Question on quality of Lens

Jaguar240

Hi folks,

There are a number of lens being sold on ebay both tele & wide angle.
Has anybody used these type of lens or done business with this seller.
I was also looking a remote for D60 & Battery Grip.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180469670637&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

Thanks

irish147

never used this lens before, but for 15 euro, it cant be very good..

never buy a cheap lean.... if you want good images....

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Jaguar240 wrote: »

Hi folks,

There are a number of lens being sold on ebay both tele & wide angle.
Has anybody used these type of lens or done business with this seller.
I was also looking a remote for D60 & Battery Grip.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180469670637&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

Thanks

Slidinginfinity

Personally I would not consider that a lens. It's more a a lens accessory.
You have to have lens with 52mm filter threads for it to fit and it will change the quality of that lens and reduce the effective maximum f-stop.

Jaguar240

Hi Folks,

Yes I understand about lens, I have 18-55 52mm lens but was just wondering if anyone bought one of these or did business with this company who claim to be based in Swansea. They are also selling a battery grip including 2 batteries for approx €50 & battery grip for D90 also has a remote included. Its a D60 that I have which doesnt have remote.

Regards

Effects

Those things are a waste of money, there's no point buying them. For a remote shutter I'd go with dealextreme.com

Heebie

I agree with my esteemed colleagues.. and any gob****es that also agree.. these aren't worth getting unless you're specifically looking for the distortion & in consistency you get with them. It's not much of a lens.. it's almost fair to say it's a tube with a lens-shaped filter at either end.

the_monkey

How is 52mm considered a Telephoto ?

FoxT

OP, you definitely get what you pay for. I bought a cheap ebay battery for about eu8 on ebay for my 40D, it never worked properly, most I ever got was about 50 shots then it needed a recharge. Seller replaced it foc no quibble but replacement was only marginally better. I eventually bought a duracell for about eu30 & that is good, and about a third the price of the canon battery.

I have never tried screw-on lens adaptors. By all means try it ( let us know how you get on!) I expect that you may have problems like vignetting, purple fringing/CAs. I have no idea what impact if any it will have on your camera's AF, metering should be OK though.

Jaguar240

Thanks folks, I think I'll pass on lens & battery grip

RichyX

the_monkey wrote: »

How is 52mm considered a Telephoto ?

52mm is the filter diameter.
It's a 2x converter so the lens will become a 110mm at the long end.

The 25£ it'd cost to buy and have it shipped to Ireland would be better put towards a 70-300mm lens or similar.

Never used those filters, but regarding your battery grip, I purchased a knock off battery grip from a Hong Kong seller on ebay a while ago. I also bought two batteries (off a different seller, I think... I know I didn't get them together).


Can't remember how much it all came to, but it would've been skirting around the €50-€60 area. I've nad no problems with either the batteries or the grip.

I've belted off about 2,000 shots one time, in the space of about five hours, without running out of battery power (using the two ebay knock off batteries).

That said, that's just my own experience. Foxt has obviously had a much poorer experience than I, but I just thought I'd throw my post up anyway, so you know there are some happy stories out there about Hong Kong sellers and batteries. It's obviously a case of hit and miss and hoping you're lucky.

golfman

I would stay away from the lens adapters. I bought and used the wide angle one on my G10 and the lens distortion is horrendeous. It was one of the 1st lessons I learnt when starting out in photography - good glass is key!

Nforce

As regards the battery grip...go with a Phottix grip (available on ebay). I've one on both my D80 and D300 and they work just as well as the oem grips at a fraction of the cost. At the time I bought my d300 grip it cost ~€50 delivered* including 2 free (and just as long lasting as the oem nikon) batteries.





*Bear in mind that you may be charged extra by Customs if your package is stopped.