bought this to use with my Nikon D40. I have to say I wasn't expecting a lot. It's a plastic lens, and some of the joy of plastic lenses comes from things like light leaks on cheap cameras.
But I'm really enjoying it! I have to manually meter, and things aren't sharp, but the metering's simple on a DSLR (just keep adjusting the shutter speed and taking photos until the histogram is correct), and the lack of sharpness is exactly what makes this lens dreamy. Obviously, shooting with a digital camera, I don't have to worry about the cost of developing film, like the previous reviewer.
I was actually looking forward to playing with these photos in Photoshop, but I was surprised to discover they needed minimal post processing.
One nice thing about the lens is that it is super light. Some might complain about that, but I love that I barely feel my camera around my neck with this lens. It means I'll keep my camera with me even more than usual and get more photos.
Amazon's photo policies make me uncomfortable. If you are interested in seeing sample photos with this lens, I have a set on flickr: [...]

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The 38mm Super Wide Angle Lens takes exposure to the very limits of your negative with collossal depth and all the dreaminess of a true Diana lens

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