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Esplanade77
Member

Hi!

Here's my question : I bought myself a wide angle lens to put on my camcorder (Panasonic PV-GS300).
When I shoot with my wide angle I always capture 2 corners black from the wide angle lens...

Ok, it's not fully in the middle of the screen, but the only way I get rid of it is by scaling my clips with Premiere to 110% to kinda erase the black round corner or make it outside the screen...

How do I deal with that if I want a clear wide angle shot with no black round corner due to the lens itself appearing on the corners of my clips ?

Thank you very much for any input!

Jean

Posted 5 years ago #
Lifepartner
Member

I have a wide angle lens too and i also experience those, but i do not think we can do anything about them.

Posted 5 years ago #
compusolver
Member

Yeah, that's typical. You just have to zoom out a tiny bit to eliminate the dark corners.

Posted 5 years ago #
faqvideo
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You may be getting "corners" from your the hood, so take it off or zoom in a bit.

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Posted 5 years ago #
compusolver
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No, the corners are not typically caused by the hood which has corners that extend further out than its sides, which would put them out of the lens range. These corners have to do with the focal length of the lens relative to the size of the CCD frame. A bit of zoom will correct, if needed. You can find the same thing on some telephoto lenses.

Posted 5 years ago #
Andrew Burke
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Using the internal stabilization ("SteadyShot", "O.I.S", etc.) can also cause funny stuff. I get "Wobbly Corners" when using a wide angle with optical or digital stabilization.

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Posted 5 years ago #