Way Cool vs. Cookie vs. Royal Lenses

[entropothic 0]

Alright guys, I'm a newbie to the camera field. I just ordered a 2k FF2 helmet and i have a PC 109 to put in it... last thing i need is a lens but i need some advice. I was reading a little bit on the forums and talking to people but i was trying to get a feel for what you guys have liked and are using out there. I'm doing a little bit of everything... Eventually tandem videos... but right now freeflying and maybe a little belly video.

What is your recommendation between companies for a lens? and what magnification from that company? Which have single/double lenses?

[Miami 0]

Hopefully some more people will respond to your post...

I'm not very familiar with the lenses from cookie or royal, but I have a few lens from way cool. I'm pretty sure I have read somewhere that they are all basically the same, just different labels for the different companies selling them. I went with way cool because they were the only ones at the time selling a uv filter with their lenses, and with it being as much as it is I liked the idea of having some protection for my glass. Cookie is selling a uv filter for their lenses now also, but I have not seen those in person so I can't comment on them, but I do like the simplicity of the slip on uv filter for the way cool lenses. In all I'm happy with the lenses from way cool.

Try doing a search also, there should be some previous post about these lenses, and hopefully someone who has some experience with the other brands will respond also.

You're going to like how the 109 with a low pro lens is going to fit in your FF2...like a glove!

Miami

[Deuce 1]

I recommend Royal. I have a .2, a .3 and a .5. And the company is very reputable.

[packing_jarrett 0]

I just bought a PC7 can any lense fit on the camera or do I have to find a "PC7 lense"?

Na' Cho' Cheese

[dragon2 2]

You need to know what thread size you have (ie 30 mm, 37 mm), then find a lens for that. Failing that, find a bigger lens and the appropriate step-up ring.

A PC7 has a 37 mm thread size so takes a 37 mm lens.

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Saskia

[Chapsta 0]

I believe the 109 is a 25mm thread...

Chaps

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[PhreeZone 20]

The 109 is a 30 mm lens. It was'nt till the HC series that Sony intoduced the 25 mm I think.

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[colossus 0]

The PC 109 is a 25mm lense. I have one, and that is the step up ring that I use (25mm to 30mm)

[riggerrob 643]

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I recommend Royal. I have a .2, a .3 and a .5. And the company is very reputable.

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Yes.
I use royal 0.3 and 0.2 lenses for Handy-Mount. Minimal distortion and tiny profile.

Furthermore, royal was the only company (believe me, I searched long and hard) that could supply an adapter ring (37mm to 25mm) to install an older Kenko lens on my HC40.

[skysurfcam 0]

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Furthermore, royal was the only company (believe me, I searched long and hard) that could supply an adapter ring (37mm to 25mm) to install an older Kenko lens on my HC40.

Can't have searched too hard.

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I used all three brands. The glass is the same. The difference comes down to the price, which is pretty much par (about U$D150 each), and if/how you can mount a filter.

Cookie's new design of filter kit won it for me. The filter is "off the shelf", low profile and simple.

YMMV

C.

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[Squeak 17]

As Skysurf Cam stated the glass is the same, it's the construction that differs, Cookies lenes are robust IMO, and there service from those guys is GREAT

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