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[OM] Re: 1.4 Teleconverter

Subject: [OM] Re: 1.4 Teleconverter
From: Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2004 13:46:19 -0800
Physically, it probably will.

Now think for a moment. Why did Oly make a converter that only fits a 
few lenses? It would make much more sense to make one that fit all their 
lenses, so they could sell lots more of them. The answer is in the 
mindset of Oly designers in the OM era that focused on quality of the 
results. They could only get the quality they wanted with protruding 
front elements. Listees with both the Oly 1.4 and the Tamron SP 1.4 
(which doesn't protrude) have said that the Oly is the better performer 
on their long Tamrons, so it looks like Oly was right. Once that design 
decision is made, lots of further design decisions are made based on the 
focal plane location of the target lenses. The likely result with a tube 
is vignetting and/or poor results.

But hey, try it and let us know.

Moose

jascione@xxxxxxxx wrote:

>I was thinking if I put a 14mm extension between the lens and the
>teleconverter.  Could this work at all?
>


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