To choose between Kenko's 60, 820 and 832

So Kenko sells four (atleast) teleconverters fitting CP880 (with > = 5x mang.) and I'm not sure which one to get.

The prices for each are (in Europe):

5x: Have not seen aywhere, i think
KDT60: 149€ ($137)
KDT820: 159€ ($146)
KUT832: 219€ ($201)

plus 16€ (15$) for delivery.

Now i've seen some pictures taken with each lens but no conclusions. For example 820 seems to vinget heavily but 832 not.

I read some articles here saying that focusing KDT60 is a heavy duty. What's the case with the rest?

Is the 70€ ($65) worth the money between kdt60 and kut832?

The competitors:
Crystalvue : Have not found anywhere
Eagle-eye: Too expensive

Ordering from USA yields an extra cost of 30-60% ($40 for delivery plus toll and taxes), atleast and hence costs possibly more than bought from Europe directly.

Tom Pylkkänen said:

5x: Have not seen aywhere, i think

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Forget this one as it vignets badly. Check my TC-E2 + Tiffen combo for some images and a comparison.

Tom Pylkkänen said:

KDT60: 149€ ($137)

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Small and a little warmer. Conclusion: not bad.

Tom Pylkkänen said:

KDT820: 159€ ($146)

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Have no experience with this one.

Tom Pylkkänen said:

KUT832: 219€ ($201)

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I believe this is a re-make of Kenko's 8x32 monoscope. Check http://www.ckcpower.com for some test shows. Steve's digicam page has a review of the original 8x32. Good. But not as good as CrystalVuew.

Tom Pylkkänen said:

The competitors:
Crystalvue : Have not found anywhere

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The CrystalVue is worth of your money. Check http://www.ckcpower.com and http://www.adorama.com I believe the latter has both Kenko 832 and CrystalVue. I have a page comparising the Kenko 6x and CrystalVue 8X. Take a look at the pages under Odd Stuffs of my 950/990/995 user guides at http://www.cs.mtu.edu/~shene/DigiCam

CK

Ching-Kuang Shene said:

Tom Pylkkänen said:

5x: Have not seen aywhere, i think

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Forget this one as it vignets badly.

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As was expected.

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Member said:

KDT60: 149€ ($137)

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Small and a little warmer. > Conclusion: not bad.

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Not bad i.e. not good?

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KDT820: 159€ ($146)

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Have no experience with this one.

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I saw some pictures at ckcpower's site

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KUT832: 219€ ($201)

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I believe this is a re-make of Kenko's 8x32 monoscope.

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Good. But not as good as
CrystalVuew.

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But as expensive if just found somewhere.

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The competitors:
Crystalvue : Have not found anywhere

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The CrystalVue is worth of your money. Check
http://www.ckcpower.com and http://www.adorama.com I believe the
latter has both Kenko 832 and CrystalVue. I have a page
comparising the Kenko 6x and CrystalVue 8X. Take a look at the
pages under Odd Stuffs of my 950/990/995 user guides at
http://www.cs.mtu.edu/~shene/DigiCam

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Been there and did not like the quality on edges with 6x. And 9xx-series is quite different from 8xx-series (my belief when been testin 990 and 880 side by side).

Ordering from outside EU is a difficult task because you cannot be certain what the customs duties will be (for some reason i used the word toll in earlier post which is for road and not customs)

Ching-Kuang Shene said:

The CrystalVue is worth of your money. Check
http://www.ckcpower.com and http://www.adorama.com I believe the
latter has both Kenko 832 and CrystalVue. I have a page
comparising the Kenko 6x and CrystalVue 8X. Take a look at the
pages under Odd Stuffs of my 950/990/995 user guides at
http://www.cs.mtu.edu/~shene/DigiCam

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Okay. Did some severe calculations and came up with a sum of $204 to get the Crystalvue to Finland. Still have to figure out whether i can get rid of the US -taxes. If so, i could get the total cost down to $171 (if tax is 17%)

Is Adorama thrustworthy? And is it the lowest cost within thrustworthy companies? Ofcourse, is it even cheaper to buy from Asia?

Tom Pylkkänen said:

Okay. Did some severe calculations and came up with a sum of $204
to get the Crystalvue to Finland. Still have to figure out whether
i can get rid of the US -taxes. If so, i could get the total cost
down to $171 (if tax is 17%)

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I don't think you need to pay US tax.

Tom Pylkkänen said:

Is Adorama thrustworthy? And is it the lowest cost within
thrustworthy companies? Ofcourse, is it even cheaper to buy from
Asia?

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Adorama is very reliable. But, make sure they are willing to ship to Finland.

CK

Ching-Kuang Shene said:

I don't think you need to pay US tax.

Adorama is very reliable. But, make sure they are willing to ship
to Finland.

CK

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Thanks for info. Their website does offer a possibility to ship to Finland so there ought to be no problem.

Have to take a better view whether anybody else is selling Crystal and Metz for a lower total cost. Have to be honest, i thougth our customs tax the products more heavily than they do. Now the percentance is only 6,7% (plus 22% VAT/ALV/'whatever' ) when on highest (in hundreds) it can be what ever (in case like crystal when you cannot buy it from EU).