I've been interested in the Olympus/Zuiko 1.4X teleconverter, but they
tend to be horribly expensive. I looked into the Tamron 140F (there is an
affordable one on evilBay), but that one is intended to work only with primary
(fixed) lenses.
>
>I sold one a month ago, together with a 1.4x and the 300/2.8 I bought from
>Jan a few years back. No complaints with it (within the constraints imposed
>by physics), but remember it will only ever fit an Adaptall lens - even
>though there are now lots of Chinese mounts to fit Adaptall lenses (or the
>teleconverters) to modern cameras. Suddenly the extraordinary rarity (and
>price) of Adaptall mounts for Pentax screw is ... history.
>
>If you can find a model 140 1.4x teleconverter, you should be mightily
>impressed. I won't even mention the model 200 2x, for fear of sending you on
>a fruitless search. They are both for a restricted range of SP lenses (in
>fact the 1.4x I sold was a model 140).
>
>See here, for starters: http://www.adaptall-2.com/lenses/200F.html
>
Chris
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