Altura Photo 49mm Wide Angle Lens with Macro for Canon EOS M50, R100

Do you find yourself wanting to capture wider, fuller landscapes or take perfect shots for social media posts at not quite the right size? There’s no need to look any further at expensive wide angle lenses to better your casual shots; this filter thread mounted lens has you covered. It’s quick to mount/dismount, maintains original sharpness/definition, and has compatibility across brands and generations. You can mount this on a filter from your collection or throw a new 82 on the front of it if you’d like to expand your gear supply. This piece has worked wonders going all the way from a mirrorless Sony A7III down to an old 35mm Canon AE-1. There’s no noticeable increase in any autofocus noise level, and film shots especially love this fun add-on by capturing more details in each exposure. I would definitely recommend this product to a friend if they needed an easy, economical solution to the problem of expensive lenses. Here’s an example of a high exposure B&W shot taken with the lens added to a 50mm Sony E-Mount; my favorite and best model was staying classy with her feathered ears being prettier than many people’s own hair.

I had issues with opening the cover but finally got it open. Love it

On one hand, I can clearly see if does offer some benefits, but I guess I was put off by the fact I have to digitally zoom in on the lens? Maybe that is due to my own ignorance and I should not fault the brand, but a disclosure of that would've helped for us that don't know. I have included some photos for others who are deciding on the lens, shot on my Sony EV10II using a 15mm f1.7 lens. So also disregard brand specifics? Unless there is something that brand really does offer and i'm only getting the basic functions. Even though I don't like the term, for the sake of clarity, there is "distortion" in the wide-angle lens photos. You can see the curvature from the center point of the photo, a natural thing. Opticalview is spherical, so to widen that view is to start to see the curvature. That's like looking at the horizon from the ground vs a plane. Wide-angle distortion is not a real thing, as distortion implies an alteration to the natural image... now one could argue that this attachment on the lens is distortion, well in that case, this is expected distortion. and of course, not in a bad way. If you want a wide-angle option for cheap? This is it. It adds some zing. With this metal attachment, it makes the camera REALLY front heavy. Again, to be expected, just look at the photos of it but it offers a good steady hand. This brings my view back from a 15mm (not calculating the crop factor but you can if you want) to roughly 8.55mm(again, not calculating the crop 1.5) and lens at mm less than 10 usually start to show that "curve/distortion" in the image so if you want that wider angle with less curve, i'd say the ideal lens would be a 20mm on APS-C. I say all of that to say it really does what it says it will do with no real drop in quality with adjustments. It takes in less light though

Pretty neat. I purchased this to replace a cheaper wide angle adaptor that I wasn't super impressed with. I'm pleased with the purchase but wanted to add one caveat. The quality and effect of the adaptor are an improvement over the other adaptor. However, the manufacturer claims that auto focus won't be affected when this adaptor is installed. I found this not to be the case when I attached the adaptor to a 18-55mm lens on a Rebel t7. The image is badly out of focus when my camera indicates otherwise. So, I use the lens (with adaptor) in manual focus mode only. I'm still pleased enough with the results that I'm giving this 5 stars, but I thought it worth mentioning.

So what do you get for 28 bucks? I am a pro and thought i would give this a try before i go and drop 5 large on a real wide angle lens. The Good: Pretty nice glass for the money, in the pic with the wire rim of my readers the glass is pretty clear, better than i expected for the money for the macro only part. Given you are putting another layer of glass between your subject and the sensor i could see using this now and again. It did mess with the AF a little so I switched to MF and simply moved the camera closer till i got the focus point I wanted. Doesn't take a lot of light away. As for the wide angle, well it's ok. If I zoom up a little to get rid of the vignetting it seems to have mostly a usable area but...... Now for the Bad: The focus drops off severely around the outer edges and there is some color aberrations to contend with along the edges as well. My pics have un-cropped/uncorrected, cropped/uncorrected, useable cropped/uncorrected, un-cropped/corrected at the 18-55 and finally un-cropped/corrected using the canon 8mm correction in adobe PS CS6. You can judge for yourself. As a pro I will toss this in the bag and I could see using it in an unrestrained crop situation but it's usefulness is limited at 16:9 crop. Like I said, for 28 bucks what the hell, the macro works pretty well, the glass is great for the money and it could come in handy in some situations.

