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Samples of iZoom and Oly 1.7x teleconverter on nx300, 50-200mm lens

Started Jan 20, 2014 | Photos thread
ttbek Veteran Member • Posts: 4,869
Re: Samples of iZoom and Oly 1.7x teleconverter on nx300, 50-200mm lens

Very interesting indeed. I'm going to play with the iZoom a little more now because I thought they were quite literally just cropping and that better results were coming from the fact that I could see a bit better if I was correctly focused, etc.. Now I guess I need to use the shot timer and a tripod and take a critical look. The Oly 1.7 seems to have pretty good resuts. I posted this somewhere else on here as well, but just for more reference I found this site good:

http://www.cs.mtu.edu/~shene/DigiCam/User-Guide/FZ-30/Converters/Lenses/Telephoto.html

And their comparison shots are here:

http://www.cs.mtu.edu/~shene/DigiCam/User-Guide/FZ-30/Converters/Tele-Test/Scene-1/Tele-Test-Infinity.html

and here:

http://www.cs.mtu.edu/~shene/DigiCam/User-Guide/FZ-30/Converters/Tele-Test/Scene-2/Tele-Test-Long.html

I think I'll probably be the one to take the plunge and see just how bad the Xit 4.7x one is, I'll post some pics with that if I do decide to get it.  I'm sure it will be bad, but just how bad is the question.  I do manage to shoot with a EF f/4-f/5.6 75-300mm handheld, but it's not easy, 400mm might be over the line for my handholding, but I would need to try it to know.

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