Nemrod,
What was being asked was if the new Fantasea products can help the flat port narrowing of lens angle cameras "see" wider. And it will do this. Restoring the Canon G10 (or whatever other housing their product will work) FOV underwater.
dhaas
Dave, it is just you, NO, that is not what was asked and you are confusing threads with the G10 and Bigeye thread which I did not participate in.
Here is the question asked by the OP, quote:
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"Was wondering if some one could tell me what the difference between the
BigEye Lens M46 Vs. FWAL-01 Wide Angle Lens, and if the BigEye Lens will give me a wide angle effect?"
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He asked for a comparison between a more traditional wet lens and the new Big Eye and if it would produce a "wide angle effect" and I answered. No, it will not produce a true wide angle effect but it will give a useful result. I do not have the wet mount FWAL-01 but it is very similar to the Inon 105AD and 100WAL which I do have and which you agree is similar and therefore my comparison and information is valid, they produce an underwater FOV of about 90 to 100 degrees diagonal, considerably greater than the FOV of the bubble lens at 65 degrees (with a native 28mm lens).
Quote dHass below:
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"Peruse any UW photo web site and you will many, many shots taken with super wide angle lenses from too far away. So having 100, 105 or 165 degree FOV didn't mean a hoot to the UW photographer because they weren't close enough
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Concerning the above statement, if you go to any photo website you can also see just as many that needed a wide angle lens and many photos that could not have been done without. No, 28 mm is not a wide angle lens underwater, it presents an equivalent to a 35mm perspective underwater, give or take, which is a normal perspective lens, on land normal being 35 to 65 mm lenses. Underwater 28mm is hardly (barely) wide angle but still a useful focal length definitely and it is good to see these "bubble" dome correctors available to finally allow people to get the full performance and corrected perspective for their housed land cameras with 28 to 35 mm equivalent lenses.
The Nikonos 28mm was corrected for underwater without a dome and yes they called it wide angle but they also had a 20mm and a fisheye because Nikon knew that a 28mm lens underwater was not wide enough for many subjects, it is a good fish portrait or head and shoulder lens. The Big Eye "bubble lens" will produce a corrected 28 mm FOV underwater of about 65 degrees diagonal.
David, you keep repeating this, "no harm, no foul" and putting a little smiley face on it, let's review, go back and read your attack on me in post number 6 and thereafter. I am afraid there has been some harm. We used to be friends, not sure can use that term any longer in regards to you. Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you are going to get and that is all I have to say on that.
James