I would like the flat lense to counteract the fish-eye look, not diving. How wou the flat lense contrast to the original or camera w/o casing?
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No. The flat lens avoids increasing the fisheye effect under water because one "easier" way to build such a depth case would be with a curved door that would exacerbate the fisheye effect. The flat door avoids increasing the already-present fisheye, but it doesn't fix what's inherently there. You'll need to do that in software (there are packages out there that do that).
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Hi Andrae, the flat lense is designed to work that way and can't be changed physically. -Vincent
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sorry im not sure on that, and i know contour is not much help probably either. ButRageCams offers lens changes for that camera to eliminate the fish eye and have more zoom or night vision
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Not that I seen? It just adds the fish eye effect without the black outer lines. Sorry I can't be much help I'm barley new to video cameras and recording. Hope this helped a little though :)
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Yes, You can replace the standard lens with the wide angle. It is necessary to split the case, remove the camera from the board ,loosen the set screw and unscrew the lens. Here is a link for how to do it. http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showpost.php?p=25880644&postcount;=1984Here is another good article http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1904559Hope this helps!
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Not sure on the specifics but when you take video it is wide angle and photos look like a fisheye.Good case - I took mine down 20+ ft in salt water and snorkeled everyday for a week with no problems. Nobody could believe all my vacations pictures and video were from an iphone.
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I have not opened mine. However, there are 6 recessed screws in the front lens that if removed, may allow room for a camera. My dummy cameras are installed to I don't want to take one apart. Sorry. For what its worth, the fakes are very light so I would imagine they are hollow inside.
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Not a problem. There's a hole for that. Although you have to hold the cover out of the way of the lens.
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Flip the mount upside down so that the flat face is facing down. There is a small metal lever attached to the mount that you push to release the lens. While pushing this metal piece, turn the lens off of the mount.
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The case itself is made with a higher edge so that when it is placed on a flat surface the lens is protected.
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It's wide angle-ish... not like fisheye but I do get a tad bit of distortive curve. Check out Digital Rev's review on youtube... there's examples of the pic. I definitely notice a difference between this lens and my lumix 20 mm. It's an awesome lens!
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My son has this case, and he says that you can remove the lens if you want to change. He has used it with slow motion effect while skiing, and has some pretty cool pics! Be sure to get a floating wrist strap just incase.
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I used it with the underwater case and the case is great. I had the camera set to Auto ISO and when snorkeling and pointing the camera down in shallow spots, the camera set the ISO to very high numbers. The good thing is it let me capture moving things but unfortunately that led to grainy photos. I guess it's better to at least have gotten no blurring. I had to adjust black levels up a lot to get nice photos underwater. Video came out good underwater except for the fact that you can hear the lens zooming and that is annoying. Can't believe they overlooked that and of course it isn't mentioned in their literature. I used it with the underwater case and the case is great. I had the camera set to Auto ISO and when snorkeling and pointing the camera down in shallow spots, the camera set the ISO to very high numbers. The good thing is it let me capture moving things but unfortunately that led to grainy photos. I guess it's better to at least have gotten no blurring. I had to adjust black levels up a lot to get nice photos underwater. Video came out good underwater except for the fact that you can hear the lens zooming and that is annoying. Can't believe they overlooked that and of course it isn't... » Read More I used it with the underwater case and the case is great. I had the camera set to Auto ISO and when snorkeling and pointing the camera down in shallow spots, the camera set the ISO to very high numbers. The good thing is it let me capture moving things but unfortunately that led to grainy photos. I guess it's better to at least have gotten no blurring. I had to adjust black levels up a lot to get nice photos underwater. Video came out good underwater except for the fact that you can hear the lens zooming and that is annoying. Can't believe they overlooked that and of course it isn't mentioned in their literature. « Show Less
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I haven't removed the adapter. I've kept it in place underwater without the lense without any problem at all.
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great! the lense looks very impressive on the camera. I just bought the battery grip for the camera.. and it looks awesome. enjoy the lense
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No it is just supposed to allow you to have a wider field of view. It looks fish eye-like. In my opinion it makes the images look blurry and actually reduces the quality.
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I have the same question as it is indicted to just clip straight on.. however I find the lens mounting too small and see no other option but to dismantle the housing which could result in leakage.. Bit disappointing as I ordered a few for the dive boat I work on and now prove to be useless.. anyone else with suggestions or success?
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No it doesnt have the blurry side angles. It gives a fish eye picture, I really like the lens.