wide-angle lens advice for new Sony mini-dv?

[sb]

Century Optics makes very good ones. You can shop for them and other brands
at B&H Photo.com. Make sure you know the diameter of the lens and whether it
takes screw in filters.

 sb

On 4/14/03 8:48 AM, "Malcolm Hamilton" <malcolm_hamilton at cbc.ca> wrote:

> Hi everyone -
> I'm about to replace my aged Hi-8 with one of the new Sony mini-dv's.
> As with every other camcorder I've owned, I know I'll want to attach
> a wide-angle lens (I hate having to back into an adjoining room to
> get a decent shot of the person in front of me; a wide-angle lens
> also smooths out all the moving hand-held stuff).
> The Sony store here will happily sell me their wide-angle lens, the
> VCL-0630S, and I'll go ahead and get it... but I thought I'd ask here
> on the list, if people know of something better.  I want it to be as
> small as possible, because once I screw it on, I'll probably just
> leave it on (and I don't want to turn a nice small camera into a big
> hulking brute).
> Any advice would be most appreciated!
> Regards,
> Malcolm