Need good Advice - Digital on SLR ...

[kats123]

Hi All,


This is more of a Film SLR question....

I need advice on a type on lens. Ive been given a Bower Titanium Digital Super Wide 0.42x AF Lens. This fits onto my Canon Zoom, EF 25-90mm 1.4-5.6 lens on a Canon EOS 30.

Ive been told that this lens with is made for digital cameras will help concentrate the light received into the camera and give better brighter photos and help me take photos in darker situations.

Is this true? Can a digital lens be used to enhance an standard SLR lens?

Kats

[Jon]

Well, that wasn't the purpose for that lens. It's marketed as a "wide converter", to make your lens effectively 0.42x its actual focal length. That's why it's called a "super wide", not a "cat's eye" converter. As a side effect it might give you a larger effective aperture, but I wouldn't count on it, and I'd bear in mind that you'd need to crop the resultant image more. And "digital" here is just anotherbuzz word. It's equally applicable to digital or film cameras; however quality in either case will be less than outstanding (which may go down as the biggest understatement of the day here).

[kats123]

Thanks Jon,

So in summary don't use the "wide converter" unless I want a wide type of effect. Im looking into buying a Canon f1.8 50mm, hopefully that will give me the better colour contrast im looking for.
Kats

[Andy_T]

Kats123,

correct. The 50/1.8 is a very affordable, fast and sharp lens.
Try out if the 'Bower Titanium xxx' lens has any value for you (I've only seen it as bundle component in offers from less-than-trustworthy camera sellers), if not, consider selling it off via eBay.

Nearly everybody on the forum here is complaining that his wide angle lenses are not wide at all on the 1.6 crop cameras, but nobody has so far presented the 'wide converter' here as a remedy to get wide and sharp images.

Best regards,
Andy