Opteka HD² Professional Digital Accessory Kit for Canon Powershot G10 & G11 Digital Camera
From Opteka
The following items are included: (1)Opteka .45x High Definition Professional Wide Angle Lens (2)Opteka 2.2x High Definition Professional Telephoto Lens (3)Opteka High Definition² Pro Filter Kit (UV, Circular Polarizer, FL-D) (4)Lens/Filter Adapter (5)Opteka 5 Piece Camera & Lens Cleaning Kit (6)Opteka Tabletop Tripod (7)Opteka LCD Screen Protectors (8)54" Deluxe Professional Video/Camera Tripod (9)Samsonite Deluxe Microfiber Carry-All Camera Case
Product Details
Features
- You Get It All - Opteka .45x High Definition² Professional Wide Angle Lens,
- Opteka 2.2x High Definition² Professional Telephoto Lens,
- Opteka High Definition² Pro Filter Kit (UV, Circular Polarizer, FL-D) and Lens/Filter Adapter,
- Opteka LCD Protectors, Tabletop Tripod and 5 Piece Camera & Lens Cleaning Kit,
- 53" Deluxe Professional Video/Camera Tripod, and Opteka Deluxe Carry-All Camera Case
Customer Reviews
Excellent product for amateur photographers
I am a long-time novice photographer, and I bought the G10 looking to expand upon my abilities. Although I have heard that Opteka gear is not top of the line, I must say, I'm pretty impressed with it so far. This kit came in exactly as advertised. I'm not expert, but I haven't noticed any flaws yet -- no noticeable distortion and the build quality seems pretty solid. It's got everything I need to push my photography to the next level. I know that as I work with the kit more, I probably become more cognizant of its limitations, and I'll look to upgrade piece by piece, but it's a fantastic starting point!
- Note that the front group of the wide-angle lens can be detached to leave a macro lens, so you really do have all the pieces you need for a full lens kit.
- I may replace the bag, but it is reasonably well constructed, and large enough to fit my G10 inside my National Geographic camera pouch, my G10 manual, all of the kit, my SD880IS inside a small hard case, all of the necessary cables, 2 spare batteries, and I still have room for some more stuff
- One caveate: the circular polarizer cannot be placed before the wide-angle lens -- vignetting occurs. You will need to purchase a larger polarizer to put on the front of the wide-angle lens if you want to do that
Still good for the price
Got this in the mail yesterday. Real fun to play with since there's so much stuff packed in. However, this isn't top quality stuff, not going to be taking pro photos with it - but, still a blast to play with.
The lens construction is quite good. The tele and wide angle, as well as the converter tube is a nice aluminum build. The converter tube I especially like - there were complaints about the official Canon tube being plastic and not fitting securely - this tube surpasses in both fields while being half the price if bought separately.
The tele lens, as far as I can tell, does some pretty good quality pictures, though I haven't zoomed way into my finished shots to check the clarity. However, the bulk of it plus the fact that 2.2x really doesn't get you all that further means I probably won't carry it around that much.
The wide angle lens is awesome to play with - BUT, it suffers from some realllllly bad blue fringing. Still, the wide-angle is a cool effect, and I don't think people will notice if you're doing web shots. If you're going pro and doing prints though...well, it won't be pretty.
I think the blue fringing problem comes from, or is also attributed to the macro lens, that's part of the wide angle. The macro lens is also a blast to play with. You can take some serious close ups. But again, you're going to get some drastic blue edges.
Everything else is serviceable. I was disappointed by the polarizing filter because it doesn't turn quite smoothly, and I don't think does all that great job of polarizing either. Don't really notice much of a difference in shots with the UV filter.
The cleaning kit is serviceable, but comes with one of the best parts of the kit, the mini tabletop tripod. This has bendable legs and fits in a tiny pouch.
The full-size tripod is comes with is of a cheap build. The bag is similarly icky.
But! This thing was cheap. The lens are still fun to play with, and they feel real solid. They make your G11 look cooler too. Overall, for the price and a little fun, I'd recommend the package.
Cheapy Tripod and Bag..
Lens are lens, they are good. Tripods and other items are so cheapy looking. Camera bag is NOT SAMSONITE, when asked was told bluntly, 'We don't carry Samsonite anymore.' So, I just get a cheapy looking and quality Opteka camera bag. Seller is rude and unprofessional. No notification when items were not available.
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