This Century Precision Optics 0.75x Wide Angle Auxiliary Lens is for the Panasonic HVX200 camcorder. The wide angle coefficient is 0.75x, which delivers a 25% wider angle than your stock lens. The resulting focal length is 3.15-41.3mm with a 74.6-6.7° horizontal angle of view. This lens will bayonet mount directly to the lens of the HVX200 and has full zoom through.
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Century Precision Optics 0HD-75CV-HVX Reviews
Won't make you look professional
I bought this for my Panny P2 (HVX-200). It's quite heavy and suffers from barrel distortion, pronounced chromatic aberration and a general lack of sharpness. Granted, it's not easy to design an attachment that will perform well on an already mediocre zoom lens. If I had it to do over, I'd put the money towards a second camera with interchangeable lenses. Which is what I ended up doing.
Too Heavy on HVX 200 w/o Redrock Support
Pro Video Applications PRO: It seems like the picture was pretty good and obviously a bit wider. CON: Lens adaptor too heavy to safely leave on the front of the HVX 200 housing. I was told by a couple engineers that they end up repairing the front ends of these camera's at the cost of $$$$$$ because the adaptor can actually pull the front housing off.
