Now how to hook them up

Duct tape!

Will you be able to resist the temptation...?

On the other hand... I don´t think when you screwed it directly to the lens the motor could sound any worse than the motor of the FZ200 does anyway.

Whats the weight of the teleconverter? The only one thing you need is: step down ring: 62mm male -> nikon tc-e17ed thread size female. Couple of dollars on ebay. Be careful, it looks heavy. Some support will be the best way to securely mount it to FZ1000...

You figured out how to connect the lens cap - something others have struggled with! This should be just a little harder. As already mentioned, Duct tape might work, but then you have choices:

• Silver: Classic
• Black: Matching
• White: Canonesque
• Red: Add a dot to the camera front while you're at it

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400 mm zoom + 1.7x expensive converter = 680mm

Panasonic FZ70 =1200mm

What am I missing, here?







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Erik Ohlson said:

400 mm zoom + 1.7x expensive converter = 680mm

Panasonic FZ70 =1200mm

What am I missing, here?

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For me:

• 1" sensor with lower noise and better dynamic range.
• Usable burst mode.
• Remote control.

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kkardster said:

Erik Ohlson said:

400 mm zoom + 1.7x expensive converter = 680mm

Panasonic FZ70 =1200mm

What am I missing, here?

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For me:

• 1" sensor with lower noise and better dynamic range.
• Usable burst mode.
• Remote control.

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At the cost of inevitable IQ degradatio from extra glass and several more external surfaces for diret

I hope you realize that there is no dimension on a '1" sensor' which is even close to an inch, not even the diagonal.

I still don't "get it, but" that's OK .

Remote sounds good, but I still remember many years ago a 4x5 camera set up for remote on a birds nest: the bird sat on the camera to "do it's business".

Cheer, I'm out :-|



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Both toys are lying in my cupboard, but I will not screw them together again.

There are mounts like the one here, or similar stuff, so you might fix the E17ED *in front of* the FZ1000 without screwing.

You'd probably be better of using the Nikon with an FZ200 or FZ70.

Erik Ohlson said:

Paramose said:

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https://www.flickr.com/photos/26285389@N02/

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400 mm zoom + 1.7x expensive converter = 680mm

Panasonic FZ70 =1200mm

What am I missing, here?



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Can´t you see how much they demand for each other ?

Erik Ohlson said:

At the cost of inevitable IQ degradatio from extra glass and several more external surfaces for diret

I hope you realize that there is no dimension on a '1" sensor' which is even close to an inch, not even the diagonal.

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I do realize that it approximates the usable diagonal of a 1" TV Camera Tube, which is where it gets its classification. I don't care what they call it - it's still 4X larger, with all the benefits that brings to the table. The OP simply wants to take advantage of his extra glass - what's so wrong with that? He can likely get relatively close with his FZ1000 + T/C without the lack of features that hinders the FZ70.

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Erik Ohlson said:

Paramose said:

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400 mm zoom + 1.7x expensive converter = 680mm

Panasonic FZ70 =1200mm

What am I missing, here?

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You are correct; the results will not be very good. The Nikon unit is OK but well short of the performance of the FZ1000 itself. There are telephoto extenders that work properly, however. The following images illustrate the point. Sorry they were taken with a Sony DSC-RX10, the FZ1000's direct rival, but I haven't made up my mind about the FZ1000 yet so I don't have one to work with...


Garden scene. Sony DSC-RX10. 200mm equivalent at f5.6.


Garden scene. Sony DSC-RX10 plus Sony DCL-VEH17R, 1.7x extender. 340mm equivalent at f5.6.

The two images were taken on a tripod from precisely the same position so comparisons, including pixel-peeping, are valid. On an FZ1000 the same extender would produce 680mm at f4.0 with equally good performance in relation to the camera's own lens - this particular Sony extender does not degrade the performance of any lens I've used it with and no other extender even approaches it performance.

The rig looks like this...



Sony DSC-RX10 fitted with VCL-DEH17R, 1.7x telephoto extender on modified under-body adapter.

With careful buying on eBay and including the work involved in modifying the mounting adapter to suit the body of the FZ1000 it would cost £200 -£250, but where else can you buy 680mm at f4.0?

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I think you should be working on connecting them all together somehow

So far the best TC-solution for RX10/FZ1000 I have seen. The Sony VCL seems to be a better fit for these big lenses and your comparison shots clearly show not only magnification but accordingly improved detail as well. Contrast also looks unaffected by the addition of the glass. All in all the same magic as the Nikon TC provides for us on the cams with smaller lenses like FZ200.

I particularely like the bajonet-adapter. This will surely make you use it more often than if you had to screw the TC on and off.

Is this setup for tripod use only or can it be handheld ? -Looks rather massive! Whats the total weight of this combo?

Thanks for a great contribution!

kohinoor said:

So far the best TC-solution for RX10/FZ1000 I have seen. The Sony VCL seems to be a better fit for these big lenses and your comparison shots clearly show not only magnification but accordingly improved detail as well. Contrast also looks unaffected by the addition of the glass. All in all the same magic as the Nikon TC provides for us on the cams with smaller lenses like FZ200.

I particularely like the bajonet-adapter. This will surely make you use it more often than if you had to screw the TC on and off.

Is this setup for tripod use only or can it be handheld ? -Looks rather massive! Whats the total weight of this combo?

Thanks for a great contribution!

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Thank you for the kind words!

The combination can be hand held quite easily - the adapter under the camera is stiff and strong, so you support the weight on that with your left hand and it behaves like a smaller, altogether lighter version of a big DSLR with a hefty 300mm on the front - the combined weight of camera, adapter and extender is only 1.9Kg.

The original VAD-RA adapter should be a better fit on an FZ1000 than it is on the RX10 where you have to move the fixing screw that fastens it to the camera to a new drilled hole because the tripod screw hole on the bottom of the RX10 is in a stupid place - ion the sensor plane and not right in the middle of the base where it ought to be. The lens barrel of the FZ1000 is also fatter than that of the RX10, so the VAD-RA cradle fingers will hold it better - I'd really like to check this out if anyone who has an FZ1000 is near to me in rural Suffolk. - you'll be able to see what your camera looks line when stretched to 680mm @ f4.0.

I'm making a custom bottom plate for the adapter and robbing my VAD-RA of its bayonet assembly so that I can use both the WA and Telephoto adapters on my RX10 - the lens barrel of the RX10 extends more than the original R1's barrel did, so the standard adapter can only be modified to accommodate one of the extenders and the telephoto is the obvious first choice.

I will rig something up soon and i will a Picture

I will have something soon i hope

It works really nice just a piece of 3 inch ABS pipe machined out to fit the ring







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Welcome back, Erik!