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TCON-17 setting on the XZ-1

Started 9 months ago | Discussions thread
Brian Chichester
OP Brian Chichester Senior Member • Posts: 1,104
Re: TCON-17 setting on the XZ-1

Stephen,

I feel I should respond to you, since you have clearly spent a lot of time setting out your thoughts on IS, and I would not like you to think I am indifferent to your efforts.

The thing is though, in cases like the camera hack referred to in my original post, my approach is that of an empiricist. I will try the Ricoh TC out in various ways, and if I deem it good enough, it will go on my list of approved add-ons for the XZ-1: if not, it will go back in the parts drawer to await a future call-up.

I will not get fixated on the intricacies of exif or sensor shift amplitude because the TC is a non-OEM item, it's not guaranteed to work, and any successful outcome is a bonus. Also, as you know, the Achilles heel of add-on TCs is that they have to do better than a simple crop of the primary lens image, or they're just dead weight.

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