Hey BB, do you work at a camera shop or something? You know more about these cameras than the sellers at the most prestigious camera centers.
Another quick question:
Do you happen to have an adapter for your A720?
It seems like Lensmate doesn't fabricate them and Canon's LA-DC58G is too expensive.
Also I've read some comments about the ebay ones not fitting tightly in the camera.
As you said, good wide angle lenses are expensive, so I guess if I can use one of them (Rynox 6600 for example) with both cameras (S3 and A720) perhaps it is worth the money.
Cheers!
Thank you Wontolla for the complement.
I will be the first to say that I don't have an artistic bone in my body--but I was a pretty good development engineer--So I got good at reading specs. and figuring out how they fit into real life. I have a lot of general experience--but I am not a camera buff--I just listen pretty well to all of you guys and gals out there that know more than I.
To be honest, as a good engineer--I am also pretty cheap. So when I picked the A720is to replace my 8 year old 2MP camera--it was just the best bang for the buck digital that I saw last January--and, at that time, the A720 was the first Dry OS camera that was being worked on for support by CHDK--so I took a chance that CHDK would be available soon for it--and it was.
I agree, from what I have read, the Canon Adapter is a piece of plastic with some issues of loose fit and easy to damage threads (~$15-$25 pricing--excluding Ebay). If Lensmate offered a metal one--I probably would get it for filters/protection.
Telephoto lenses, from the samples I have seen posted--stay away from all of them. Just using digital enlargement had better resolution than anything with a telephoto lens.
Wide angle lenses--a tougher call--I bought one for my camcorder years ago because I found that almost anytime I was inside a building, I could not get a good scene shot of what was going on without a Wide Angle. With a normal lens--it as if I was going around with a "tube" and always looking at just a small piece of my surroundings and having to pan a lot. With a Wide Angle--I felt that I could capture the entire environment+people much better in one shot.
So, I will probably wait a bit until I see some "good" reviews (good as in technically competent and good as good results) of a wide angle lens (probably the Canon)... There have been enough complaints (like on Amazon of the Canon adapter tube causing vignetting at the wide angle zoom setting) that I am not quite sure that it is worth the price yet (at least for me).
Your thoughts?
-Bill
PS: Personally, I avoid EBay--don't like PayPal, and many of the "new in box" and other items are just being "fenced"...
ebay stolen goods - Google SearchHow many--I do not know--but I just want to avoid the whole scene....