I just assumed the former. Appreciate the feedback. June 3rd, , AM Mark Hartopp. Yes - its not perfect compared to century optics. I'm interest in 3x lens think it would a good option in the bag.
Sure there is going to be inperfection compared to pro lens. But if your not happy with the results after an hour of testing send it back - simple. I think Raynox lens are the best in that price range - if need a better clearer image you move up to Century Lenses, and so on.. June 10th, , PM Steven Davis. Originally Posted by Dale Guthormsen. June 12th, , PM J.
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Of specific interest for maximum achievable reach for an autofocus M43 system, being when fitted to the Panasonic lens. Which in theory if it works will provide a total 'Full Frame Equivalent' focal length of 1,mm!
Afocal teleconverters attach to the FRONT of camera lenses, as opposed to the type more commonly used on interchangeable lens cameras which fit between the lens and the camera. Let's get one thing clear from the start, I do not use a setup like this for Landscape photography. I use it for photographing small objects which are very far away, such as small distant birds which are too nervous to approach. So edge to edge performance is not the primary consideration, but sharpness and fast focusing is!
The following three Olympus Pro examples were taken using a Panasonic GX8 camera with various lens combinations and settings as specified on the images. When clicking for larger examples: Please note that due to hosting space limitations, in most cases I have decided to present full size crops of the most relevant parts of each image.
Where applicable whole images are also presented for viewing, but mainly at the UK national digital competition display size of pixels wide. Conclusion: The Raynox pro when fitted to the stunning Olympus pro, will produce very sharp pictures for the in-focus areas across most of the image frame.
It must be remembered however that when the telephoto reach is increased, a much smaller range is in focus unless the lens is stopped down. There is always a tendency for the Raynox to produce Chromatic Aberration CA and also some Purple Fringing PF , especially on highlights or out of focus high contrast areas in front of, or behind the subject.
However this tends to be far less of an issue when fitted to this Olympus pro than some other lenses. Even so, great care needs to be taken regarding subject and background when using this or any other combination. And for best results on certain types of images some post processing is essential.
More on this later The following two examples were taken using a Panasonic GX7 camera fitted with the Raynox attached to the Olympus Mk2 lens, which was then used at various focal length combinations as specified on the images. Conclusion: I have always thought that the Olympus Mk2 was a terrific bargain, whose price belies its optical quality.
Even so I did not expect it to be good enough to work with the Raynox attached, but how wrong I was. This combination provided terrific reach and accurate focus, thus enabling me to capture small birds in far away branches with very acceptable results.
The combination isn't perfect, but used correctly in the right circumstances it is able to produce more than acceptable images. The following set of images were from one quick snap of our old satellite dish, taken the very first time I fitted the Raynox to an M43 lens my Olympus Mk2 to see if it would work at all.
And the result provides a good introduction to Chromatic Aberration CA in the system. I can not remember if at that time the Panasonic cameras were programmed to remove CA from Olympus lenses using firmware, but in my experience the Olympus lenses always seem to perform very well in this respect even without any extra software processing. Once again Chromatic Aberration can be a problem and ideally needs to be processed out as shown above, but it is a price worth paying if it allows the user to get images that would otherwise be out of reach.
One other small point of note to bare in mind is that this 2. The Olympus Mk2 lens quality at full zoom is absolutely fine with the converter at F7.
But with this long reach the depth of focus is very small unless the lens is stopped down, which is why I shot these photos at F8. Well this was the big test, because as far as I am aware there is currently no other way to achieve this amount of long zoom reach from an M43 lens setup that will still autofocus fast and even in poor light.
With the potential of a full frame equivalent focal range of 1,mm on tap, this was just far too tempting not to at least try. But would it be any good? The Panasonic and Raynox Pro is not a terrific combination for general usage, and it can be very difficult to process the resulting image to achieve a useful gain. But as it is currently the only game it town if you need a huge amount of magnification that will autofocus, let us look more closely to see the pros and cons and if we can gain a worthwhile improvement over using just the by itself Note: All photos on this review page are handheld, even those at FF equivalent of 1,mm!!!
Birds in poor light in a very strong wind is definitely not the best conditions for scientific testing of lenses, especially as they don't sit still either. However these weather conditions are typical in the UK and birding is a typical usage for this type of setup. So as this gull did at least stay on the log being blown around for long enough for me to fit the Raynox teleconverter and try lots of focal lengths, below I present the results Example A and B above does show quite clearly that even with small zoom increases, more fine feather detail can be extracted than when the Panasonic is used by itself, but detail isn't everything and colour casts and CA are already starting to appear.
These aberrations are fairly easily to control at this level of zoom during image processing. Du willst die Bilder sehen? Einfach registrieren oder anmelden! Edited September 22, by TMorita. Posted September 22, The max mm focal length isn't quite good enough for wildlife photography. I can't really zoom in on a single bird at a crop. This is about a crop. Photomic38 , ropo54 , gbealnz and 2 others 5.
This is the final crop of the first shot, which I forgot to post. Looks good Toshi. But then I saw "mm" and re-read the title, a tele-convertor. Is the Raynox like the Rollei? Full credit to Dunk for the headsup on the Elpros. Toshi Edited September 22, by TMorita. Photomic38 , gbealnz and mija 3. Posted December 11, TMorita Posted December 19, Posted December 19, Posted December 19, edited.
Hello guest! Also found 55mm to 49mm, and 49mm to 43mm stepping rings and then screwed the lens onto the X Vario lens. I'll use it asap in decent light and post some better images. Posted December 21, edited. TMorita Posted December 22, Posted December 22, Minimum focus distance is about 2 feet. Mimimum focus distance is about 4 feet.
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