Canon S1 IS LensMate Accessories

The LensMate Powershot S1 IS 52mm lens adapter is the latest addition to our line of lens adapters for Canon digital cameras. Like all our lens adapters, the S1 IS adapter is machined from 6061 aluminum. It's then bead-blasted and anodized silver to complement the finish of the Powershot S1 IS.

In addition to allowing the use of filters and conversion lenses, the adapter protects the delicate zoom mechanism and lens from the inevitable bonks of everyday usage, as well as allowing the camera to be left on with a lens cap in place. It also allows the use of a conventional clip-in lens cap, which stays in place until removed.

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Having a metal thread, it will never strip or cross thread like plastic adapters can. You'll also find that the adapter provides a place for your left hand - especially handy when using the viewfinder. Both hands on the camera and the viewfinder to your eye provides the most stable platform for avoiding camera shake.

Those who like the full time protection a lens adapter provides will be glad to know there are no blocking issues common to similar cameras. Because the S1 IS has an electronic viewfinder, the adapter is never visible in the viewfinder - and there's no flash shadow at any focal length either with the built in pop-up flash.

Some may find the 38mm wide end of the S1 IS limiting, but with the quick-change bayonet mount, adding or changing lenses is a snap. In addition to the Canon conversion lenses - wide converter WC-DC52A .7X and teleconverter TC-DC52B 1.6X, several non-Canon wide converters can be used with the S1 IS. The Tiffen .75x, Raynox DCR-720, and the Raynox 6600 .66X with custom spacer. Unfortunately, neither the Kenko 2X nor the Tiffen 2X are compatible with the S1. They both become extremely soft/hazy well before full zoom is reached.

Click here to go to our Canon S1 IS order page.