58mm 0.45X Wide Angle & Macro Conversion Lens

Specifications:  

• Power: 0.45X time conversion factor of your current lens setting plus macro
• Optical System: Conversion type; mounts on front of existing lens
• Mounting System: Screw type in front of existing camera lens into the filter accessory threads
• Auto Focus: Utilizes camera auto focus system
• Adaptability: Maintains all the camera functions plus it provides 0.45X wide angle lens conversion power
• Macro: The Macro mode is accomplished by unscrewing the front lens assembly and using the section labeled Macro with your existing camera lens
• Installation Diameter: 58mm
• Lens Coating: Multi Coated
• Height: 50mm

Features:

• This 0.45X macro lens is ready to be placed onto a standard lens and can work in two different modes
• This 0.45X wide angle conversion lens is specially designed for the high quality digital cameras and camcorders which will effectively increase your camera's versatility without loss of original picture quality
• The macro conversion lens is accomplished by unscrewing the front lens assembly and using the section labeled macro with your existing camera lens
• The 0.45X wide angle converter attaches to the front of your zoom lens for 50% more coverage when set to wide-angle
• Accepts 62mm filters
• Includes lens cap, bottom cover & pouch

Details:

• This macro lens can be equipped easily and works from the moment it is plugged in

• This 0.45X wide angle conversion lens is ready to be placed onto a standard lens and can work in two different modes

• This 0.45X wide angle conversion lens is specially designed for the high quality digital cameras

• This fully automated lens features multicoated optical glass which may accept 62mm filters

• This 0.45X wide angle conversion lens includes lens cap, bottom cover & pouch

What is a wide-angle conversion lens?

• A wide-angle conversion lens is a lens that you can attach to your housing to widen your camera's field of view, increasing the amount of the scene in front of you that you can capture in a single photo. A wide-angle conversion lens gives you a wider field of view than a digital camera's built-in wide-angle setting

Wide-angle conversion lens used experience:

• If you've looked at wide-angle photos in diving magazines, they're an impressive example of the capabilities of wide-angle: a deep sense of scale with sweeping underwater vistas. Professional photographers usually take these shots using a single-lens reflex camera with a super wide-angle lens attached. You don't need expensive equipment, though, to achieve some of the same results: a wide-angle conversion lens on your compact digital camera housing can give you a fisheye-lens-like effect with an expanded sense of scale

Capture a Wider Area from the Same Distance:

• When you come across large subjects or expansive seascapes, you want to fit as much as possible of what you see into the frame of your picture. That's when a wide-angle lens comes into its own. Not only does it pack more subject matter into your frame, but its expanded depth of field captures every inch in razor-sharp focus for more impact in your photos
• If you find yourself looking at a wide undersea panorama but you can't move backward to fit it all in your camera's frame, then it's time for a wide-angle conversion lens. Once you add it to your housing, you can fit much more of the scene into your picture even if you're forced to shoot from the same location

Get as Close as Possible to Shoot:

• To photograph a wide area, can't you just move back further from the scene to fit it all in? That works on land. As you get further away, your distance from the subject (called the working distance) increases, effectively shrinking the subject so that it fits into the angle of view of your lens. There's a problem, though, when you're shooting underwater: the further you are from your subject, the more water you're shooting through. More water absorbs light and makes your subject hazier with poor contrast that obscures color and details. In water with low visibility (stirred up sediment or lots of plankton), getting too far back from your subject completely obscures your subject. And if you're using a strobe and you move too far back from your subject, the light from the strobe won't reach the subject
• The solution? Get as close to your subject as possible when you're shooting with a wide-angle conversion lens. The lens lets you get closer to your subject and still fit the subject into the frame. This reduces water filtering, lets your strobe light the subject, and brings out color and details for an image that really pops. Getting close also emphasizes the foreground in your picture and adds a dramatic sense of perspective

How to Change Lenses:

• Turn the camera off before attaching the adapter kit
• Press and hold the ring release button located on the right side of the camera, just under the lens. Turn the lens ring circling the front of the lens counterclockwise with the camera facing you until the black circle on the ring aligns with the black circle on the edge of the camera lens. Pull the ring forward to remove it from the lens
• Place the lens adapter onto the camera lens where the ring was placed, with the black dot on the conversion lens aligned with the black dot on the camera lens. Turn the lens adapter clockwise until the black dot on the lens adapter aligns with the black triangle on the camera lens
• Remove any dust or dirt from the conversion lens using a lens blower brush and then place the wide converter, tele-converter or close-up lens onto the end of the adapter and turn it clockwise until it screws on completely
• Turn on the camera and set the converter for use with the camera's menu. Press the "Menu" button on the camera, and then choose the "[Converter]" option. Select the type of converter being used from the menu options, and then press the "Menu" button again to set the camera

Package Included:

• 1 x Wide Angle & Macro Conversion Lens