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G1X optical teleconverter 1.8x - first impressions -

Started Sep 27, 2012 | Discussions thread
PowerG9atBlackForest
PowerG9atBlackForest Junior Member • Posts: 39
Re: G1X optical teleconverter 1.8x - first impressions -

LarsPolarBear wrote:

.. However, I was surprised to see that the performance of the G1X at full optical zoom (112mm) together with the converter (202mm) is substantially better than my old G9 at 210mm. Either the G1X lens is REALLY good or the converter is not as bad as I thought, having read so many negative reports regarding converters in general...

This is a G9-with-Canon-2xConverter shot that I took of an object about 400 yards away: Original photo (f=420mm) and the 2x? 3x? crop (f=840/1260?), only very, very moderately sharpened.

How would you rate the quality?

Regards, Hermann

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