Canon C-8 Wide Attachment 43

[Levi Boldock]

Hello.

I recently shot some stuff outside in daylight on Kodak Vision3 200T using a Canon 514XL with the C-8 wide lens. Now this might seem like a silly question, but does using a wide lens attachment reduce the overall quality of the footage? I feel like the footage I shot looks okay, but maybe could have been better without the attachment. Or am I mental? 

I'm wanting to shoot some stuff with my Canon 310XL, but now I'm not sure whether to use the wide lens or not.

[Joerg Polzfusz]

The attachment turns the camera into a fix focus one. When shooting outdoors on a sunny day, you should not notice any difference. But when it’s cloudy or worse, then you might notice a difference.

My main problem with the attachment is that the camera‘s focus and zoom have to be at the correct positions (infinity and outermost macro on the 310xl). But everytime I am getting the camera out of the bag, something rotates. And when I forget to check this, the next scene will be out of focus… ?

[Stephen Gordon]

Hi Joerg - I've just bought the C8 wide angle lens for use with with my 310 XL and in order to aim for best results I wanted to make sure I've understood your guidance: lens focus ring should be set at infinity, and zoom ring should be rotated to widest setting, then engage the macro and rotate the small remaining travel to its end position..? If I have understood correctly I note your advice to check every time before making a new shot. Thanks as always - I couldn't find advice on this anywhere except your post!

[Joerg Polzfusz]

[Joerg Polzfusz]

Hi Stephen,

that‘s correct. The English plus Japanese manual is also available on manualslib. I hope that the above direct link is working. Otherwise please try this one (with ads…):

https://www.manualslib.com/manual/2921531/Canon-C-8.html

[Stephen Gordon]

Both links worked Joerg! Thank you so much for taking time out to post this manual - very much appreciated.