Pro90 Teleconverter/Not B300

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Hi there,

I was wondering if any of you Pro90 users have heard of any other good teleconverters other than the B300. Once you start getting zoom, it's hard to turn back! Since the B300 it getting rare these days, I was wondering why any 58mm teleconverter of reasonable quality shouldn't do the trick. Of course, for some reason, the Canon TC-DC58 won't work (I've personally seen someone try it) The TCON 14-B sounds good too, but it is "only" 1.45x, and as long as I'm getting a teleconverter, might as well get some serious range! There is one 2x converter at this shopping site:

http://shop.store.yahoo.com/shopphotoking/2xtellen8.html

I have no idea if it is any good, and I'm not ready to be the guinea pig with something like this. It apparently is being sold as an accessory to the Oly C-700. There are others I've seen advertised as well, but I don't know.

Opinions, stories, gossip, hearsay, even borderline lies are welcome (well, try to keep some truth to it!)--Ken
 
Hi there,

I was wondering if any of you Pro90 users have heard of any other
good teleconverters other than the B300. Once you start getting
zoom, it's hard to turn back! Since the B300 it getting rare these
days, I was wondering why any 58mm teleconverter of reasonable
quality shouldn't do the trick. Of course, for some reason, the
Canon TC-DC58 won't work (I've personally seen someone try it) The
TCON 14-B sounds good too, but it is "only" 1.45x, and as long as
I'm getting a teleconverter, might as well get some serious range!
There is one 2x converter at this shopping site:

http://shop.store.yahoo.com/shopphotoking/2xtellen8.html

I have no idea if it is any good, and I'm not ready to be the
guinea pig with something like this. It apparently is being sold as
an accessory to the Oly C-700. There are others I've seen
advertised as well, but I don't know.

Opinions, stories, gossip, hearsay, even borderline lies are
welcome (well, try to keep some truth to it!)
--
Ken
I will be buying a 58 mm 2x teleconverter for my Sony DSC f707. I'm no professional, but there are several that I have found via search:
http://www.bwayphoto.com/product.asp?item=sk2x58

http://www.centuryoptics.com/products/video/digital/dig2xtele.html#Anchor%20images2x

Whichever I can get fastest and most cheaply I will get! If anyone else has a hint, please let me know!
 
Since the B-300 is so hard to find there is always plenty of discussion about alternatives in the Olympus forum too, I suppose you're keeping an eye over there? They might not know too much about finding good lenses for the Pro 90, but they use the B-300 on their 10x Uzi's. I managed to get a B-300 from Martin in Germany for $121, thanks to the nice folks over there in the Oly forum.

Here was a recent thread about different one:
http://www.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1008&page=1&message=1623445
Don't know if it will help you.
 

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