lindmike

Has anyone who uses a Canon G series camera had any experience with adding a lens to the camera? And if so, what results were produced?

bobmcculloch Loc: NYC, NY

I used the adapter on a G7 to add a lens shade and filters, not a lens, worked well but I stopped using it as it blocked the viewfinder about 40%, I use the viewfinder most of the time, Bob.

lindmike

Thanks, Bob. That's what I thought. By adding an adapter to accept a lens would somehow reduce visibility.

bobmcculloch Loc: NYC, NY

Funny, I just tossed the adapter as it would not fit my G15, tiny bit different in size.

bobmcculloch Loc: NYC, NY

It also made the camera quite a bit bigger, less pocket-able.

amfoto1 Loc: San Jose, Calif. USA

There are wide angle and telephoto auxiliary lenses available from Canon and others. The Canon are quite high quality. I haven't used the others.

And, yes, to attach those you'll need at least one adapter (that replaces the trim ring around the lens on your camera... there's a button beside it that unlatches whichever is installed). Whenever I've used auxiliary lenses, I bought extra adapters to be able to have each all set up and ready to use.

Exactly which auxiliary lens(es) you can use depends upon the size of the adapter... which differs depending upon the model of Powershot. Some of the adapters provide 52mm threads and others 58mm. Most likely a G series camera would use and adapter with 58mm thread. Using the same adapter you also can fit a 500D or 250D close-up lens (in the same diameter) for higher magnification macro shots than the camera can do on it's own. Those close-up diopters screw-in to the adapter, same as filters, which also can be used.

The wide angle auxiliary lenses are quite large diameter and will partially obstruct the optical viewfinder and built-in flash of the camera. The optical viewfinder also doesn't correct for parallax shift that occurs when using a close-up lens. But Live View display on the rear LCD screen continues to work just fine in either case.

Lens hoods also will partly obstruct the viewfinder... but there are special types of hoods made for viewfinder/rangefinder cameras, that have "vents" cut into them to allow better viewing. I don't know what Canon makes for your particular camera, but here's an example of a generic 58mm vented lens hood that might work: http://www.amazon.com/Fotasy-LT58-Vented-Metal-Voigtlander/dp/B005EO56K6/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&qid=1455821404&sr=8-10

cambriaman Loc: Central CA Coast

Back in the day when I was using the G-series, I used the Canon telephoto auxiliary lenses and found them very good quality and easy to use. When I upgraded out of the G-series I was able to sell my G3 and the lenses on e-bay for a decent recovery of my original cost.(That was in my pre-UHH days). I had my G7 converted to IR and have made some very nice IR captures with it.

lindmike

Thanks for the info, Bob. What kind of IQ have you experienced with the use of the adapters and auxiliary lenses?

lindmike

amfoto1, Thank you so much for the info. I appreciate all the details in adding an adapter to accept a lens. The link is very helpful also.
Thanks again.

bobmcculloch Loc: NYC, NY

I don't think I've used a supplementary lens since ...1965/7, not since I bought my first SLR, a Miranda, my memory is more of inconvenience than actual results of using supplementary lenses, can't help you there, did consider them for the G but when I saw what the adapter did without anything else attached I decided it would be unusable for me, Bob.