On Thu, 20 Mar 2003 19:42:51 +0000, you wrote: >I am holding a Sunagor Super Wide Semi Fish-Eye 0.42x made in Japan lens in my >hand. It has no focus control or aperture. On the back it has 54mm thread, >and a step down ring to 52mm. If I understand this correct, you can mount it >on a lens like a filter, and it will give you a wide angle lens. > >Doe anyone know how good this is? >What would the value be? The lens is in very good condition.
It's worth twenty bucks or so, as a novelty lens. Expect unsharp photos, with serious color fringing, and vignetting, and extremely soft anywhere but in the center, where it is simply soft. But it's fun, if you can find a good lens to match it to, and suitable subject matter. Many of these lenses come apart in the middle (it's a feature not a defect). The bottom half then is a Macro lens, or rather a diopter filter, which is not too shabby, in the absence of anything better for closeups. -- John Mustarde www.photolin.com
