Hello, I recently bought the Elura 100 and I want to buy some lenses, filters and a tripod for it.

I did some research on tripods and I chose the Velbon Videomate 607 Link

I also chose a Canon Telephoto Lens Link

a filter kit from Canon Link

and another filter kit from Hoya Link

I originally chose a Wide Angle Lens, the Raynox DVR-5002 (0.5x) Link, but I'm not sure if it is a good one and if it is not too much of a wide angle for the already wide fov of the Elura 100, could any of you give me some advice on this? my other choice is the Canon WD-H27 (0.7x) Link

and any advice you could give me on the other accesories if their worth it.. Thanks in Advance

Miguel Carrera

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Videomate 607 is a good tripod, I have one and I like it, but I'd prefer something more sturdy. Some people reported that Velbon fluid head bought separately works well with cheap tripods like Sunpak.

If you really need a telephoto converter then way to go, I don't think I need it, the camera has already usable 20x zoom and I don't shoot football from the farthest seat.

You don't need to buy stuff from Canon, especially filters. $50 for two filters is not especially cheap, but I suppose that the quality is good. I was too cheap to buy 27mm Canon filters and chose to switch to 37mm filters and lens converters. I suppose ND.8 is a 3-stop filter, will work fine in bright daylight, but will be useless in the evening. On another hand, you will not notice huge difference in DOF between say f/5.6 and f/4 on this camera, so having one powerful filter just for broad daylight may be indeed a smart decision.

Hoya filters are good, but you already are getting an UV filter in your Canon set, and warming filter is useless for digital cameras, which can white-balance. So you are paying $50 for a polarizer... too expensive for me

I have a Kodak Retinar 37mm wide-angle converter, it works fine, but does not focus when zoomed all way in. This is ok for wide-angle converters, but I've heard that proprietary converters provide sharp image in full zoom range, in particular I've heard this about Sony cameras with Sony converters. But since I bought the converter to widen my image I am not going to zoom in.

This is my Elura 100 with Kodak Retinar wide-angle conveter:



You can accessorize indefinetely I've heard a good piece of advice: if you buy accessories that you use constantly, then you need to think about upgrading to a camera that has better support for these features or has these features built-in already, like ND filters or accessory shoes or XLR support or replaceable lenses, etc.

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Michael, Canon Elura User Pages

I have a Tiffen Super Wide adapter (0.5X). It functions perfectly, and the extra wide range is very helpful. It fits my Elura with a 27-37mm adapter.

Chuck

Thank you all for your fast and useful responses!.. I switched from the hoya filter kit to a single hoya polarizer and I guess I really don't need that telephoto, I just read somewhere I can't remember that using the normal lens on your camera was unprofessional and that you needed either a wide angle or a telephoto... but I guess normal zoom is OK, and I think I'll stick with the raynox lens since the canon one is more expensive and it's not as wide as the raynox... I'll keep you uptaded once I recieve them!

Thanks!


Miguel

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The 607 has a nice head, but I recommend buying a Velbon DV-7000 instead, which has far superior legs and is stable enough for MUCH larger cameras than the 607, and thus will be useful into the future as you buy new cameras. It's only a tad bit more expensive, and well worth it.

One annoying aspect of the Elura 100 is the offset nylon tripod hole. This means most of the camera is hanging off the side of most tripod plates. Some velcro might be in order here.

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Thank you, Von Richter, I will spend the extra cash on a better tripod that will last more time and I guess it's not that much 100 from 60, plus I like that the DV-7000 is Black , anyways, I'm still saving money to buy all of the stuff for my Elura, I'm also going to buy some velcro to secure the camera on the tripod, Jockey, I also switched to 37mm lenses and I'm also saving a lot of money using them

Thanks!

I will reply when I recieve my stuff, after I save money and buy them, of course


Miguel

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Hello!, My equipment just arrived from B&H, I purchased the Velbon DV7000 Tripod, the Kenko SGW-043 Fisheye 0.43x 37mm, and the Audio Technica ATR-55, I also bought the Bescor VB-50 shoe adapter; first off, the Velbon DV 7000 Tripod is the most impressive tripod I've ever used, the legs are really strong and the head is very fluid, the weight is perfect, it's not really heavy but it's not light either, I really loved it, the Kenko Fisheye lens is excellent also, it was one of the cheapest fisheye lenses on B&H, and I really didnt like how it looked in the picture, but in real life it looks really nice, and it's a nice fisheye lens with a macro lens built in so you can zoom through it, all the way zoomed out you can see the edges of the lens but it looks okay; the Audio Technica ATR55 is also a very good microphone, in normal mode it eliminates almost all hiss and other sounds you don't want to pick up, the only problem I found is that the adapter it comes with doesnt fit the Bescor VB-50 bracket. Anyways thank you all for your help and when I finish this next project I'm working on, I'll buy all the filters I asked about before, thanks!

Miguel

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