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I'm using 3 rings with about the same width of around 9.5mm

Nice setup and wonderful detail in your photo.

Yes, mine loses a little sharpness out at full zoom.  I'm on the lookout for another copy.

Thanks Ed. I left the images as they came ooc but you're right that a bit of pp can improve them. For me the DXO result is a bit strong. Here's what IrfanView's default 'auto adjust colours' ...

Thanks Paul, I weighed the teleconverter on an electronic scale (said I was a backpacker didn't I :-). Without cap and step-rings it's 127g. I'm careful to cradle the weight with my hand, but I ...

Although I have a CX70-300 lens, it was an ebay bargain with some focussing issues, and it's quite a heavy item to take backpacking. So I bought a new, unused Olympus C-210 1.9x teleconverter and ...

It's on back-order at B&H

Tricky subject! You did well. I had a big bat fly through the living room of the house I'm renovating in France last November. It had been roosting in the roof space. I didn't have my camera handy ...

It's a very versatile system, with good enough IQ for those who don't make big prints and excellent metering and AF. I'm happy I switched to N1 from my Ricoh GXR kit (Primarily for birding with ...

Well as a fellow backpacker you'll be interested in two lightweight and low cost options to make your new lens even more versatile. A pair of extension tubes are only around 20GBP and work well on ...

Yes, it has the prime noise reduction module. We had a thread on this last month, so you may not get lots of interest :-)

It'd be a close thing with the 18.5mm prime on the V1. Be VERY careful with the lens mechanism on the XF1, most of them have died with a lens error. I liked mine for the pocketability and good IQ ...

Well if Jonikon wanted to poison the well as he left, he'll be pleased with the effectiveness of his post. But I doubt that was his intention. Either way, his farewell note was a lot more gracious ...

Great capture at 18.5mm. I needed 300mm for this acorn muncher high in a tree.

Welcome to the Forum. At the prices those lenses are currently available, I'd get both of them. The 30-1100 is sharp for a kit zoom and the stabilisation is excellent. The 18.5mm is also sharp and ...

Thanks Ed, I thought it might damage a lens pen to stuff it into such a narrow slot.

Here are a few shots I took in the last fortnight between london and the old cottage in Brittany I'm renovating to be our future home. Waiting in a London traffic jam Boudicca Frosty Breton dawn Pl ...

On the V1 the sensor lives at the bottom of a deep narrow slot so a lens pen won't get to it.

I'll start with air and work up from there gently.

Thanks Gents, I'll give that a try.