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The other reviews are spot-on: It is well constructed. You can't use it with the on-board flash because it blocks a portion of the light.I am getting more and more into digital photography and I will eventually have to upgrade to a more professional DSLR camera, but this lens has added a feature to my Canon S5 IS that it was lacking and for that it is well worth the price. There is a little blur at high magnification. There is some distortion at the edges. I am going to stick with this camera for a while longer. I am very happy with this purchase.
The pictures are sharp and detailed. The manual, which comes with the camera, already suggests this situation and recommends to use an external flash. As the Canon Powershot S5IS camera has 36mm at the extreme wide angle, it helps to attach the WC-DC58A Wide Angle Converter Lense for covering more horizontal and vertical view of any given scene, as it gives 27mm at the extreme wide angle. Pictures look grainy after a certain degree of enlagement. I have used this lense at a wedding party of one of my close relatives and found that the results are very good. The horizontal and vertical distortion are normal for any Wide Angle Lense, only that people use different softwares to correct this under post processing.I like unprocessed images. Many people have complained about the semi-circular shadow when using the built-in flash.
As for the construction quality, I am not sure about how hard or how fragile is the plastic, as I have not dropped it yet. I have found it satifactorily suitable when there is no sufficient space for taking a step back ( without the WC, as one of the reviewer has suggested ). Hence, one has to go with the recommendation ( only sensible and fair ).With this attachment there seems to be an effect on the camera's Automatic focus and white balance operations, some times, particularly during night time even with the external flash. My experience with this Lense is that the enlargement capacity of the created images is limited. Any how, if the pictures are not to be blown up to poster size, this is a good lense for the purpose it is meant for. Usage of the lense is very easy. I can recommend this lense for the Pro series -S cameras (S2,S3&S5).
Exactly what I wanted, and Brand New in the Box. Perfect. Good Price vs. brick and mortar store purchase.
I purchased this for my S3 IS. Gives you that extra little bit. I can't say enough about Canon's optics, the picture quality is excellent. I bought this lens and the teleconverter lens from Amazon for half the price I was quoted from a brick and mortar shop.
This lens is what can be expected from Canon.a great quality product but, with the brand name comes the price as well. My only issue is with the fact that with the addition of this lens the regular flash leaves a shadow and is basically useless. So, a side mounted flash is a good addition to this lens.
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