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Question

JVC GZ-HD7U lens adapter?! HELP

Apr 23, 2014 4:06PM PDT

Hey there folks,

My mate has had this GZ-HD7U for sometime, We always wanted one but we never got around to getting a fisheye/wide angle lens for it.
So we've now decided to buy one, but have came across a problem with attaching one. Normally from my experience when you put a fisheye on a video camera; it would just twist on via thread.

With this camera it has a sort of "tri-clip" and at the moment it's just supporting a lens hood.
I've searched the internet multiple of times and have found nothing related to this problem.

TLDR; What I was wondering is, what is needed to attached a fisheye lens to this camera? Do I need an adapter to step up ring, or are there special lens for this camera? Please help.

Thanks in advance.

Here are a few images of the camera, and red circles around what I've called a "tri-clip" -
http://s21.postimg.org/552boqrs3/IMAG0573.jpg

http://s21.postimg.org/xkhp21h5v/IMAG0580.jpg

http://s21.postimg.org/x908pa0pv/IMAG0582.jpg

http://s21.postimg.org/lxxl0wtur/IMAG0583.jpg

http://s21.postimg.org/v1w01cvfn/IMAG0587.jpg

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Answer
According to the manual
Apr 24, 2014 1:07AM PDT
http://resources.jvc.com/Resources/00/00/89/LYT1734-001A.pdf
the JVC GZ-HD7 has a 46mm lens filter diameter. Page 80. It has threads for mounting an add-on lens. Doing a search for "46mm fisheye" found some add-on lenses - but they are fairly expensive. Since 46mm lens diameter lenses or filters are not very common, a step up to something more common is possible.

Here's a 46mm-52mm step up
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/387499-REG/Cokin_CR4652_46_52mm_Step_Up_Ring_Lens.html
and a low end 52mm fisheye
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/699870-REG/Bower_VLB1658_VLB1658_0_16x_Ultra_Wide_Fisheye.html

Or you can step down
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/98893-http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/809670-REG/Sensei_sdr4637_46_37mm_Step_Down_Ring.html
and a low-end fisheye...
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/699858-REG/Bower_VLB1637_0_16x_Ultra_Wide_Fisheye_Lens.html

Don't worry about the lens hood mounts you showed us - use the threads - they are visible in the following pics you posted
http://postimg.org/image/lxxl0wtur/ (near the thumb)
http://postimg.org/image/xkhp21h5v/ (at about the 1 o'clock position, reflecting)

Personally, I would suggest shooting the video with no add-on lens and using a fisheye filter in a decent video editor... Final Cut Pro X, Adobe Premiere and Sony Vegas are there usual suspects.
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Close up shots
Apr 24, 2014 9:58AM PDT

Thanks for your reply.
I'm needing to use the lens on the camera, because I'll be using it for skateboarding and it's easier to get a close up shot whilst still keeping the skater in frame. As you can see is this video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2QPbtpvJiQ

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Looks promising
Apr 24, 2014 10:02AM PDT

Oh right, sorry I just read your full post. I thought for some reason you copied my posted then replied down the bottom haha, I blame my tiredness, this was the first thing I done this morning; reply to you.
I'll have a look at that thread when i get the camera back, that looks promising, thank you so much Happy
I have no idea why I couldn't see that before. Also the camera specialist in my town didn't spot it either haha