I haven't used this particular one, but I had a 0.42x fish-eye converter for a Panasonic FZ5. That was really cool. As this one you are looking at is a Canon, the optical quality should be good, and hopefully well matched to your camera, but definitely try it out on your camera first if it's at all possible. I tried a lot when I bought mine, and many had bad CA problems. After trying many and not being happy, I eventually bought unseen off the net, and got very lucky with one that works really well. Not great optics, but a fun fish-eye effect. The FZ5 has a bayonet fitting, so the fish-eye was easy to put on/off.
But be warned...once you start getting PL/ND filters and wide-attachments, it's a one way street. You'll enjoy the flexibility they give you. You'll see how great the wide-angle is, and you'll be carrying a camera bag with all your P&S bits and pieces. Before too long you'll be enjoying your photography immensely, but you'll start noticing the short-comings of the attachments, and one day you'll wake up and realise that an SLR is just as easy to carry around as all the P&S gear you have. Yes, it's more expensive, but you'll be able to crop and edit without running into noise problems, and get a proper wide angle lens, and telephoto, and shallow DOF lenses, and filters, and a decent flash would be so very handy,....
"Hello camera shop, I'd like an SLR now please!"
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