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[OM] Re: Zuiko 300mm f/4.5 and 2X-A?

Subject: [OM] Re: Zuiko 300mm f/4.5 and 2X-A?
From: "Frank Wijsmuller" <Frank@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 1 May 2007 10:54:18 +0200
Another cropped one of the full moon:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fmw/445357037/ (with the E-1)
Some unsharpness due to the exposure time (the moon really moves fast, tried
to make pictures of a recent eclipse but every few minutes the moon ran out
of my viewfinder)

Regards, Frank.

2007/5/1, Mike Lees <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>
>
> I have a couple of examples online taken with my 350D, both are cropped:
>
> http://gallery.whizzkid.co.uk/EOS-OM/img_1377-1.jpg.html
> http://gallery.whizzkid.co.uk/EOS-OM/img_2658-1.jpg.html
>
> Mike.
>
> Moose wrote:
> > Curtis P. Hedman wrote:
> >
> >> Can't seem to find a way to search the archives at the moment, so I
> >> hope this (probably answered many times before) question wont bother
> >> too many folk...
> >>
> >> I would like to use my 2X-A extender on my 300/4.5 Zuiko, to catch a
> >> nesting robin in my back yard... I know the 2X-A isn't speced to work
> >> with this lens, but just how bad is the combination? I also have a
> >> Vivitar 2X-21 - would it be a better choice with the 300/4.5? My bag
> >> of tricks also includes a Soligor 500/8 mirror lens which seems to be
> >> reasonably sharp... would like to be able to shoot from my porch,
> >> which is about 50' from the nest... any and all thoughts will be
> >> appreciated! I have a 2-4 screen in my OM-2SP which seems to work
> >> nicely for any of these slow aperture setups...
> >>
> >>
> > I embarked on a little long lens test, which has run into life and
> > stalled for now. One of the things I have tried is the 300/4.5, with and
> > without the 2X-A.
> >
> > I don't know about the far edges, but the combo works well in the
> > central area, which is all you will care about for this project. Tests
> > happen to have been done at about 50 ft.
> >
> > Moose
> >
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