Canon 814E Wide Angle Lens

[jessh]

Does anyone know if Canon made a wide angle lens for this camera? The manual doesnt list one... Has anyone used one on this camera? any reason why one wouldn't work? Would one of the aftermarket wide angle adapters made for video cameras work well with it?

~Jess

[karl151k]

The only factors that matter are your thread size and wether or not the Super 8 lens has a Macro. For instance I have tried my century .3x on a few diffrent cameras, but none are in focus since they didnt have a macro. And the ones that did have a macro didnt have a thread less than 37mm. So, if you want to use a Kenko .42x on a super 8, make sure it has a macro. In fact, I did a test of all my lenes on my fav super 8 cam (EUMIG TM8). Here are the pics:
No fisheye ( http://karl151k.tripod.com/no_fisheye.gif )
Raynox .3x clip-on ( http://karl151k.tripod.com/Raynox.gif )
Raynox. 66x ( http://karl151k.tripod.com/raynox_.66.gif )
Kenko .42x ( http://karl151k.tripod.com/raynox_.66.gif )
Note: You may have to copy and paste the addresses to get them to work.
Also note: All shots from Pro8 stock.

[Guest]

Does anyone know if Canon made a wide angle lens for this camera? The manual doesnt list one... Has anyone used one on this camera? any reason why one wouldn't work? Would one of the aftermarket wide angle adapters made for video cameras work well with it?

~Jess

They didn't, but if you have an 814E, not the older AZ814, the 67 mm C-8 Wide Adapter for the 814XLS/1014XLS will work on it. Mount with a filter step ring, fiddle with focusing in macro mode.

Dan

[Guest]

Why is the Macro so important? I have looked through the lens with wide angle attatchment on the camera and it looked focused through the viewfinder without using the Macro function. Is the viewfinder decieving?

[Karl151k]

From my experience, the viewfinder can show a very diffrent picture from what is being recorded on film. Sometimes putting it in macro mode, then taking the macro allmost to the normal mode again is all it takes to get really sharp focus. I say macro is important because I dont want to make a chart of all the mm's that would work with certian other mm lenses. Your best bet is to just get a macro. Like on my 310XL, a raynox .66 lens works fine, while a kenko .42x is very blurrry. But after adjusting the macro on the camera, its fine.