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kcdogger Veteran Member • Posts: 4,334
Olympus Stylus 1s with various TCs
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Today is not much better for shooting pictures, but I thought I'd try out the Stylus 1s with the various TCs that I have. All are hand held, full auto, SOOC.

1st one - No TC at 28mm

Next - No TC at 300mm

Ricoh 1.5X TC @ 450mm

Olympus TCON 17 @ 1.7X - @ 510MM

Olympus TCON 17 plus camera internal TC 2X activated @ 1020mm

(I see the EXIF data shows I didn't quite get to full extension here - my bad - but looks pretty good.)

Taken at the Dole Center for Politics, Lawrence, KS. It doesn't prove much except that the TCs work (loaded on front of camera lens and on the Olympus CLA 13 and with the TCON 17 setting on in the menu). They al look pretty sharp but are fiddly to set up - but they are available if the reach is needed and there is time to set up and good light. Lots of flexibility with this small camera. These shots, except the first one are all shot a max extension. Of course you can zoom less in each, if desired. Thanks to Brian, Elliott, and Bill for putting me on to this.

Note: The wide angle TC (Olympus .7 TC) did not work so good when used at minimum (28mm) extension. I did not think to extend it.

Just trying them out. Good, but fiddly.

Peace.

John

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Kerusker
Kerusker Senior Member • Posts: 1,446
Re: Olympus Stylus 1s with various TCs

Still interesting

If you like, you may have a look at

Stylus 1 + TC 1.5x at 450mm (equ) - imgs

https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/58186512

enjoy your Stylus 1 - it often is my hike companion.

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OP kcdogger Veteran Member • Posts: 4,334
Re: Olympus Stylus 1s with various TCs

kerusker - Thanks for the reply and your previous post.  Very interesting.  the Nikon 1.4 TC looks interesting, and without the hood seem lighter then the TCCON 17,  My only concern is the step up/step/down ring availability.  Where did ou find yours?  Looks good.

Peace.

John

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Michael Meissner
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Re: Olympus Stylus 1s with various TCs

kcdogger wrote:.

Note: The wide angle TC (Olympus .7 TC) did not work so good when used at minimum (28mm) extension. I did not think to extend it.

Just trying them out. Good, but fiddly.

Did you get the special wide angle adapter (CLA-13 if memory serves).  From what I've read, you probably need to only use it 28mm, giving you an equivalent 19.6mm focal length for a 0.7x lens, and an equivalent 22.4mm foal length for a 0.8x lens.

Unless you have to extended it only a short distance, I don't see the point of using the wide angle adapter, since it might be in the range of 28mm that you get without the adapters.

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Brian Chichester
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Re: Olympus Stylus 1s with various TCs

I have read that Olympus made a wide-angle adapter tube for the Stylus, the CLA-14. It is shorter than the CLA-13 and may only be used with the lens at minimum extension, and it would remove the vignetting seen in John's example. However, I have never seen one for sale (I would snap it up if I did).

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OP kcdogger Veteran Member • Posts: 4,334
Re: Olympus Stylus 1s with various TCs

Michael Meissner wrote:

kcdogger wrote:.

Note: The wide angle TC (Olympus .7 TC) did not work so good when used at minimum (28mm) extension. I did not think to extend it.

Just trying them out. Good, but fiddly.

Did you get the special wide angle adapter (CLA-13 if memory serves). From what I've read, you probably need to only use it 28mm, giving you an equivalent 19.6mm focal length for a 0.7x lens, and an equivalent 22.4mm foal length for a 0.8x lens.

Unless you have to extended it only a short distance, I don't see the point of using the wide angle adapter, since it might be in the range of 28mm that you get without the adapters.

Having seen it in action, I agree completely with your last paragraph

Peace.

John

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Re: Olympus Stylus 1s with various TCs

Brian Chichester wrote:

I have read that Olympus made a wide-angle adapter tube for the Stylus, the CLA-14. It is shorter than the CLA-13 and may only be used with the lens at minimum extension, and it would remove the vignetting seen in John's example. However, I have never seen one for sale (I would snap it up if I did).

I just checked Ebay USA and found none.  Severa, for Olympus OM, but none for the Stylus 1s/1.   I take it they are different.  The ones for the OM are much shorter.  I don't know if they'd work or not.  I think I may have one of those somewhere.  Not sure,  I've about decided to give up on wide angle.

Peace.