Amazing clear and clean photo and I enjoyed the bird I view when u zoom in and out

Purchased this item believing it would reduce effective focal length by .43x, turning a 50mm lens into something like 21.5mm (nominal focal lengths are often not precise and change with focus breathing so there really isn't enough precision there to justify the use of decimals, but I digress) Upon using it I noticed it has considerably less effect than a .42x fisheye adapter acquired some time in the early 2000's, so I did a few tests. Comparing the field of view of a 50mm lens equipped with this adapter to a 28mm lens, I found the 28mm lens was actually wider. That should not be so! I then compared 50mm + adapter setup to a 35mm lens, and the field of view just about perfectly matched. To convert 50mm to 35mm you need a .7x adapter, which is what this falsely advertised product is. Multiplying by .7 can also be approximated by dividing by 1.43, which is where I think they might've screwed up and gotten the 0.43 from-- they could have accidentally subtracted 1 from 1.43 instead of dividing 1 by 1.43 to convert the divisor to a multiplication factor. Or they could be lying outright and guessing nobody would catch that big an error, but this is the difference between being *barely* wide angle at 35mm and ultrawide at around 22mm and has a *huge* impact on the appearance of photos and video. All this said, the quality of this product seems fairly decent. It threads in smoothly, is built of solid metal, and has very little chromatic aberration. I even tested it on a telephoto zoom lens for fun, just to see if I could detect any significant chromatic problems that would be hard to spot on a normal length lens, but none could be seen before the image became too soft to be usable-- and in spite of claims people make about products like this being "zoom through" for camcorder use, it's not advisable to use anything like this for anything on either side of a "normal" focal length. Too wide and you'll see the edges creep into the frame (about 35mm full frame equivalent is where you can see black spots in the corners, and it gets worse from there) and any longer than 50mm equivalent you start to defeat the purpose of a wide angle adapter. (So any of the reviews mentioning black corners are already using a wider angle than can be achieved by putting this on a normal focal length lens-- not its intended use, and not a flaw with the product.) However, in spite of being actually fairly usable, I cannot recommend purchasing any product that misrepresents itself. Anything of this nature that advertises itself as "HD," "digital," or "professional," tries to mimic the appearance of Canon or Nikon optics by including a red or gold colored ring, or mentions autofocus is throwing up some HUGE red flags that it's intentionally deceptive. I had hoped it'd still work for my purposes, but it definitely will not.

I can hardly contain my excitement about the Altura Photo lens attachment! It's like wielding a magic wand that instantly broadens your photographic horizons. The attachment process is a breeze; it effortlessly screws onto the front of your lens, granting you access to breathtaking wide-angle photography. What's more, the detachable macro lens is a hidden gem for capturing intricate close-ups of tiny subjects. Essentially, it's like owning two remarkable lenses rolled into one. The compatibility of this attachment is jaw-dropping. It fits my Nikon AF-P DX NIKKOR lens like a glove and harmonizes flawlessly with various other 55MM lens models from different brands. Altura Photo has truly considered every angle. This attachment has revolutionized my photography. Be it landscapes, architecture, or intimate encounters with nature, the results are nothing short of spectacular. The widened perspective injects a whole new dimension into my shots, making them utterly captivating. I'm particularly grateful for Altura Photo's meticulous attention to compatibility details. Their guide on verifying your camera's lens thread size was incredibly insightful and saved me from ordering the wrong attachment. What's more, Altura Photo stands firmly behind this product, offering a 90-Day Satisfaction Guarantee, which speaks volumes about their confidence in its quality. In closing, if you're aiming to elevate your photography game, don't miss out on this lens attachment. It's a fantastic investment that will unleash a world of creative possibilities. Trust me; you won't be disappointed!

Excellent rapport qualité prix

Exacto de lo que voy buscando..Perfecto para la fotografia.Estoy contento

Both the macro portion and the wide angle portion works as advertised The macro portion can be partnered with extension tubes to get really close focussing distance.

Obviamente es un lente económico, pero su relación costo/beneficio es muy buena. Realmente da fotos bastante decentes tanto en gran angular como en macro, si haces las configuraciones adecuadas en tu cámara y con tu lente nativa; es cosa de buscarle tanto al zoom como a la apertura e incluso a los efectos. Estoy contenta con esta lente.

La lente è di ottima fattura,