Comments on: Flip UltraHD Wide Angle Mod Complete

By: Ed

Ed — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 23:19:10 +0000

I will look tonight to see the exact ring mm I used. You can tell if your lens will work good just bt holding it up to the Flip when you get it.

Update later tonight…

By: andy

andy — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 23:15:46 +0000

Love this mod that you’ve done – have friends that have a flipHD and looking to get mine in next few days!

Two questions:

a)What exact ‘mm’ wide angle lens have you used in this mod?

b) I have a Raynox.66mm wide angle lens do you think that would be sufficent

Thanks all the way from England.

By: John

John — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:43:51 +0000

Hey, i have the underwater housing for the fli. im worried that if i put a step up ring on the camera, it may not fit in the case. i was wondering if you could tell me what kind of step up ring that is, and the height of it? i think you know what im saying.

thanks!

By: Ed

Ed — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 23:52:47 +0000

The lens are the same. I am pretty sure. Look on YouTube. i think the first video I say was on a non-HD Flip.

By: Max

Max — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 06:13:00 +0000

What do you think about mounting this to a regular flip?

By: Ed

Ed — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 22:04:31 +0000

I would love to see a mod like this on the Zi8. Please keep me posted. At $25 bucks I just have have to pick up another one for save keeping. The lens really is fantastic on these point and shoot HD cams.

By: mitchell

mitchell — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 17:59:41 +0000

I plan to implement the same hack to a Kodak Zi8 that will arrive just after the holidays.

I wasn’t lucky enough to have a Nikon Wide Converter for Coolpix 950/990 WC-E63 sitting around, so I looked on eBay and found one for $25. I then picked up the same $6 converter, so I should be good in that department.

Because I’ll be doing interviews, I thought the mic input, DC electric input and 720/60 would work to my advantage. Hopefully, I have similar enhancements over the standard video from the camera!

By: Ed

Ed — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 05:26:48 +0000

Sarah, look at my link at the top to my Vimeo page. All those recent vids were taken with the wide angle on. I never shoot with out it now. No issue with black borders at all for me. Works better than the factory lens by far.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 01:26:37 +0000

Have you posted before and after shots? And if so, would you send me the link? Do your les pick up black corners in your shots when you are not zoomed out?

I want to attach my 73mm wide angle lens to my Flip, but am unsure of what size of a step ring to get as an adapter. My lens is 73mm, and most mod sites use a 30.5mm to 73mm step up ring.

I’m concerned about vignetting, and even considered ordering a 33mm to 73mm ring so that my wide angle will sit further down on the Flip lens, and thereby having the two lenses closer together- Do you think that would work?

By: Ed

Ed — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:37:28 +0000

It certainly changes the balance but it is so light already it is not like I am carrying around a brick by any means. Plus the Flip has a standard tripod mount on it so putting it on a Gorilla tripod or a normal full one is easy to do. But then again I can’t fit it in my pocket any more with the lens on it. Comes on and off easy enough.

They have an underwater case for the Flip. It is $35 on Amazon. I would love to see some footage from your dives from a Flip. Tell Santa to bring you one.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002OT4NN0/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_1?pf_rd_p=486539851&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B0012YSSRK&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=1BBE26PX3M02YRRTH1A5