gesguerra
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Hi experts. I have a basic camera rig (Olympus point-n-shoot, UW housing with 46mm threaded port for wet lens, strobe), but I've been wanting to add some wide angle photos to my repertoire, and have asked about underwater wide-angle conversion lenses, but they're pretty expensive - even more expensive than my camera and housing combined.
I thought maybe I could use as alternative a regular wide-angle conversion lens (for land use) instead, which is way cheaper and more easily available, but would like to ask if this is even possible?
Are underwater conversion lenses made differently compared with the normal ones for land use? How are they different?
If it's actually possible, I'll probably be fine if there are a few forgivable tradeoffs with using the land-based conversion lens, but I wanted to hear your thoughts.
Appreciate any inputs. Thanks!
I thought maybe I could use as alternative a regular wide-angle conversion lens (for land use) instead, which is way cheaper and more easily available, but would like to ask if this is even possible?
Are underwater conversion lenses made differently compared with the normal ones for land use? How are they different?
If it's actually possible, I'll probably be fine if there are a few forgivable tradeoffs with using the land-based conversion lens, but I wanted to hear your thoughts.
Appreciate any inputs. Thanks!