I’ve been a shutterbug for a few years now and currently own a Sony A350 with the 18-250mm lens. Yesterday, this clerk at a Hongkong ariport noticed my camera and offered me a wide conversion lense which magically broadens the view of any shot. According to him, it allows me to shot even wider angle pictures. Sounds useful  when I can not stand further back due to the location. He demonstrated with this horribly expensive lens in the shop that did appear to broaden the view.
“It’d look like you have an 11-220mm lens” he said. That whet my appetite and I plunked $100 for it.

Later I took additional shots of the city expecting panoramic magic.

Damn. When used for broadscapes, the additional view is not all that exciting. This certainly didn’t make my 18-200mm lens behave like 11-200mm. The additional view was marginal- and the edges were fuzzy.

Hence my quick review on Sony Wide Conversion Lens (VCL-DH0774):

The unit, made of steel is useful for a number of situations. It’s great when you want to shoot a table ful of people and can’t get too far back. But for cityscapes, there’s no added benefit. It’s also rather heavy. Once you install it, the centre of mass is shifted to the lens section. You need more wrist muscles to use this one.

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