If I shoot transparancy film with a half-frame camera, I just leave it uncut
and scan the strips of film. Since I won't project them, that's the easiest
methof for me.
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----- Original Message ---------------
Subject: [OM] Re: PEN Tele Converter (was: Olympus PEN FT light meterproblems)
From: Roland Ruehl <roland.ruehl@xxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 04 Jun 2004 11:21:42 -0700
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
>Thanks Jim,
>
>I'll stick to Zuiko lenses then. And another question for you: do you
>have experience scanning half-frame slides ? If yes, how do you
>mount/focus ?
>
>Regards,
>
>Roland.
>
>Jim Brokaw wrote:
>
>>on 6/2/04 4:02 PM, Roland Ruehl at roland.ruehl@xxxxxxx wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>I have another question now: I use a Kiron 7 element, 2x tele-converter
>>>with my OM-1.
>>>I have seen multiple tele converters for sale for the PEN but never know
>>>what optical
>>>quality they have. Does anybody know or have information about what was
>>>available
>>>when the PEN was modern ?
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>
>>>Roland.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>I have a couple of 2x teleconverters for Pen F mount... I don't think they
>>are as good as the 7-element converters made for OM mount. I think they are
>>only 4-element, and performance is similar to the 4-element for OM series.
>>If you stop the lens down the degradation is minimized, but it is still
>>there. With only half the negative, the sharpness of the lenses is more
>>important for an equal print size (more magnification) so the Pen lenses
>>have to work harder. I'd suggest finding the primes instead of the 2x unless
>>you get one pretty cheap and understand its limitations. It is nowhere near
>>as good as the Olympus 2X-A converter, nor the 7-element aftermarket
>>converters, which are a notch under the 2X-A.
>>
>>
>
>
>
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