John

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Kerusker
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Re: Olympus Stylus 1s with various TCs

kcdogger wrote:

Brian Chichester wrote:

I have read that Olympus made a wide-angle adapter tube for the Stylus, the CLA-14. It is shorter than the CLA-13 and may only be used with the lens at minimum extension, and it would remove the vignetting seen in John's example. However, I have never seen one for sale (I would snap it up if I did).

I just checked Ebay USA and found none. Severa, for Olympus OM, but none for the Stylus 1s/1. I take it they are different. The ones for the OM are much shorter. I don't know if they'd work or not. I think I may have one of those somewhere. Not sure, I've about decided to give up on wide angle.

Peace.

John

The only one I found is over here:

https://www.foto-hebenstreit.shop/shop.next/catalog.asp?so=20301&filtermanu=Olympus

For 50 EUR + shipping. The CLA-14 is for the wide angle converter; it has an inner ring at the front side such that the lens can't hit the converter if the lens extends ( by accident).

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Re: Olympus Stylus 1s with various TCs

kcdogger wrote:

kerusker - Thanks for the reply and your previous post. Very interesting. the Nikon 1.4 TC looks interesting, and without the hood seem lighter then the TCCON 17, My only concern is the step up/step/down ring availability. Where did ou find yours? Looks good.

Peace.

John

John,

In 2017 I got a CLA-14 from Japan (~35$). I use it with the Nikon 1.4 TC instead of the CLA-13 (as seen on the img in the other post).

I don't remember how and where I got the step down ring to 55mm for the TC. But you could get a step down ring to 55mm which closely fits the TC and force or glue it to the TC.

If you want the combo very badly, I could sell it to you at a fair price (+ shipping from Germany).

Edit: I have removed the ring inside the CLA-14 which protects the lens from crashing on to the TC (because the lens slides inside the Nikon 1.4 TC). So caution if this CLA-14 is connected to a wide angle TC!

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Re: Olympus Stylus 1s with various TCs

Kerusker wrote:

kcdogger wrote:

kerusker - Thanks for the reply and your previous post. Very interesting. the Nikon 1.4 TC looks interesting, and without the hood seem lighter then the TCCON 17, My only concern is the step up/step/down ring availability. Where did ou find yours? Looks good.

Peace.

John

John,

In 2017 I got a CLA-14 from Japan (~35$). I use it with the Nikon 1.4 TC instead of the CLA-13 (as seen on the img in the other post).

I don't remember how and where I got the step down ring to 55mm for the TC. But you could get a step down ring to 55mm which closely fits the TC and force or glue it to the TC.

If you want the combo very badly, I could sell it to you at a fair price (+ shipping from Germany).

Edit: I have removed the ring inside the CLA-14 which protects the lens from crashing on to the TC (because the lens slides inside the Nikon 1.4 TC). So caution if this CLA-14 is connected to a wide angle TC!

Guys - Brian and Kerusker - thank you so much for your willingness to help and for your very informative posts. I found a Nikon 1.5 TC on Ebay and it is due next Monday. Did not find the CLA14. The $50 for the German one is a bit steep, considering I do have others, but I may have to go that route. Do you know if the CLA 13 will work - with appropriate stop up/stop down rings - on the Nikon TC? If so, I might try to get it going. If not, I'll have to wait. As you have seen, I do have others - the Ricoh and the TCON 17 - that I'm having fun with. Thanks again for your help, guidance, and generosity of spirit.

Peace.

John

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Kerusker
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John,

before I got the CLA-14, I used the CLA-13 with the Nikon-TC. There isn't much difference except in vignetting at certain focal length.

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WOW!  Thanks again for that info.

Peace.

John

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Kerusker wrote:

John,

before I got the CLA-14, I used the CLA-13 with the Nikon-TC. There isn't much difference except in vignetting at certain focal length.

Good luck

I don't know for sure, but maybe we are looking for something that doesn't exist. I re-read the stuff about the Nikon 1.5 TC, and it occurred to me that the stand off part of the adapter could be a Nikon product. The verbiage said the TC was for 3 Nikon Coolpix cameras. I did a search for a stand off adapter that listed the same Coolpix cameras, figuring it must fit the TC. I found this - Nikon Coolpix Adapter UR-E8 WC-E80 TC-E15 Coolpix 5700 8700 Converter Ring. It was cheap so I ordered one - due 19 Dec. Well see if it will work on the Stylus 1s with a step up ring. Maybe/maybe not.

Anyway the Nikon 1.5 TC came today. Will try it with the CLA 13.  I could be baarking up the wrong tree.  We'll see - and it was cheap.

Peace.

