SZ-30MR and a Recycled Tele-Converter

[Henry Falkner]

After my initial success with attaching my 15-year-old 1.7x tele-converter to the SZ-30MR, I decided to improve the fitting of my, also recycled, CLA-4 adaptor. The main material are laminating sleeves. They were put through the heated rollers of a laminator, without any prints inside them. The laminated sheets were cut into strips and then wound around the CLA-4 adaptor. The width of the strips is slightly wider than the lens extends on the SZ-30MR.

I have laminated pictures that show no deterioration after ten years, so the laminate is not a problem. But I built up the tube using cellu-tape to hold them together - and the glue on cellu-tape has been found to dry out. So I re-made the tube using drops of super-glue, with the cellu-tape intended as a temporary fastener. Instead of making the push-fit outer tube just one laminate thick, I used two for long-term reliability, and generally paid more attention to the precision of my construction.

The (new) picture shows the B-300 with its newly modified CLA-4 adaptor beside the SZ-30MR with the lens fully extended -



I made sure that the outer push-fit tube is tightly wound, so the weight of the B-300 does not pull the assembly off the lens flange on the SZ-30MR. Then I spent some money for a yard of black sticky vynil, and wound a strip of that round my modified lens adaptor -



Now this test object was chosen because it will show up chromatic aberration -



At the link you can see 1:1 magnification by clicking on 'original'.

http://www.pbase.com/hfalkner/image/145161089

CA is definitley there, but I tolerated worse on my SP-550UZ until a firmware update solved THAT problem.

There is also another moon shot -

http://www.pbase.com/hfalkner/image/145158692

PS I used my Stylus 9010 to take the shots of the SZ-30MR. It just so happens that the SZ-31MR iHS has a very simlar button layout on the back. The movie button has wider spacing with the view button, which makes me less accident-prone.

Henry

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Henry Falkner - SZ-30MR, SP-570UZ, Stylus 9010
http://www.pbase.com/hfalkner

 

[skeys]

Henry...
Amazing idea.
Amazing construction.
Amazing photos resulting from the construction.
Amazing that no one else commented, yet.
SK

 

[PaulM2]

Hi Henry,

If I knew you were interested in this kind of stuff, I would have pointed you to my pbase site at http://www.pbase.com/paulm2/homemadestuff

Way back, I cobbled up a adapter for my B-300 and B-28 lens to fit on my little OLY c-7000z. This cam also does not have any threaded nose elements, just a flange up near the camera body.

Not being industrious as you I used an old plastic flashlight body to fit to the camera body flange and the opposite end to fit a threaded adapter.

Mater of fact I made two of them, one for the telephoto and the other for the wide angle.

Still have them along with the Oly lenses and the c-7000z.

Now this little camera has become the one I grab when leaving the house as it seems to fit just about every occasion.

Good luck with your future endeavors.

Paul

 

[Henry Falkner]

Henry...
Amazing idea.
Amazing construction.
Amazing photos resulting from the construction.
Amazing that no one else commented, yet.
SK

Thank you.

I believe there is a bit of pre-occupation on this forum with other Olympus models.

It is nice to know some people have seen my post.

Henry

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Henry Falkner - SZ-30MR, SP-570UZ, Stylus 9010
http://www.pbase.com/hfalkner

 

[Henry Falkner]

Hi Henry,

If I knew you were interested in this kind of stuff, I would have pointed you to my pbase site at http://www.pbase.com/paulm2/homemadestuff

Way back, I cobbled up a adapter for my B-300 and B-28 lens to fit on my little OLY c-7000z. This cam also does not have any threaded nose elements, just a flange up near the camera body.

I will have to spend more time on your page. The C-750UZ did have a thread, hence the CLA-4 adaptor.

Not being industrious as you I used an old plastic flashlight body to fit to the camera body flange and the opposite end to fit a threaded adapter. I made two of them, one for the telephoto and the other for the wide angle.

Well done.

Good luck with your future endeavors.

I am hoping to get some bird shots soon.

Henry

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Henry Falkner - SZ-30MR, SP-570UZ, Stylus 9010
http://www.pbase.com/hfalkner