Opteka OPT-SC37FE Platinum Series 0.3X HD Ultra Fisheye Lens for 25mm, 30mm, 30.5mm & 37mm Digital Video Camcorders

Opteka OPT-SC37FE Platinum Series 0.3X HD Ultra Fisheye Lens for 25mm, 30mm, 30.5mm & 37mm Digital Video Camcorders
alaAverage 4.8

9 reviews

May, 2013

We have collected and analyzed 9 user reviews from international sources. Users rate it 96/100. The average review date is Apr 21, 2010. We have compared these reviews to 124371 reviews from other Lenses & Filters. Last update: May 21, 2013.

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(Based on 9 reviews)

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Fits my Canon HF-20

 

Easy install, just screw on, haven't filmed much with it, but it is a nice buy. I'm glad I bought it.

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A good fisheye for a great price

 

I needed a fisheye and didn't want to pay $500. This one works well, Yes there is some aberration at the edges but what do you expect? It is way better than I expected.

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Cheap. Ok at center, fuzzy and bad color near edges

 

Cheap. Ok at center, fuzzy and bad color near edges

There aren't many options for a 37mm mount 0.3x fisheye at this price. The lens does work as a fisheye on my Sony XR500V camcorder (which records HD at 1080i). The center has reasonably good resolution, but the image quality degrades as you move out...

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Great!!!

 

The lens is great, it has a nice weight to it and it lets you get so much in your shot.

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Good fisheye lens for the price

 

Good fisheye lens for the price

This is my first fisheye lens, so I don't know how it holds up against other fisheye lens that cost more. But compared to some cheap wide-angle lens that stick out about an inch, this is a good buy for the price. When I first attached it to my...

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Awesome lens

 

Awesome lens

This performs exactly as expected / hoped. With the adapters, it fits easily in my video camera. You'll be surprised at how much more you can pick up in your shot. I highly recommend this product.

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Great Fisheye

 

Great Fisheye

Its obviously a really great fish-eye for $100. I recommend this to anyone in need of a fish-eye, especially extreme sports filmers. Here is a video my friend made with this lens;[...]

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quality lense

 

quality lense

I bought this lens for my hi-def cam. I do some interior photography of architecture and interior design. This is a true fish eye lens. Gives a lot of lens distortion but also allows you to get the whole room in the picture. I use photoshop to tweak...

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Very good Fisheye lense

 

Very good Fisheye lense

I was put on to this product by a friend of mine that owns the Century Optics Baby Death Lense. This one is almost identical and for only 1/3 of the price...It's easy to install & take out and it has a better fisheye than the old lense I used (Opteka...

Product Specifications

An essential tool for extreme sports and dramatic action shooters. The 0.3X Super Fisheye Adapter offers an extreme fisheye effect and a high degree of barrel distortion. It exaggerates depth by pulling nearby objects closer and causing distant objects to recede into the background. Advances in high-index / low-dispersion optical glasses, new barrel materials, and exotic anti-reflection coatings, along with the latest in computer-aided-design / computer-aided-manufacturing, are combined to produce lenses of unprecedented quality. Diamond-cut from crystal-clear, water-white optical glass, Opteka lenses are ground and polished to a precise precision. Because all Opteka lenses are designed and manufactured with the highest possible degree of consistency, you can swap lenses mid-shoot with no discernable variation in color or effect. The unprecedented purity, color saturation and repeatability of Opteka lenses virtually eliminate the need for lab color timing corrections caused by other lenses. This puts more creative control where it belongs - in your hands. Opteka lenses stand up to the most rigorous demands on the stage and on location. Opteka's hard anti-reflective (AR) coating offers protection specially formulated to resist flaking, peeling and scratching. This proprietary AR coating also reduces light loss and flare to less than 1% per surface, compared to untreated glass which has a light loss of 4% per surface. Opteka lenses allow you to shoot with total confidence!
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