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 Lost money January 31, 2005
Disapointed (Costa Rica)
20 out of 28 found this review helpful
I bought this item on november 2004 to use with my excellent new DSC P100. My expectation was take good shots wtih wide angle, I don't have previus experience with how much mean 0.7X in terms of reduction of scenary angle. With the first photos, I really felt disapointing because the "wide angle" is not enough, actually the difference between the scenary angle with the lens and without it, is pretty low.
Now I'm searching for lens with bigger reduction, maybe 0.45X
 GOOD ADDITION TO CAMERA BUT WITH "TRADEOFF" October 21, 2005
Amorvivo S. Campos
20 out of 20 found this review helpful
I USE THIS LENS FOR MY DSC W-7. THIS LENS ENABLES YOUR CAMERA TO CAPTURE A WIDER VIEW. FROM A DISTANCE OF ABOUT 8 FEET AWAY FROM MY COVERAGE AREA, I HAVE NOTICED THAT IT ADDED ABOUT 2.5 FEET MORE ON EACH SIDE OF THE AREA. I FIND THIS COOL BECAUSE I DONT HAVE TO ASK SOMEONE TO SQUEEZE IN-FRONT JUST TO BE INCLUDED.
GOOD POINT:
USE IT AT DAY TIME OR ON A WELL LIT PLACE, NO PROBLEM. IT WILL PRODUCE THE SAME GOOD QUALITY IMAGE EVEN AT THE LOWEST RESOLUTION
BAD POINT:
WHEN YOU NEED TO USE THE CAMERA FLASH: IF YOU ATTACH THE ADAPTER & LENS TO THE CAMERA BODY, THE ATTACHMENT EXTENDS TO A LITTLE OVER 2 INCHES. THE BUILT-IN FLASH IS JUST ABOVE THE EXTENDED ATTACHMENT SO EVERYTIME YOU USE THE FLASH, THE GLOW THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE SPREAD OVER THE SUBJECT SCENE DOES NOT GET THAT LIGHT BECAUSE THE ATTACHMENT BLOCKS IT. PHOTOS TAKEN SHOW AN OBVIOUS DARKENING (SHADOW) AT THE BOTTOM. I SEE THIS AS A STRUCTURAL DEFICIENCY WHICH "SONY" CORP SHOULD ADDRESS IN FUTURE MODELS. PERHAPS IF A "SEPARATE" FLASH CAN BE ATTACHED TO THE CAMERA THEN THIS PROBLEM WILL BE NEGATED.
THIS BEING THE CASE, THE OTHER TWO LENS ATTACHMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE WSC W- SERIES WILL PRODUCE THIS SAME DEFICIENCY.
Decent wide angle May 22, 2005
Pierre Saslawsky (San Francisco, CA USA)
19 out of 21 found this review helpful
I disagree with the previous review. I bought, tried and shipped back two other wide-angle lenses for a Sony P150, both with smaller ratio (0.6x and 0.45x). The problem was that they distorted the image way too much, and had unacceptable vignetting and chromatic aberrations. The Sony 0.7x lens might not be as wide as we would wish sometimes (is there a lens in the world that's wide enough to capture it all anyhow?!) but at least it gives decent results.
 Nice lens, but requires a slave flash September 10, 2005
Lou (California)
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
The lens takes nice wide angle pictures. However, it requires an adaptor on my DSC-W5 Sony Camera in order to fit. This puts the wide angle lens sufficiently away from the original lens that you see a shadow on the picture when using the build in flash. It appears that the build in flash is blocked a bit by the set up. The slave flash corrects this, but even at low setting it's sometimes too bright for the picture.
Sony wide angle lens August 13, 2005
R. Patel
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
The wide angle lens is good for outdoor pictures when you do not need to use the in-built flash. I used it with my DSC-W7 camera. It helped a lot to get wider pictures.
The lens is not good for indoor pictures as it obstructs the flash light
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