Fish eye for Panasonic TM700

mBall

mBall

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Hey guys, I already searched and couldn't find much.

I recently bought the panasonic tm700 and was looking to buy a fish eye for it. I dont exactly know what to look for in one and the filter size is 46mm.

Any suggestions or info will result in +Karma

Thanks
 
Well first off,

do you want a babydeath? im assuming you do, and Opteka and Century make quality stuff. Opteka makes a 43mm, you can pick up a cheap ring to adapt it. I've heard Century makes a better product, but it's also more expensive. If you need to something quick and don't have monies, you can buy a cheap wide angle and flip the lens. You just screw off the little ring, and take the lens out, clean it, the put it back in upside down. It creates a fisheye effect. Hope that helps.
 
Well what is a baby death? I've heard of them before and opteka alot. Do you know of any specific models? Because I know opteka has multiple models

Thanks for your help bro
 
I know this is kinda off topic but... How are you liking this camera? I've been looking into getting one. ^by babydeath he's reffering to a smaller death lens; which is just a massive fisheye.
 
Opteka has less quality glass but it costs a lot less then Century.If you are gonna go all out and spend a lot go for the Century Baby death.
 
(hah im writing this for the second time because I lost my connection)

I am really liking the camera so far. I just got it and filmed a week at Hood. the footage is excellent for a 700 dollar camera. And people say its better than canons flagship camcorder which is like 1200 dollars. The only thing I dont really like about it is probably the touchscreen and the manual controls. You can still change aperture and shutter speed but not both at the same time. And you get used to the touchscreen pretty quick. And it films in 60p which is epic.
 
bump. so i know baby death are good but what specs should i be looking for in a fish eye? What does .3X mean, also opteka has many different lenses that would fit my camera but whats the difference between them, and if i get a 43 mm fish eye and use an adapter for a 46mm will it have vignetting?

thanks for your help guys
 
If you search "46mm fisheye" on ebay or amazon you will find a lot of different fisheyes. You will get what you pay for. I would recommend buying the Opteka 43mm and getting a 43mm to 46mm step up ring. http://www.amazon.com/Opteka-Platin...1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1280418457&sr=8-1
http://www.amazon.com/Adorama-Step-...4?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1280418759&sr=1-4

Yes, you will get vignette either way. If you don't want to spend that much just get a cheap 46mm fisheye. .3x means your lens' focal length will be multiplied by .3 Since the TM700's focal length is 35mm, you will get a very wide angle. Opteka has lenses like telephoto, which increases focal length, fisheye, which decreases focal length and will give you the curved edges, and it pulls close things closer and pushes far things farther. Wide angle, which will decrease focal length without distorting the image, if you want to make professional looking video, buy a wide angle, not a fisheye.

Hope this helps

One question: What editing software do you use for the 60p footage?
 
im thinking of getting the TM700 and a fisheye. kinda new to fisheyes and camcorders. i just have a few questions:1. How do you put a fisheye on

2. hows the video quality

3. What does the millimeters have to do with a fisheye

4. how do you know if a fisheye fits

5. what kind of attachment can you put on it (not familiar with the terminology)

Please no hate or anything negative. just a camcorder/fisheye newbie
 
1) you screw it onto the filter threads of the camcorder's lens.

2) depends on which fisheye you get (you get what you pay for) but the image quality will always be degraded at least a little

3) eg "46mm fisheye" means the threads on the back of the fisheye have a 46mm diameter

4) if the fisheye's threads have the same diameter as the camcorder's lens threads

5) fisheye's usually do not except any type of filter, because the front element of them is generally pretty convex, so there will be no way to fit a flat filter on
 
a filter is a thin attachment that goes on the front of the lens (except for a few rare exceptions with drop in ones, which you don't need to worry about). They can be anything from a clear pice of glass to protect it, to a polarizer, to a fader, even a graduated nd filter. Most for video are attached using threaded rings, or a mattebox (professional video). Photographers also use threaded filters, though many also use something like the cokin system which holds square filters, like a graduated nd, and they are sort of like a mini mattebox
 
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