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brucegarrett · Mar 25, 2006, 9:43 AM

Has anyone any hands-on experience of the Panasonic DMW-LW55 Wide Angle Converter on the FZ30? I understand this goes out to 24mm (35mm equivalent) and screws straight onto the lens without an adapter. Specifically how is the linear distortion and vignetting and is the image quality acceptable? I have seen other brands discussed here such as Raynox and Olympus so how do they compare for image quality and value? Any input much appreciated. Bruce

shene · Mar 27, 2006, 5:28 AM

See here:http://www.stevesforums.com/forums/v...mp;forum_id=23

CK

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brucegarrett · Mar 27, 2006, 1:48 PM

Hi Shene: Thanks for the links... very useful. Strange that nobody seems to be using the DMW-LW55 - presumably because of its prohibitive price or it's simply not very good. Bruce

shene · Mar 27, 2006, 11:28 PM

brucegarrett wrote:

Quote:

Hi Shene: Thanks for the links... very useful. Strange that nobody seems to be using the DMW-LW55 - presumably because of its prohibitive price or it's simply not very good. Bruce

It is more likely due to its price rather than its quality. The LW55 is perhaps the best 0.7X class (and perhaps 0.66x class included) wide angle converter for FZ-30.

CK

eddie_dane · Mar 28, 2006, 9:25 AM

It's not so much the price for me as I CAN'T FIND ONE. I haven't looked in a while but the only place I could find one online was a Japanese ebay listing. Panasonic doesn't list them on their own site for order. Rediculous.

brucegarrett · Mar 28, 2006, 10:36 AM

The DMW-LW55 is listed on the UK Panasonic website at £385.99 (US$675.00)... yeah right... backordered until May. But it's also listed as in stock at ukdigital.co.uk and fotosense.co.uk at around £140.00 (US$245.00). The cheapest I've seen it online in the UK is around £115.00 (US$200.00). The question is... is it any good?

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Mar 25, 2006, 9:43 AM	#1
brucegarrett Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 65	Has anyone any hands-on experience of the Panasonic DMW-LW55 Wide Angle Converter on the FZ30? I understand this goes out to 24mm (35mm equivalent) and screws straight onto the lens without an adapter. Specifically how is the linear distortion and vignetting and is the image quality acceptable? I have seen other brands discussed here such as Raynox and Olympus so how do they compare for image quality and value? Any input much appreciated. Bruce

Mar 27, 2006, 5:28 AM	#2
shene Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 579	See here:http://www.stevesforums.com/forums/v...mp;forum_id=23 CK http://www.cs.mtu.edu/~shene/DigiCam Nikon Coolpix 950/990/995/2500/4500/5700, Panasonic FZ-10/FZ-30, and Canon A95 User Guides

Mar 27, 2006, 1:48 PM	#3
brucegarrett Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 65	Hi Shene: Thanks for the links... very useful. Strange that nobody seems to be using the DMW-LW55 - presumably because of its prohibitive price or it's simply not very good. Bruce

Mar 28, 2006, 9:25 AM	#5
eddie_dane Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 108	It's not so much the price for me as I CAN'T FIND ONE. I haven't looked in a while but the only place I could find one online was a Japanese ebay listing. Panasonic doesn't list them on their own site for order. Rediculous.

Mar 28, 2006, 10:36 AM	#6
brucegarrett Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 65	The DMW-LW55 is listed on the UK Panasonic website at £385.99 (US$675.00)... yeah right... backordered until May. But it's also listed as in stock at ukdigital.co.uk and fotosense.co.uk at around £140.00 (US$245.00). The cheapest I've seen it online in the UK is around £115.00 (US$200.00). The question is... is it any good?