----- Original Message ----- From: "Kostas Kavoussanakis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, April 22, 2005 8:44 AM Subject: Re: Filling the 50-85mm gap.
> On Thu, 21 Apr 2005, Rob Smith wrote: > > > I use an old DOI 1.4 converter that is stunningly good and a fraction of the > > size of any 2x converter - so small you don't notice it. The DOI came top in > > a comprehensive converter shootout in Amateur Photographer at the time yet, > > if you see one, you probably won't need to pay much more than a tenner for > > it. > > More details of the converter? > Apologies for the late reply. 'DOI MC AUTO TELECONVERTER 1.5X FOR PK Japan' scribed on barrel. By AUTO it doesn't mean any of this modern nonsense just that it will auto actuate the iris, no electrical A contacts of course so anything it is attached to is just a K or M - mind you all my long good class is K series now. Actually I haven't used it for a while and am sad to see some fungus on it - I'll have to look for another. My light weight mountain kit used to be MX,28,50,200 with 1.5x and 2x converters (which gives everything 28,32,50,75,100,200,300 and 400 - 150 and 600 as well if you are prepared to stack the converters). Not bad from three lenses, especially if you were a student and short of cash. > > Or the 40mm pancake with the 1.7xAF converter could be fun - I wouldn't > > expect the results to be as good though. > > Have you tried the 1.7AF T/C? Yes, it's a nice toy I am playing with at the moment. Twice the size of the DOI but not much heavier as its made from plastic not metal. Like the 2x I tend to regard it as a device to extend my longest lenses rather than something to 'fil in the gaps' as 1.7x doesn't seem to give the right multipliers for my kit. Being able to get autofocus on old manual K glass is a real hoot and it's probably going to be the converter that is always in the bag if I haven't got something special in mind. To clarify, where I suggested that I would expect a 50 plus 1.4(5) converter to yield better results than a 40 plus the 1.7 that wasn't a reflection of the 1.7x converter (which is pretty good) but rather the relative merits of the 50 and 40 primes. Rob. -- Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.7 - Release Date: 12/04/2005
