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Photo Forum / General Photo Topics / Australian Photography / February 2007Olympus C-750 C-740 C-765 C-770 Hd Lens & Filter Set
G'day. Anyone had experience with these lens and filter kits - http://tinyurl.com/27sq63? > G'day. Anyone had experience with these lens and filter kits -http://tinyurl.com/27sq63? Be *very* afraid. 1. How do they manage to get an ad like that past consumer laws, implying the stuff is Olympus, when it really just *fits* a number of Olympus cameras? 2. These kits are often *very* poor quality optically. The tele converter may be usable, but the wide angle will almost certainly give you such a boatload of CA and softness you may as well shoot through a bottle. Save your money, buy the Olympus equivalents (which are much better), and only buy what you need. Do you really want an FLD or UV filter? I have tried several of these sort of kits for various prosumers, most recently on my Fuji S9500.. but have chucked them all and settled on a Konica-Minolta 1.5x teleconverter (excellent), and an Olympus WCON-08B (very good, I hear the 07 may be better), both of which are immeasurably better than those kits. Make sure you get appropriate adapters that don't put too much load on the lens assembly. Having said all that, if you only display on the screen or print to 7x5, they *might* be good enough.. Mark wrote: >> G'day. Anyone had experience with these lens and filter kits - >> http://tinyurl.com/27sq63? > > Be *very* afraid. I was. :-) > 1. How do they manage to get an ad like that past consumer laws, > implying the stuff is Olympus, when it really just *fits* a number of > Olympus cameras? Wow, that's interesting ... I only ever interpretted it to mean that the kit fits Olympus cameras, but you're right, without any other branding the gullible could think it was actually made by Olympus. I found something the other night that suggested the kit is made by Sekar or Seker or something like that. > 2. These kits are often *very* poor quality optically. The tele > converter may be usable, but the wide angle will almost certainly give > you such a boatload of CA and softness you may as well shoot through a > bottle. Yeah, that's what I'd expect. > Save your money, buy the Olympus equivalents (which are much better), > and only buy what you need. Do you really want an FLD or UV filter? Wouldn't mind a polariser occasionally, and I'd like to see what I can get in the way of a skylight for lens protection, but yeah, a lot of a kit like that I wouldn't use. > I have tried several of these sort of kits for various prosumers, most > recently on my Fuji S9500.. but have chucked them all and settled on a > Konica-Minolta 1.5x teleconverter (excellent), and an Olympus > WCON-08B (very good, I hear the 07 may be better), both of which > are immeasurably better than those kits. I'm more often frustrated by the limits of my lens at the short end than at the long end, so more wideness (width?) would be good. The WCON-07 would be the one for me, but for around $240 online (with the adapter), I couldn't really justify it. > Make sure you get appropriate adapters that don't put too much load > on the lens assembly. How well do they attach without a thread? > Having said all that, if you only display on the screen or print to > 7x5, they *might* be good enough.. I don't think so. Thanks for the confirmation. :-) > Mark wrote: .... > Wouldn't mind a polariser occasionally Agreed - an essential part of my kit! > and I'd like to see what I can get > in the way of a skylight for lens protection, but yeah, a lot of a kit like > that I wouldn't use. Never been a fan of more glass in front of zoom lenses, and I've never damaged a front element in over 30 years (including some fairly hairy situations). But I don't mind either way. > I'm more often frustrated by the limits of my lens at the short end than at > the long end, so more wideness (width?) would be good. The WCON-07 would be > the one for me, but for around $240 online (with the adapter), I couldn't > really justify it. I bought my 08 on Ebay, seemingly new in box, for about $100, so I was pretty chuffed. The other problem is that you may be a little shocked at the bulk.. These are big pieces of glass. If you can get to some camera stores, see if you can experiment with some different ones - one thing I have noticed is that some designs work better with some zooms than others. The best on my Fuji may not be the same for you. Have you checked out the Raynox range? Some of their stuff is pretty good, but their cheapies are almost as bad as the no-brand ones.. Generally the two element ones will give dramatically better results. Lastly, don't expect miracles - even the best wa converter is going to give you a few problems (mostly CA that gets so intense you will be cropping it away, and losing the advantage you gained!) > > Make sure you get appropriate adapters that don't put too much load > > on the lens assembly. > > How well do they attach without a thread? Not quite sure what you mean - I presume your camera doesn't have a front thread, only that sleeve thingy? If so, that method is your only option, for these large/heavy lenses. Both my prosumers have front threads, but one of them recommends that I use the sleeve type attachment instead. I ignore that advice, but only with great care not to use the zoom and making sure the lens is well supported. Mark wrote: >> Mark wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > damaged a front element in over 30 years (including some fairly hairy > situations). But I don't mind either way. I mean protection in the sense of cleaning the filter rather than the lens. > The other problem is that you may be a little shocked at the bulk.. > These are big pieces of glass. That doesn't surprise me. They look dainty in the photos. :-) > Have you checked out the Raynox range? ... > Generally the two element ones will give dramatically better results. No. Just starting to sniff around in half-hearted way (don't really want to spend any money :-). I'll check it, thanks. > Lastly, don't expect miracles - even the best wa converter is going to > give you a few problems (mostly CA that gets so intense you will be > cropping it away, and losing the advantage you gained!) Yeah. :-( >> How well do they attach without a thread? > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > only with great care not to use the zoom and making sure the lens is > well supported. Yep, no thread. You're not helping me get enthusiastic about the idea. :-) |
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