I'm shooting with the 20x lens on the Canon XL-2 and need to go much wider. A rental house close to me rents out a 3x 'super wide' lens and a .6 x wide angle converter. I don't think either of these is wide enough on their own, could I use them together? Any other options? (Does any body know the 35mm equivalents for these lenses?) Thanks
XL-2 Wide Angle
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The zoom range (20x, 3x) is useless for computing the 35mm equivalent. What you need is the focal length range (e.g. 4.5mm to 45mm for a typical 10x lens on a 1/3" CCD camera). Then you need the multiplier for 35 mm equivalence, which is a function of the sensor size vs. the size of a 35mm film plane. I believe the Canon is about 7x, so a 4.5mm lens would act like a 31.5 mm lens on a 35mm camera, but don't quote me on this, as I just pulled that 7x thing from long-term memory.