Sanyo Xacti 1010 Wide Angle / Fisheye Field of View Comparison

Sanyo Xacti HD1010
default lens is 6.3mm to 63mm
according to the spec sheet, 35mm camera conversion is 49.7mm to 497mm for camcorder mode.. (and 38~380mm for camera mode)
so technically.. that would give it a 39.82° of fov and my tape measure + wall method got close enough @ 41°

when looking straight ahead, human binocular fov is around 50°(give or take 10°) so the 0.5x wide angle comes close to giving that value..
and when the eyes scan the scene the binocular fov becomes around 140° so the 0.3x fisheye lens is able to cover that.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Xacti
• HD1010
• HD
• 1000
• 1010
• 2000
• HD1000
• HD2000
• wide
• angle
• fish
• eye
• fisheye

[MsBuBBLesvA]

i'm confused. is there a "fisheye" on the Xacti or is it a separate lens adapter?

what's the brand name and where can i buy one?

[forkmeupscotty]

@MsBuBBLesvA There's no "fisheye" on the Xacti. You buy it separately.

If you want what I have, you buy a 0.3x Fisheye lens made by "opteka" with 37mm thread from amazon/ebay/bhphotovideo, and buy a 40.5 to 37mm step down ring.

There are better alternatives, but I chose opteka brand just because it's cheap ($100)

[REDBULLISNOBULLSHIT]

how much does it cost ??

[forkmeupscotty]

@REDBULLISNOBULLSHIT about 100USD

[Chrissco12345]

Please reply!right,I have a sanyo xatci vpc-cg10,I'm trying to mod it so I can get a fisheye for it,what size lens did you get?I'm thinking of buying the optika 37mm and like you say get the 40.5 to 37mm step down thing,is this ok?

[forkmeupscotty]

@KevinDunbarf

40.5mm is the thread size on the sanyo xacti hd1010.

the 49mm may have been the lense size, not the thread size.

[KevinDunbarf]

what size are the threads on the sanyo xacti hd1010 cause on a website it says 49 and here it says 40.5? thanks

[heatbmx]

hey man i have the Sanyo xacti hd1010 camcorder and im looking for a new fisheye lens. I notice Sanyo makes there own 0.4x fisheye lens but the one you have in this vid looks great! And i notice yours is 0.3x....Im wonderin if the opteka baby death lens will work with my hd1010 ? You also say there is an adapter that is needed? do you mind sending me a link to where i could buy both of these items....thanx

[forkmeupscotty]

@alfaalex101

lens won't matter for your application.

i just use these lense to get wider field of view....

if you google "xacti 3d" there should be a vimeo link of what you're trying to achieve.

oh and i guess to actually contribute to your question, that 0.3x fish eye gives me the sense of watching-thru-my-eye sort of perspective (minus the 3d effect since i dont own the extra equipment to actually do it.). the only downside is the distortion around the edges.. (which is kinda cool imo.. )

[alfaalex101]

A helpful video indeed. I want to get two cameras then merge the footage together to simulate how we see things. What lens should I get?

Many thanks

[forkmeupscotty]

no problem.

i personally chose 37mm because many camcorders in my price range were using that lens size.. sony, canon, etc, which means once i have the step down ring, i can use whatever they're using as sanyo is not the most popular camcorder.

[krazikrizteenah]

once again, thank you so much

and i promise is my last question

when im on ebay the lens are all the same yet they have different mm's

what works best with my sanyo? a 37mm fisheye?

[forkmeupscotty]

ya.

i bought the ring from different seller since the store that sold me the fisheye didn't carry them for some reason.

the shouldn't cost you more than 5 bucks.

i use the 0.5x wide angle majority of the time since the default lens has very limited viewing angle.. and it also uses the converter ring, so i just keep the ring on all the time and swap between fisheye and wide angle.

[krazikrizteenah]

wow you just saved me so much trouble

ive been tryin to get help everywhere

one more thing: did you have to pay for the converter ring seperately?

thanks again :)

[forkmeupscotty]

Brand is "opteka" and it cost me around $100.

i had to use 40.5mm to 37mm step down ring/converter.

if you can spare extra cash, though, go for 'century' brand. they're around $300 and is a lot better in quality.

[krazikrizteenah]

your video helped me alot

what brand and how much was your fisheye lens?

[Pepino2012]

Thx

[FrostfoxFilms]

I like the fisheye lens. Thanks for making and posting the video!