Help me!

[will.i.am]

Hey guys im quite new to cameras and i need some help with buying one, if i buy this camera would i be able to put a fish lens on it? or any other cool looking lenses, I have seen pictures around with all different lenses on and im new to it all and dont want to buy it until i have someone who knows a bit more about cameras clue me up on it a bit more. If this one wont take a fishlens do you guys know of any cameras that do for a similar kind of price and could you please tell me what they are and what lens to buy.

http://www.play.com/Electronics/Electronics/4-/19506189/-/Product.html


Thanks muchly!!!
Will.

 

[Craft]

Thats a bridge camera, the lens is not interchangeable.

The only way you'll get an SLR for that price is secondhand.

A fish eye lens is going to cost three times (or more) than that camera.

 

[Just Dave]

The only way you'll get an SLR for that price is secondhand.

A fish eye lens is going to cost three times (or more) than that camera.

youll need a DSLR, (Digital Single Lens Reflex) unless you want to shoot with film then get an SLR as said above

if your lucky youll be able to pick up a canon 400D or 30D for a bit more than that price, but as said lens cost more than than that

 

[Mirus Lux]

I have a great kit for sale in the classifieds if you are interested. It doesn't have a fish eye lens but would be great to get you started, sure we could work out a deal.

The fish eye lens will be quite expensive and you may find it a bit restrictive in terms of general photography...

 

[RalphC]

would i be able to put a fish lens on it? or any other cool looking lenses

Coming from someone who has just 'upgraded' from the predecessor, what are you trying to achieve, and more specifically, why a fish eye? It's a great and quite flexible bridge but SLR is a whole new ballgame.

 

[will.i.am]

Coming from someone who has just 'upgraded' from the predecessor, what are you trying to achieve, and more specifically, why a fish eye? It's a great and quite flexible bridge but SLR is a whole new ballgame.

i like the way the fisheye lens looks is that ok with u ?

 

[jacob12_1993]

i like the way the fisheye lens looks is that ok with u ?

Chill man, he was trying to help. The cheapest set-up you could get would be around £200 for a 2nd hand DSLR with kit lens to get you started. The cheapest proper fisheye lens is the Samyang 8mm which runs at about £150-180 second hand. You need to weigh up if the investment for the fisheye would be worth the amount of times you will use it.

 

[Danny_Two]

There are a lot of cameras with a built in fisheye mode now, The S95 has so Im assuming most other canon bridge cameras do.

 

[cherryrig]

A lot of the Canon compact cameras have a filter effect to create a fisheye "look"

 

[Bristolian]

There are a lot of cameras with a built in fisheye mode now, The S95 has so Im assuming most other canon bridge cameras do.

From what I've seen of these fish-eye modes it's just some sort of in-camera image distortion to give the appearance that you get with a fish-eye lens. What it doesn't give you, however, is the huge viewing angle that you get with a real fish-eye lens.

What Canon (and maybe others) do can just as well be done in post processing.