[Big Dave]

dave

looks much the same as my 0.45X adaptor.,

Lowell,
I think that 0.45x is to extreme and will add to much distortion. I imagine it would be great for the special effects though.

Dave

[Lowell Goudge]

Lowell,
I think that 0.45x is to extreme and will add to much distortion. I imagine it would be great for the special effects though.

Dave

I don't disagree, I bought it to extend my P&S but found it worked on my 24mm to give an 11mm semi fisheye. It is a play thing more than anything else for me.

if I want streight lines i use my sigma 10-20, but you can, easily, correct the distortion. I use PSP X2 and it has a barrel distortion correction tool that can make the worst fisheye a rectalinear image.

[Big Dave]

[QUOTE=Lowell Goudge; I use PSP X2 and it has a barrel distortion correction tool that can make the worst fisheye a rectalinear image.[/QUOTE]

Lowell,
That PSP X2 sounds great. Is that an abreiviation or the actual name of the program? It would be useful to use with my fisheye for super wide shots. I can't justify a 10-20mm zoom.

Dave

[Lowell Goudge]

Lowell,
That PSP X2 sounds great. Is that an abreiviation or the actual name of the program? It would be useful to use with my fisheye for super wide shots. I can't justify a 10-20mm zoom.

Dave

Dave

Program is called Paint Shop Pro Version X2 hence PSP X2

It was origonally published by jasc up to version 9, but by Corel for Versions X XI and X2

It has Barrel Distortion, pincushion distortion and fisheye distortion corrections.

ALso, if youo own the 10-17, and the pentax software there is lens correction for distortion in the software I believe, although I have not tried it,

[Noisychip]

I have two conververter from P&S times, a Raynox 0.66x and a Olympus 1.7x.

The Olympus works quite ok on a 1.4/50, sharpness is, say, acceptable. Contrast is really low, it would definitely need heavy PP.

The Raynox is worse in terms of sharpness and contrast, next to unusable. Images look a bit like with a soft focus lens ...Distorsion of the master lens is increased, of course.

Would have been nice, but I think a WA converter is no replacement for a dedicated lens ...

[Lowell Goudge]

Lowell,
That PSP X2 sounds great. Is that an abreiviation or the actual name of the program? It would be useful to use with my fisheye for super wide shots. I can't justify a 10-20mm zoom.

Dave

dave

couple of examples

really quick at 1/20th with 24mm F2.5 wide open, and 0.45 converter

first one resized only, second one corrected in PSP X2 for distortion. PP time about 30 Seconds.