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Do any of your extension tubes mate with the Oly teleconverters?

Started Feb 23, 2021 | Questions thread
meow
meow Veteran Member • Posts: 5,751
Re: Do any of your extension tubes mate with the Oly teleconverters?

WileEC_ID wrote:

john isaacs wrote:

WileEC_ID wrote:

Thanks all for your help on this. You have provided the help I was hoping for. I will invest in a "sacrificial" set of extension tubes that I will shave down. As a card carrying DIYer I have plenty of tools that will allow me to approach this carefully.

Great help - thank you!

I did not shave my Pixco 16mm because the pictures I saw looked like they had lost the black damping and could throw reflections and impact contrast.

I have a set of Pixco and a set of Kenko. I use the Pixco 10mm and Kenko 10mm or Pixco 16mm on either the MC-14 or MC-20. This gives me either 20mm or 26mm extension.

If you really want 16mm extension, then shave away.

The reason Pixco works is because they have a deeper recess on the contacts ring that does not contact the mount-prevention tab on the TCs. I don't know of any other tubes that will work.

Interesting - I didn't read anyone mentioning that tab, so I made the assumption the issue was with the lens element that sticks out from the EC-14. My mistake.

Live and learn.

So thought I. Maybe it's both? Why else would the plastic need shaving?

My Pixcos set still hasn't left China. Last tracking note is from jan 27.

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