John

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DigitalSparrow
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Nice job showing TCs with your Stylus 1s. I use 4 TCs with mine. All using the CLA-13 adapter. My favorite is the Nikon TC-E17ED because it brings in the more light than the Olympus TCON-17X and the ED elements render better. I also sometimes pair those two TCs with the Nikon TC-E15ED. The last TC I use is in Canon TL-55L 3X. The Cannon goes directly on the CLA-13 and because it has a focus ring I can get close at a very high magnification at 3x (900mm). It is very light weight and does not bring in much light and can only be used at full tele on the Stylus 1, but its long range has its advantages at that light weight. The TC-E15ED requires a 55-54 step down to connect to the CLA-13 and when you couple it with the TC-E17ED it requires a 58-60 step up, or when coupled with the TCON-17X you need a 58-55 step down ring. Directly placing the TC-E17ED onto the CLA-13 requires a 55-60 step up ring. The combination of the Nikon TCs is the sharpest and brightest distance combo at 2.55x but you cannot get as close to a subject as you can with the Canon at 3x.

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Brian Chichester
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Some impressive structures there. My two questions are: how do you support these monsters to get sharp images; and, what's the image quality like with stacked TCs?

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When I get some time and the weather cooperates, I will take some shots with the TCs individually and stacked using aperture priority (2.8) and will put it in a separate thread. Readers can look at how the shutter speed changes and the clarity when handheld. I usually try to lean against a tree or another structure but as I get older I prefer using a small and light monopod. These TC do not weight that much (except for the Nikon 1.7x) but they get long when stacked.

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My apologies to the OP but rather than create an additional post on the same topic, I will post my photos here.

I have been using the Stylus 1 and 1s for over 10 years. These are the TCs that I have used with it.

  • Nikon TC-E15ED (N1.5x) 54mm on camera side and 58mm outside
  • Olympus TCON-17X (O1.7x) 55mm on camera side
  • Nikon TC-E17ED (N1.7x) 60mm on camera side
  • Raynox 2.2x (R2.2x) 62mm on camera side and 82mm outside
  • Raynox 2.55x (R2.55x) 49mm on camera side and 49mm outside
  • Canon TL-55L 3X (C3.0x) 55mm on camera side and 58mm outside

The Canon has a focus ring on the TC which allows close focusing when needed. It’s also one of Canon's L lenses.

This post is show TC stacking potential and not as an exact test of capabilities. A subject at a closer distance may give different results.

The components

What I chose to use is the Stylus 1s with the CLA-13 adapter. The Stylus 1s is set to auto-ISO aperture priority at 2.8 to bring in the most light and then from reading the shutter speed and ISO you can tell how much light is lost when using the converters or combinations of such. The dark corners on some of the photos can be reduced with a higher aperture making the combinations less handholdable. IBIS is enabled and all shots were taken handheld from my sunroom through a large plate of glass. The subject is a water tower several miles from my home but visible (some haze) from the hill which rests my sunroom. The converter setting for the TCON-17 is enabled for all shots except the first two. All are JPEGs only. By looking at the cell towers on top of the water tower and the structure of the tower you see the changes to clarity.

28mm ISO 100, SS 1600

300mm ISO 100, SS 1600

N1.5x only ISO 100, SS 1250

O1.7x only ISO 100, SS 1250

N1.7x only ISO 100, SS 1250

R2.2x only ISO 100, SS1600

R2.55x only ISO 100, SS 500

C3.0x only ISO 160, SS 500

The next photos are the TCs stacked on the N1.5x

N1.5x + O1.7x ISO 100, SS 1000

N1.5x + N1.7x ISO 100, SS 1250

N1.5x + R2.2x ISO 100, SS 1000

N1.5x + R2.55x ISO 200, SS 400

N1.5x + C3.0x ISO 200, SS 250

The next photos are the TCs stacked on the R2.55x

R2.55x + N1.5x ISO 100, SS 500

R2.55x + O1.7x ISO 100, SS 500

R2.55x + N1.7x ISO 100, SS 500

R2.55x + R2.2x ISO 125, SS 500

R2.55x + C3.0x ISO 400, SS 160

The next photos are the TCs stacked on the C3.0x

C3.0x + N1.5x ISO 200, SS 400

C3.0x + O1.7x ISO 200, SS 500

C3.0x + N1.7x ISO 200, SS 500

C3.0x + R2.2x ISO 200, SS 500

C3.0x + R2.55x ISO 400, SS 125

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Wow!  I bow to your proess and to all your TCs.  I never knew there were so many.  
Peace.

John

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