much help needed

[jeffyzai]

i wanna get new camera to take skate vids with and i read posts about fisheyes, wide-angles...and i don't know what you guys are talking about...any tips on a cheap, affordable camera i can get that hooks up to my windows computer for editing?

my friend has a camera, but its not good...its like some sony thingy, but the resolution/zoom/angle or watever is really bad. you can't see enough of the skater when he tricks off a set if you're standing under the set...you have to be really far away...

the only thing i've noticed is that bigger lens mean a wider angle of taking watever you're taking. other than that i'm clueless so plz help me.

i would like something cheap enough, because im pretty poor right now...and i don't need super advanced crap cuz i've been skating for less than a year...but i'd like to start taking stuff...so would someone plz explain to me about these camera vocab that i don't get or give me tips on what kind of camera to buy?

oh yeah, i come from hong kong...i think you can pretty much get any sorta camera here...so plz help......thanks

[jeffyzai]

oh yeah, i think i found the model of my friend's camera...
its either a Sony DCR TRV22 or SONY DCR TRV 14....or somethign along those lines....so i was just wondering...would it be good to upgrade that one, or to get a new one? would it be cheaper to just upgrade or what?....

[jeffyzai]

ok, i was wrong...the camera is
SONY DCR TRV19E

ok...guess that'll help...

[mikejl29]

Yeah... the model up from my camera. I also suppose you live in the UK. It's going to suck because your camera won't support DV-In if its like my TRV18e. Anyways... get yourself one of the following for a fisheye...

-Century Optics Ultra Wide Fisheye for 37mm. AKA - The Baby Death ($400 but worth it for the quality and build of it)
-Raynox QC-303 (£25, easy to replace, some vignetting and lack of sharpness in the corners)
-The Kenko Fisheye. Used once but I prefer my Raynox.

[Skate or Try]

THere from Hong Kong. Century glass is damn expensive bear in mind but oh so good.

[jeffyzai]

haha thanks...but...id on't really understand what this stuff is...haha...explanation plz?

[jeffyzai]

so the camera itself is ok right? just get new lens?

the raynox one seems ok....cuz i dont ahve much money to get an insanely good one yet....

[jeffyzai]

wait i think i got it after searching around....im NOT gonna get that century glass one, cuz its so frekaing expensive lol. butthen the Raynox one seems ok, and should be better compared to the kenko one?

so the raynox fisheye is snap on? its not lenses? so confused...
so if i snap this lil black circle around the lens i have now, the angle will go wider?...

[mikejl29]

The Raynox is a snap-on. You push in the two little side things and it adjusts the sides to fit on the front of your camera. With the Kenko, you will probably need to buy a step-up ring aswell as the kenko to make it fit the camera. Both fisheyes have their strong and weak points. Both are made of crappy glass and go soft in the corners. They both lack the build quality of the Century Optics one. The raynox and kenko are pretty much equal except that the raynox is a bit cheaper.

You just put it infront of the lens and your image will be magnified by either 0.3x with the raynox or 0.45x with the kenko. Therefore, the image will be wider.

[jeffyzai]

ok thanks....i get it...straightforward info thanks...i got the kenko one...couldn't find the raynox one...since i'm in hk maybe....kenko was $480 hk...which means arnd $60 american....hope that's not TOO expensive...it seems ok...well, thanks. just bought it today, and its so much better than b4 =)...too bad i rolled my ankle off a six set....can barely walk haha...

[mikejl29]

HK? Is that Hong Kong?

[jeffyzai]

yeah hong kong. meh...the wide angle lens is awesome...

[Here2Annoy]

nice u liv in hk, i luv hk, is dere n e sk8in spots dere cos i never seen n e ppl sk8in and nt take notice and have u been to the mei foo sk8 park

[jeffyzai]

not mei foo...tehre's a pretty nice spot i skate at in whampoa garden, next to the concrete soccer pitch and swimming pool...its close to the bus station place...yeah..u live in hk? maybe we can skate sometime?

[Here2Annoy]

nah, i don't ive in hk(borin england) but i am chinese and i thnk i might b goin back to hk in july, might bring my bord as well and try out the sk8park

[Here2Annoy]

4gt to put dis in last post but where is whampoa garden, new terrortories, the island or the other place that i can't remember...

[Here2Annoy]

whoah crap, just saw a pic of a bit of it, damn dat looks like a nice place to sk8

[jeffyzai]

its in kowlooon....u know festival walk? take the number 2 minibus all the way to the last stop and u end up in whampoa garden. be careful whens kating there though...my firend got caught by police and now he has to go to court somehow...

[Ramp]