The Raynox DSR-650 Wide Angle lens is a great add-on for the Apple QuickTake 200, especially for QuickTime VR.
Here's a QuickTimeVR panorama of Axis
Design's Studio created with 16 low-res stills using
the Apple QuickTake 200 and the Raynox wide angle lens.
For more information on digital cameras, visit the Digital Camera Resource page.
Also see Andy Baird's detailed page for more information on the QT200: Apple QT200/Fuji DS-7 page
Here are some pictures
Normal
Wide angle
About the wide angle lens for the QT 200
I got the lens and adapter from Focus Camera
in NY (www.FocusCamera.com), just by searching for Raynox and DS-7 on the
web (after a HINT from Kaidan that Raynox might have a lens). The total
price with shipping was $91.90.
Unfortunately, you can't use the adapter bracket because it was designed
for the Fuji DS-7 camera and Apple has modified the front of the camera
(they made the little "flag" that has the Apple logo a little
shapelier). So, to get things to fit properly, you have to change the bracket.
Once you put the bracket on the camera you can see what you have to modify... I removed the bottom lip of the bracket that goes over the logo, and removed just enough of the upper lip to permit the bracket to fit properly. Still recommend using a rubber band to hold it in place.
It took all of 7 minutes to get a rough feel, and another 20 or so of fine
tuning. We've shot two QTVR panoramas with the new lens adapter. Will post
them soon.
The other must have recommendation for the QuickTake 200 (for PC
Card PowerBook users) is the PC Card adapter for the RAM cards. Makes
loading images from the camera take a few seconds, as opposed to
10 minutes. It's FujiFilm's SmartMedia PC Card adapter (PC-AD). Street price
is around $100 and saves you so much time.
The little memory card from the camera
mounts as a little hard disk on the desktop. Simply drag the images over
to your hard drive and that's it!