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Sp-100 24-1200mm with Red Dot site built in.

Started Jan 29, 2014 | Discussions thread
phazelag
OP phazelag Veteran Member • Posts: 3,376
Re: Recommend a red dot sight for existing camera?

Hatstand wrote:

phazelag wrote:

Wow that good information as I plan to use mine at airshows too. I may pick one up. Did you need a 55 to 58 mm step up ring to put it on?

Yes, if you're using a genuine LA7 tube.

However, there is a splittable adapter tube you can buy on eBay, that has 58mm threads and therefore takes the TC-DC58A without needing a stepup ring.

That tube is handy because you can leave one half of it on the FZ200 as a bit of lens-barrel protection, it doesn't cause any vignetting at full wide angle.

Leave the other half on the teleconverter, and it's somewhat easier to add/remove in the field...

Hatstand,

I actually already have the splittable tube adapter on order.  Hoping it comes soon.  I just tested my Nikon 1.5 and the vignetting starts below 6x zoom on the display.  So I dont think it will be huge issue, but just in case, I am going to try the Canon.  Do you use a lens hood with your canon 1.5?

Thanks

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