Shoot Tools — Schneider Optics Xtreme Fisheye

Interfaces with existing standard rod systems for reinforced support. Price: less than $3,000

While a wide-angle lens is always useful for interiors, very wide fisheye-style adapters can help create a unique look to a shoot. The Century division of Schneider Optics delivers the eye-popping Xtreme Fisheye to make sure your shot really gets noticed. Claimed as the broadest fisheye on the market, this new attachment offers an ultrawide field of view along with pronounced barrel distortion. Currently designed for use with MiniDV camcorders, including the Sony HVR-Z1U, the Xtreme Fisheye lock-mounts onto the front of the camcorder lens to provide an approximately 160-degree horizontal angle of view, making it ideal for action sports, music videos, or dramatic impact shots in tight environments where capturing the field of view is otherwise impossible.
Van Nuys, Calif. • (800) 228-1254 •
www.centuryoptics.com