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Incredible lens

Started Jun 20, 2018 | User reviews thread
Gregm61 Forum Pro • Posts: 15,899
Re: Incredible lens

Richandhiscat wrote:

Just got this myself for the G9/G80.

No problems at all with these cameras, excellent sharpness at F2.8 (which is why I bought it)….however, with the TC14 it does seem a bit soft at F4, but fine at 5.6. Anyone else notice this?

Is there a teleconverter of any brand that does not have at least some affect on image quality in real-world use, no matter what's advertized? If there is I haven't heard or read of it.

The TC14 is about as good as it gets for a teleconverter. One of few reviews I have read where someone has tried to quantify the affect is here..

https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2471903,00.asp

and another which does show some images with softening in the corners at f4, which I am not surprised at all..

https://tysonrobichaudphotography.wordpress.com/2015/02/20/olympus-m-zuiko-mc14-1-4x-teleconverter-review/

The alternative is to not use the MC14 with the 40-150/2.8 and crop, or just go whole-hog and buy the 300mm f4 to get the 2x coverage compared to the 150mm end of the 40-150 at "slightly" more mass in the bag, LOL...and use the MC14 on the 300 instead to really get "out there" at 420mm.

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