Gus Stangeland
Senior Member
As a result of trying to cover all bases and get the parts I need before my trip, I ended up with 3 different ways to connect Tiffen lenses to my Canon G2. So I took some shots to compare vignetting, if any.
Just to confuse things a little, I also took one shot with a Tiffen 0.5x wide angle lens that I had on hand for another camera. So the first comparison is just 0.5x with full wide angle, then native wide angle, then native max zoom, then 2.0x telephoto with max zoom. These are in the first row of:
http://www.pbase.com/fotoman/lens
In the 2nd row, I compared the 3 different ways of connecting the Tiffen 2.0x telephoto lens to the Canon G2. The first photo on the left is with the 2.0x in place with full wide angle. Of course, you would not do that, but it's here, just for fun. Then the next 3 shots are the 3 different hook-ups. First, the Lensmate with the narrow, special Tiffen 49/43 ring, then the Lensmate with a generic Bower 49/43 ring, then the Tiffen adapter, which does not require any ring.
All three, to me, show a very small amount of vignetting, really nothing that would bother me. But the best configuration (least vignetting) is the Tiffen adapter, because it is slightly shorter. So I am planning to use the Tiffen adapter for all my 6x shots. I will use the Lensmate with a U/V filter for normal shots.
The Longhorns were so cooperative (they came right to me) that I had to take a few shots of them too. No science here, just fun.
Just to confuse things a little, I also took one shot with a Tiffen 0.5x wide angle lens that I had on hand for another camera. So the first comparison is just 0.5x with full wide angle, then native wide angle, then native max zoom, then 2.0x telephoto with max zoom. These are in the first row of:
http://www.pbase.com/fotoman/lens
In the 2nd row, I compared the 3 different ways of connecting the Tiffen 2.0x telephoto lens to the Canon G2. The first photo on the left is with the 2.0x in place with full wide angle. Of course, you would not do that, but it's here, just for fun. Then the next 3 shots are the 3 different hook-ups. First, the Lensmate with the narrow, special Tiffen 49/43 ring, then the Lensmate with a generic Bower 49/43 ring, then the Tiffen adapter, which does not require any ring.
All three, to me, show a very small amount of vignetting, really nothing that would bother me. But the best configuration (least vignetting) is the Tiffen adapter, because it is slightly shorter. So I am planning to use the Tiffen adapter for all my 6x shots. I will use the Lensmate with a U/V filter for normal shots.
The Longhorns were so cooperative (they came right to me) that I had to take a few shots of them too. No science here, just fun.