Are cheap wide angle lenses on ebay good quality?

[3amigosproductions]

http://cgi.ebay.com/WIDE-ANGLE-LENS-43mm-FOR-Canon-Camcorder-HV20-Digital_W0QQitemZ120313096130QQcmdZViewItem?hash=i tem120313096130&_trkparms=72%3A1205%7C39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C 240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

they are cheap, but the question is, how long do they last, and do they go like wide? i dont know tat much about wide angle lenses

[KMProductions]

I'd go ahead and get it. It's just $30 bucks.

[ciwi286]

I got almost the same one but it was x0.45 . I have nothing to compare it to but it has really helped my out shooting in places where I didn't have enough space. One thing I will say is that it appears to magically attract dust making it really easy to get flare type artifacts on in your footage.

[3amigosproductions]

I got almost the same one but it was x0.45 . I have nothing to compare it to but it has really helped my out shooting in places where I didn't have enough space. One thing I will say is that it appears to magically attract dust making it really easy to get flare type artifacts on in your footage.

what can i do about it?

[PadawanGeek]

Spend some money on a nice wide angle lens, like a Raynox 6600 (i have this one, $150). You will not regret it.

The cheap w/a lenses have some artifacts sometimes (lower quality glass) and you will get more distortion with a cheap one than with a nice one.