| Wide Angle / MACRO Converter Lens for Canon EOS 18-55mm and Olympus Evolt 14-42mm |  | Brand: Digital Concepts
Category: Photography
List Price: $59.95
Buy New: $16.10
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Seller: Super Deal
Rating:  5 reviews
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 3.3 x 2.8 x 2.6
MPN: 1458W
UPC: 021331340726
EAN: 0021331340726
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Deluxe Hi-Definition Lens, works with both Manual and Auto Focus Lenses | | • | Great for Landscapes, Confined Spaces, Group photos, Close-up shots of Kids and Pets | | • | Includes MACRO Extender for Extreme Close-Up photos | | • | Manufacturer's Lifetime Warranty |
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Product Description
Digital Concepts Professional 0.45x Super Wide-Angle and MACRO Combo Lens.
No adapter needed -the 0.45x Combo Lens has 58mm rear threads and screws directly onto your Canon EF 18-55mm or Olympus Zuiko 14-42mm "Kit" lenses or ANY lens with a 58mm filter mount.
The 0.45x Wide-Angle dramatically increases your wide-angle range. Fit the entire family or the whole team into the picture. Multi-Coated Optics and Steel Barrel construction will provide years of use and enjoyment.
Lens is High-Speed and Infra-Red compatible. Can be used Night or Day.
Front filter size is 62mm for attaching other accessories.
PLEASE NOTE: Your lens front filter size MUST be 58mm (although "stepping rings" can be used to mount to other filter sizes).
Includes MACRO Lens for Close-Up Focus
Macro Mode is accomplished by unscrewing the front lens assembly and using only the section labeled MACRO with your existing lens.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Good lens for the price. August 28, 2010
Amateur Photographer
This lens works good. I took a picture of a group of about 60 people - I told them we could fit a few more on each side and they were surprised. The only thing I have noticed is that if the lens is zoomed out too far, it creates a ring around the picture. It has to be used, on the lens it is attached to, zoomed in probably about half way in order to get a picture without a shadowed ring around the picture. But considering the cost - this is a great purchase that I am very happy with!
Not So fast July 6, 2010
Francisco Colon (West Palm Beach, Florida United States)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I bought this item based on the reviews...and because the wide lens that I wanted was not available. It's a nice cheap sub but you can't use the auto focus on your lens and if you have to focus quickly it's not a good sub.
So. It you are going to take the time to focus on every shoot then it's a good sub...but if you are changing positions and going from shot to shot then best to go with an original lens.
 Gives excellent results with a simple Photoshop adjustment June 6, 2010
shep (Princeton, NJ, USA)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Two tricks make this adapter really useful and versatile: a step-down converter ring, and one simple Photoshop adjustment.
It converts my 28mm equivalent lens to what I roughly estimate is a 21mm lens--a big increase in angle of view.
I got one of these adapters for my Olympus micro 4/3 camera, to try out as an alternative to a $600 true wideangle.
The big problem is substantial barrel distortion. Also, there is chromatic aberration in the corners and some vignetting (darkening in those corners). Now, here's the trick: Photoshop Elements (and, no doubt, other photo management programs) can eliminate the barrel distortion in: Filter/Correct Camera Distortion/Remove Distortion (try +20 to +30%). This has the huge additional benefit of pulling the corners out of the picture without reducing the wide angle of view--the very corners where both the chromatic aberration and vignetting occur! Crop to make the picture rectangular, and you have reduced all 3 problems significantly with this one adjustment.
Now, you still are not getting top quality. But for the ridiculously low price of this lens you are getting 50% or more of the quality at a twentieth of the price of a "real" ultrawide.
FItting the adapter to your lens: I use a Digital Concepts adapter on my micro 4/3 14-42mm lens (28 mm equivalent at wide angle). I have to say that the lens' focus mechanism struggled to work--the motors on this tiny lens must be too weak to move the added weight of this adapter--and I therefore found it best to use manual focus. Other cameras may not have this issue. I actually used Digital Concepts' "0.45X Professional 43mm Wide Angle HD Lens with Macro" which has a 43mm screwthread, closer to my specific need, and I had to also buy a 43 to 40.5mm stepdown ring. The adapter on this page, for the "Olympus Evolt", has a 58mm screwthread, which fits the 4/3 (not micro 4/3) lens. The same Digital Concepts lens adapter is sold on Amazon fitted with a variety of other screwthread sizes.)
lens nice alternative to adding lenses to the kit May 1, 2010
rdubya (Indiana)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
wanting to take some wide angle shots without buying another lens, I decided to give this a try. It mounts exactly as specified, just screw it on. In fact, I screwed it on to existing filter, however, probable makes better sense to take the filter off. Field of view is noticeably improved in some test shots I took. Also tried the macro lens with good results.
Can't beat it for the price.
wide angle/macro converter April 14, 2010
Diane Applebaum (Ocoee, FL United States)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Love it!!! Just wish they had sent some kind of instructions as to the proper way to use it to it's fullest extent. This will be perfect for my vacation out west when I visit Montana and Wyoming.
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