|
Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ18K & DMC-FZ18S Digital Camera HD Professional Digital Accessory Kit | 
 enlarge
| Brand: Opteka
Category: Photography
List Price: $149.99
Buy New: $89.95
You Save: $60.04 (40%)
Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 16451
Media: Electronics
MPN: OPTACCKITPANAFZ18
Model: OPTACCKITPANAFZ18
UPC: 049368618014
ASIN: B0012NUL3K
Availability: Usually ships in 3-4 business days
| |
| Features:
| • | You Get It All - Opteka .45x High Definition Professional Wide Angle Lens, | | • | Opteka 2.2x High Definition Professional Telephoto Lens, | | • | Opteka High Definition Pro Filter Kit (UV, Circular Polarizer, FL-D), | | • | Opteka Tabletop Tripod and 5 Piece Camera & Lens Cleaning Kit, | | • | 53" Deluxe Professional Video/Camera Tripod, and Samsonite Deluxe Carry-All Camera Case |
|
| Similar Items:
|
| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
Since it attaches to the lens adapter that came with your camera, a wide-angle and telephoto converter affects the full zoom range of your camera's lens. A wide-angle converter increases your angle of view - scenes include more of the landscape, groups include more people, and interiors show more of the room. A .45x wide-angle converter DOUBLES your angle of view, allowing you to get twice as much in the picture (AND your telephoto setting also becomes wider; not zooming in as close). A 2.2x converter will double your camera's maximum focal length, bringing things twice as close. An Opteka conversion lens can actually improve the image that your digital camera receives, and it's about the only accessory that can. By eliminating flare and ghosting, the ugly cousins of reflection and refraction, before they get to your camera's original lens system, your camera gets a much cleaner image to digitize. Plus, an Opteka converter allows you to use a more optimal part of your original lens system, resulting in more crisp imagery. Enjoy all of the benefits of the Opteka HD .45x Wide Angle & 2.2x Telephoto Professional Lenses, plus you get the Following Brand New Items: Opteka High Definition Pro Filter Kit (UV, Polarizing, and fluorescent), Opteka Tabletop Tripod, 5 Piece Camera & Lens Cleaning Kit, 53" Deluxe Professional Video/Camera Tripod, and a Samsonite Deluxe Carry-All Camera Case. Increase your cameras capabilities with this full accessory kit! Opteka lenses and filters are covered by a lifetime warranty.
|
| Customer Reviews: Read 3 more reviews...
 Wasted $90 August 9, 2008
James S. Botts (Hobbs, NM United States)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I, like others, was attracted by the telephoto and wide angle lenses. The wide angle lens is useless because you have to zoom to get rid of the tunnel effect of the adapter. The pictures look like you are photograpghing out of a well. The telephoto has distorted imagages and the filters will also leave you with a tunnel effect. If I could give this package deal and 47th Street Photo zero stars or minus stars I would.
Mostly useless July 28, 2008
Troy Packrat (Nebraska)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Wow, where to begin....
The telephoto lens produces very poor images. The focus is very uneven; if you get the center properly focused the edges will be distorted. The lens doesn't seem to work with the camera's autofocus, and even on manual focus, it was a bit tricky; objects several miles away which should have been in focus at infinity were not, I had to pull the focus back quite a bit. The lens also suffers from terrible chromatic aberration, especially around the edges.
The wide angle lens produced decent images, but unless you zoom in (which totally defeats the purpose of the lens), you end up with a small circular image surrounded by black. It also required a lot of light to get a decent image; the lens gets in the way of the flash, resulting in a dark cone at the bottom of the image.
The lens adapter is well made, but a bit overly complicated. It consists of three different rings which screw together. No instructions were provided, so you're on your own to figure it out. It does produce vignetting unless you zoom in some.
The filters are too big to use directly on the FZ18, they can only be used with the lens adapter, which again causes vignetting at low zoom levels. The FL-D filter didn't seem to have much color to it, much less than other FL-D filters I've used in the past. I did not try out the polarizer.
The camera bag looked OK, but it stunk of plasticizers.
The cleaning kit was about what you'd expect, although the photo shows a bulb brush, which I did not receive. It did, however, include a screen protector, which was not listed in the description.
The tabletop tripod was of good quality, but I'm not sure if it would be strong enough to hold up an FZ18 AND telephoto lens. I did not open the box for the large tripod, but the brand name was Samsonite.
 Lenses/filters are junk. July 17, 2008
Hector
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
The good- I like the camera bag.
The bad- the adapter ring for the lenses/filters appears as a big circle in any photos you take, unless you're zoomed in a touch. Of course, if you're using the wide angle lens, it kind of defeats the purpose, and seriously reduces the usefulness of any of the included filters. I suppose that's not a big deal if the only lens you're interested in is the telephoto, but for everything else, it's a problem.
Also, the mounting mechanism for these lenses would make Rube Goldberg proud. After playing around with the various mounting collars, rings, and adapters, eventually you find a configuration that actually lets you attach a lens or filter to your camera. There's a total of 3 different rings and adapters that screw into each other before you can actually mount one of the lenses, which makes it an extra hassle to use, and takes up extra space/weight in your camera bag.
Since I mostly bought this kit because of the included lenses and filters, I'm disappointed with it, and certainly wouldn't recommend this kit.
 Additional Equipment June 26, 2008
Rosenbrook (Airport Lounges all over the World)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
If you own a Lumix DMC-FZ18K, this bag full of additions is all you need for your photo tours. Good mechanics, well combined and useful to carry.
JR
ok but not great April 27, 2008
zippy
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
ok but not great wide angle is pointless telephoto ok but some loss of photo quality it does get alot closer I would not buy it again
|
|
|
Site Map |
Contact Us |
Disclaimer
© Copyright
Digital Camera Comparison. All Rights Reserved | |
