G10 + Wide Angle Lens Issues - How to operate?

[Airbender]

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Friends,

About 6 months ago I bought a G10 along with the lens accessory kit. This accessory kit came with an adaptor tube, LA-DC58K adaptor, some filters, and three lenses: telephoto, macro and wide angle.

I just took some shots yesterday and decided that a wide angle would be the best lens to use, but I am at a loss at how to use the wide angle lens.

I have set the menu to allow the LA-DC58K adaptor. I have attached the components in this order: Adaptor tube, LA-DC58K lens adaptor, Macro lens, and finally the "HD DSLR MC AF 0.45X WIDE ANGLE W/MACRO" lens.

Here's the problem: When I turn on the camera and look thru the LCD display , I do not see a wide angle image. Instead it is if I am looking thru a tube: I can see a cirlce around the perimeter of the LCD display. If I zoom in a little bit, the circular perimeter goes away, but the image is FAR from being a wide angle. If I zoom in too far, the interior lens strikes the inside of the MACRO and the camera shuts down.

How can I make this work? Am I doing this correctly?

TIA to all for your advice.

[rpolitsr]

I do not have a G-10, so I'm writing from general knowledge and my experience with other cameras.

As a general rule, use the Conversion lens adapter LA-DC58K with one converter at a time.

If you use the LA-DC58K + the TELECONVERTER (TC_DC58D) set the menu for the converter accordingly.

Canon do not have a wide angle converter for the G-10 nor is a menu setting for it, so I would say:
Use the adapter + wide converter with the menu set to none and the camera lens on the widest angle setting; usually, you can not use the zoom or use it in a reduced range when usig a converter.