Does it lower the quality of the image significantly? How noticeable is the degradation of image quality?
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Hi Rameez, Fisheye and wide angle lenses can cause a bit of bluriness on the edges of photos as the lens "bends" the image. This is a natural effect of a wide angle/fisheye lens. While we do receive mostly positive reviews for these lenses, I understand it may not be for everyone. The important thing to note is that a very high quality lens can cost several times more than the value of this lens. We try to offer products at a low cost for photographers who want to get more out of their camera or try something new but aren't yet ready to pay the high costs associated with professional items. Also, we really hope that customers give our products a shot and that is why we offer a 90 Day Satisfaction Guarantee on all our products, so that they may try out the products for themselves and judge if it is up to their standards. Have a great day. Walter DIGITAL GOJA
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Yes, it's very noticeable one you open your photo up on a computer. I also noticed with my camera that it's also difficult for it to auto adjust and focus in on something. If you want sharp clean images I wouldn't recommend this, but if you don't mind and would like the fish eye feel then go for it.
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This lens is horrible. It doesn't work at all. I bought it and was just too lazy to return it because it was so cheap. Don't waste your money.
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It does blurr most of the photo and distorts sharpness. taking a photo can only be done on a certain focus setting. Im not complaining,im just not satisfied. You get what you pay for.
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Mine only decreased approx. 1/2 stop of light. Using Nikon D3200 body with Rikenon 50mm 1.7 lens. Quality was not 'degraded', thought images are a tad softer.
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The picture quality depends on your file. If you have a video file or a photo of low quality/resolution, do not expect too see it as HD. If you have high quality files, then it will play them great.
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I haven't noticed it. The only image related issues I notice are the blurring of the corners of the screens (due to the nature of the adjuster glass that you must look through). The image is actually VERY clear and sharp in the center.
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No, it probably won't help much. I found the lag to be equal to, if not worse than just my TV doing the upscaling.
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A high quality filter should not degrade the image quality in any noticeable way. There are multi-coated filters available optimized for lens protection, and if these are not easy to find then a UV filter will work fine. I agree with the previous answer that protecting the front element of the lens is a very most important thing, unless all your work is in a clean dry studio with the camera on a tripod.
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It's not the best, most of the pictures come out grainy, or dark. Messing with the brightness changes the darkness of it, but the grainy look remains. Also be careful of when the disk space is about 50 mb, mine will not take pictures if it's less than that.
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I wouldnt say it ruins it since the screen is still Hd quality and you can tell that. It kind of like wheb you have that thin sheet of plastic on a new electronic. Its hard to tell its there but you can see the refraction of the light from the screen which gives it a textured looo. It honestly doesn't bother me when I watch vids or anyone else that sees vids on it and the benefits from it Trumps any minor loss of clarity
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I have not noticed any blurry images. As to switching issues, I haven't used it for very long but don't remember any and I go between 4 sources.
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The answer that I can give you is that I don't see major distortion when looking at the camera. It's a nice clean picture and have been happy with this product.
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I have had no problems with picture quality. I would suggest rechecking all of the connections, but I am sure you did that already. Sorry; I am the original electronic idiot!
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No. You can put something in front of it, but it will decrease the image quality.
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In my personal experience, it's a bit difficult to focus in lowlight situations. If it's as dark as a room with very dim lights, then I do not recommend this. In addition, I try to keep the ISO at a max of 1600. If I have to, I will go up to 3200. The noise/grain is noticeable around 3200, and it is a bit noticeable even at 1600.
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Yep works fine, pic quality though comes down a bit, but sure does increase the wide angle by a lot + fols look a lot thinner due to the curvature. :p
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I don't know. I bought it and returned it because I felt the image quality was poor for my needs.
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Not very well. Mine has issues feeding it through and get distorted images.
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I never had the original, but the image quality is very very close to that of my 5DmkIII's. I have only used it in raw, not jpg, but I am blown away with the quality both at the base and at higher ISO's