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Any chance of a 2x Converter ?

Started Feb 3, 2015 | Discussions thread
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Andrew Ellis
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Any chance of a 2x Converter ?

Hi all. Just received my new Olympus 40-150 F2.8 Pro, and OMG, it's everything anyone ever said about it - it's so sharp I'm still bleeding.

I wanted to buy it with the combined MC-14 1.4x tele converter but at the time, no one in the UK had stock, so at the moment it's just the bare lens.

It got me thinking though, if the 1.4 converter is as good as they say, is there the possibility of Olympus adding a decent 2x converter (like they did for the 4/3 system) ? Assuming it didn't rob too much image quality, that would give us a brilliant 80-300 (160-600mm) f5.6 equivalent, which would be a fantastic walk about kit for birding and wildlife in general, and would allow me to retire my Panasonic 100-300 lens. Or would this stop people people buying the upcoming M.Zuiko 300mm F4 ?

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 Andrew Ellis's gear list:Andrew Ellis's gear list
Panasonic LX100 Nikon Z7 Olympus OM-D E-M1X Olympus E-M1 III Nikon Z6 II +22 more
Nikkor AF-S 300mm f/4E PF ED VR Olympus 40-150mm F2.8 Pro
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