Product Description: Converts the focal length of the body lens by a factor of approximately 0.75 (35 mm film equivalent at maximum wide angle: approximately 27 mm) when attached.
Not very wide and blocks the flash This lens only provides a modest bump in wide-angle coverage. Standing in an average room at home, it's the same as stepping back one foot. I'm not sure it's worth the money for that tiny gain.
Also, it partially blocks the flash on the S5. If you plan to use it with the built-in flash, expect the bottom third of each photo to be dark. Fun.
Worked fine foe me! The Canon WC-DC58A suited my Canon Powershot S5 IS just fine. I was able to use it after I opened the box and started shooting to see if if really made a difference. It did! But be mindful that it is bound to create a dark spot in the bottom of your pictures if you just use the built-in flash of the camera because the lens protrudes and it blacks out that area of any object or subject you wish to photograph. Best in outdoor photography or one where you do not need a flash. Or you can get a flash that attaches to the shoe of your camera and because of that, is elevated.
Excellent Lens Received this lens converter today and took a few interior shots with it to assure it's condition. I am extremely pleased with this lens. It is of the highest quality and delivers sharp clear pictures with a much wider field of view than the S5IS lens is capable of without it. I used a Canon 220EX flash and obtained excellent results.
I would highly recommend this lens converter to any S5IS owner who wants a wide angle lens with Canon's quality.
Canon Accessory Great value & excellent Canon Lens
Very pleased Great delivery & price
Allan Watt
Amazing for everything except high magnification This was a great purchase for me. For family shots indoors, or even outside landscape scenes, it works very well, capturing a lot more panorama than you could otherwise. But one word of caution. At maximum magnification with my Canon S5 IS, I got a little blur, and not just around the edges. Perhaps it is my camera, but everything else is wonderful and in focus...unless I go to maximum length on the lens. I also got a rounded shadow when I used the built in flash with the Wide Converter, because the Wide Converter sticks out so far. However, if you use a larger flash off the hot shoe (i.e., I use a Canon 580 EX II from my DSLR), you can shoot all day with no shadow at all. Do not forget one more very important thing. To attach the Wide Converter to your camera (Powershot S2, S3 and S5), you must have the Canon LAH-DC20 Conversion Lens Adapter (which also comes with a junky little sun hood). I got my lens adapter (LAH-DC20) at Amazon as opposed to Canon, and for a whole lot less...almost half. The adapter allows you to attach filters like Sky 1A, polorizer, star and others, but you can't attach a filter and then attach the Wide Converter. It only goes on the lens adapter (LAH-DC20). If you get the LAH-DC20, and attach a 58mm filter, you can also order a Canon 58mm Snap-on-lens Cap (about $9 at Amazon). It fits perfectly and firmly on any lens filters you attach and the camera lens is then protected, as is your filter(s). What you can't do is put any filters on and then add the Wide Converter. And you should know the Wide Converter has no threads on the outside/end to add a filter there either (and FYI...the Wide Converter comes with a very large cap of it's own and a plug for the other end when not in use, along with a nice little cloth pouch). The lens cap that comes with the camera is made to slip off when the camera is turned on, to avoid compromising the gears in the lenses as they move out of the camera body...a Canon safety feature. But the thing comes off if you look at it cross-eyed, so it leaves a lot to be desired. I actually bought two of the LAH-DC20 Lens Adapters and leave one attached to the wide converter and the other to a polorizer filter with the positive 58mm cap attached. That way the lens is always protected and I can interchange them very quickly. I'm sorry this is a little long, but you should know the whole story. And for the record, I love my Wide Converter and S5 setup. Good luck to you.
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