{"id":2947,"date":"2010-02-16T21:20:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-17T01:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/?p=2947"},"modified":"2010-02-16T21:20:00","modified_gmt":"2010-02-17T01:20:00","slug":"new-camera-attachment-canon-wc-dc58a-wide-angle-lens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2010\/02\/16\/new-camera-attachment-canon-wc-dc58a-wide-angle-lens\/","title":{"rendered":"New Camera Attachment – Canon WC-DC58A Wide-Angle Lens"},"content":{"rendered":"

So I picked up a new toy<\/span> attachment for my camera today – a Canon WC-DC58A wide-angle lens adapter<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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I had wanted one of these for a while – I always feel like my indoor photos don’t quite capture the “scope” of some of the places I’ve been.<\/p>\n

So, when the opportunity arose, I picked one up. If you do a little searching, you’ll find that these adapters aren’t cheap – they range from $150-$175, depending on where you go. And that price shows in the packaging – the lens comes in its own protective bag, with a cover for both the front and back of the lens. It’s also quite heavy – but then again, there is quite a bit of glass in this little lens!<\/p>\n

This fun little device screws onto the front of the Canon LA-DC58E Conversion Lens Adapter<\/a>, which itself snaps onto the accessory ring around the front of the Canon Powershot S2, S3, and possibly other S-series models’ main lens. And I have to say, it looks quite impressive there!<\/p>\n

Though, the weight of the lens makes me worried, since the conversion tube is plastic after all… but I think as long as you’re not unnecessarily rough with it, it’ll be fine.<\/p>\n

Of course, the most important aspect of the lens is not how it looks, but how it performs! So, I had to try it out.<\/p>\n

Fortunately, I have a very useful test subject right here – my home office. My office is quite small & narrow, so it’s a perfect place to try out some wide-angle action.<\/p>\n

Here’s a reference shot of my office, standing in the doorway to the rest of the house:<\/p>\n

\"keith's<\/a><\/p>\n

With just the stock lens, you can’t really see much of my office at all – the view is just too narrow.<\/p>\n

Now, here’s a picture from the exact same position<\/em>, but using my new wide-angle lens adapter:<\/p>\n

\"keith's<\/a><\/p>\n

As you can see, you can… well, see<\/em> a lot more of my office (except for the floor, which is dark, because the light in my office is terrible).<\/p>\n

In the first picture, you can only just see the very edge of my computer’s monitor, while in the wide-angle shot, you can see the whole monitor (and a little bit beyond). Also, you can see the bookcase on the left-hand side, which really helps show how narrow\/cramped\/small my office is – something that’s lacking from the first picture (where you might think the office is much bigger, and you’re just seeing a corner of it).<\/p>\n

There is a very slight<\/em> amount of distortion around the edges of the photo, but I had to look for it, because I didn’t see it at first.<\/p>\n

All-in-all, I’m quite pleased with the results – and I can’t wait to give it it a try someplace more exciting than my home office!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My first look at the Canon WC-DC58A wide-angle lens adapter for my Canon Powershot S3 digital camera.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"webmentions_disabled_pings":false,"webmentions_disabled":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":3,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[199,204],"tags":[247,92],"class_list":["post-2947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-my-opinion","category-photography-pictures","tag-digital-camera","tag-photography","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pimUj-Lx","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1447,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2008\/10\/26\/new-camera-toys\/","url_meta":{"origin":2947,"position":0},"title":"New (Camera) Toys","author":"Keith Survell","date":"October 26, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Some new toys have begun to trickle into my hands... starting with this: Not quite a Digital SLR, but it's close enough for what I do. 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