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Although it makes the already big Mavica CD500 bigger, it's well worth the added bulk by allowing you to take more of the landscape and making your rooms look bigger. The bad part is that it takes some time to screw on and change the setting to ON on "Conversion Lens". You will also need an external flash to use it in dark places because the lens blocks the flash and limits the F aperture to about 4 (less light reaches the sensors). Remember to buy the VAD-S70 ring adaptor (52mm). If you have a CD-500, I strongly recommend it, it's easy to use and the camera will reward you with even better photos.

No matter what you're thinking this piece of glass is BIG and heavy. But that's ok because it's a fantastic lens. You may need to buy an additional Adapter Ring for your camera (VAD-S70) to use it. The Adapter Ring is around $$$ on average.

What's there to say really about this great lens? It hardly affects the stop on the camera, and althogh there is a touch of warping (fisheye) at the edges of the frame it's not enough to notice unless you're looking for it.

When you get the lens it comes with a nice pouch to keep it in, and lens caps naturally, The taking end cap has a lanyard to tie onto.

If you need a wide-angle lens and this one fits your camera (if you need the adapter you'll end up with two more adapter rings as the lens or the adapter ring comes with adapter rings, I can't recall where they came from) you can't go wrong with it. Just keep in mind that it's BIG and Heavy but wonderful.

This is one wide lens - but once I screwed it onto my F707 with one of the supplied adaptor rings and put the camera into macro mode, it was like rediscovering the camera.
The quality of the glass lens makes it a great companion for the Carl Zeiss fitted to the F707 and together they make for some very good shots with minimal distortion.
The gripes? Well it's huge, making the camera cumbersome and it also blocks off the built in flash. I guess you can't have everything...
I do shots of hotel bedrooms/bathrooms for my clients sometimes and in small rooms, I just can't get myself far enough into the corner to get the shot to show everything I want using the normal lens. This is where this lens really shines.