Ever hear of ZYCE HLC Titanium Lenses?greenspun.com : LUSENET : Camera Equipment : One Thread |
Yes, it is ZYCE not Zeiss.It is a .42x AF Super Wide Macro closeup lens (attaches to end of my zoom lens).
Also, how much would a comparable lens from a known manufacturer cost.
Thank you.
-- Eric Gates (egates@optonline.net), November 02, 1999
Does it look anything like this? http://www.angelfire.com/ca/erker/images/titanium.jpgI have this one and am planning to sell it since I've aquired a real fisheye lens. They are neat to play with but won't give you as good results as a real wide angle or fisheye lens (edges tend to have colour fringing and aren't too sharp).
See this page where I show some photos taken with a similar Deitz 0.42x adapter: http://www.angelfire.com/ca/erker/deitz.html
I believe that Adorama sells a 0.42x adapter for about $40 or $50. There are also smaller ones that only work on camcorders.
I don't know of any camera manufacturers that make such adapters. Though Kenko has several though they all appear to be for camcorders.
Regards - Greg E.
-- Greg Erker (erker@sask.trlabs.ca), November 02, 1999.
Yes, thank you very much - that is it.I ran around today looking at the various electronics stores around NYC and found the same type of lens in at least three different boxes (Bowmar, Goldline, noname) for a variety of prices. The MSRP on one I looked at today was $699.99.
If adorama sells it at $50 then I have to go back and have little talk with the person who sold it to me.
Well, I guess I'll go contribute to the bad stores section of the bulletin-board now.
-- Eric Gates (egates@optonline.net), November 02, 1999.
Glad to help Eric. I'm sorry if you got tricked into overpaying for the adapter. They are neat if you don't pay too much.
-- Greg Erker (erker@sask.trlabs.ca), November 03, 1999.
I saw a titanium 0.42 lense in NYC for $184, these lenses are in two parts and can be separated for macro shots. How does this price sound?
-- andy hill (andy_999@hotmail.com), April 06, 2002.
There are hundreds for sale on ebay, search by your camera model #. they go for about 45.00$ plus shipping. I have one, its well worth 45$.
-- Nick Stewart (kustew3@hotmail.com), July 03, 2002.