Magnetic fisheyes

[morgan_bvrns]

Alright, so up until a month ago I've been using the Opteka FlipEye, and it broke and I don't have any of the warranty stuff, plus they don't even make them anymore and nobody has them in stock, so I can't get another one of those. Are there any other comparable magnetic fisheyes for Flips?

 

[morgan_bvrns]

Bump? I've got my birthday money waiting and I wanna get filming again.

 

[Nick Griffin <3]

you act like the only way you could film is with a fisheye.
but just throwing this out there cause i know flips are small. what about the iphone fisheyes? would they work or is that to small?

 

[CoryR]

iphone fish eyes work well, i used one on my flip,it just fell off every once and awhile.

 

[morgan_bvrns]

you act like the only way you could film is with a fisheye.
but just throwing this out there cause i know flips are small. what about the iphone fisheyes? would they work or is that to small?

I know you can film longlens and stuff, but I've got plenty of those clips and I wanna try to get some lines now.

iphone fish eyes work well, i used one on my flip,it just fell off every once and awhile.

Really? They seem like they'd be waaaay too small.

 

[CoryR]

all i know is my bro got it for like $20

 

[Robert Reichley]

if you havent solved this problem yet, then yeah the magnetic fisheye work fine.. OR you could buy justa small threaded lens and hot glue a step up ring onto the camera.. then thread the lens onto the hot-glued ring

 

[morgan_bvrns]

Bumping cuz I need some advice.

Do either of these look decent? Obviously I'd rather go with the cheaper one cuz it hurts my wallet less, but its only a .45x, the more expensive one is a .2x like the Opteka

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Bower-VLMWF...12334802?pt=Camera_Lenses&hash=item53f035abd2

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Zykkor-Magn...15910042?pt=Camera_Lenses&hash=item337593269a

 

[lewishobbs]

if you like the way the 0.2 looks with the vig, dont get the bower one, there is no vig on the screen when you put it on and it doesnt even give it the fisheye effect how you can film close up , my friend has it
*edit: if i were you i would just get a camcorder or something if you want fisheye footy. its more reliable with the fisheyes and its alot easier to film you can get a cheap hd one for like 120 bucks

 

[morgan_bvrns]

if you like the way the 0.2 looks with the vig, dont get the bower one, there is no vig on the screen when you put it on and it doesnt even give it the fisheye effect how you can film close up , my friend has it
*edit: if i were you i would just get a camcorder or something if you want fisheye footy. its more reliable with the fisheyes and its alot easier to film you can get a cheap hd one for like 120 bucks

We've already got the Flip and I'd rather buy just a new fisheye instead of a new, more expensive camera. I'll probably try to get the .2x one for XMas.