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Olympus 2x teleconverter - wanted please!

Started Feb 9, 2017 | Discussions
judoChop
judoChop Regular Member • Posts: 143
Olympus 2x teleconverter - wanted please!

Just putting this out there as a wish-list item.

Anyone heard any rumours of this in the works??

I'd love a weather sealed 2x Teleconverter. Presumably it would lose two stops of light, and soften the image a bit (and only work on the 40-150 / 300); but I still think there's a place in the market for this... as evidenced also by every other system having one.

It's not for the actual pro customer, but it is for the enthusiast who buys Pro lenses (as I am, and I suspect a good amount of Olympus' market).

I'd certainly rather have a sharper, weathersealed, faster focusing 300mm f5.6 by adding a 2xTC to the 40-150 f2.8 at the long end, over the slow focusing, soft, non-weather sealed, and f6.7 of the 75-300mm at the long end.
Less to carry in the pack too.

I have occasional use for 300mm and would be fine to limiting myself to shooting with more light with that setup above, as is the case with my current 75-300.

It wouldn't compete with the 300mm f4 either since that has obvious advantages and is for a different buyer; or can also be added for other situations. It gives Olympus something new to sell to enthusiast buyers.

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Sony a6000 Olympus E-M1 II Olympus 12-40mm F2.8 Pro Olympus 40-150mm F2.8 Pro Olympus 25mm F1.2 +11 more
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Giiba
Giiba Regular Member • Posts: 414
Re: Olympus 2x teleconverter - wanted please!

There are patents out there by Oly for a 1.7x and 2x so you and I can only hope.

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Olympus E-M1 Olympus 40-150mm F2.8 Pro Panasonic Leica DG Summilux 15mm F1.7 ASPH Olympus 8mm F1.8 Fisheye Pro Panasonic 8-18mm F2.8-4 +1 more
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