Best Lens Converters for Zoom

this gives me the added optical zoom i need for this purpose.

the product works....while i would like to have had better zoom capabilities like my manual pentax, i am a realist.

hi, this converter will work (as expected) near to full zoom.

it makes my olympus sp 550 uz into 27x optical zoom, and the images are clear, without any noticible color fringing.

it does an excellent job with no vignetting except when you zoom in closer than you're supposed to.

at full zoom my canon is the same as a 432mm film lens, with this it goes out to 734mm.

it is perfect for concerts or plays if you pay for cheap seats and have to sit in the back row =) as a novice, i've notice you have to zoom out to telephoto.

1) since it brings everything closer, at full zoom it also enhances distortion from hot air (i live in a very hot country) and long distance subjects appear like "brush painted" when looked closely.

in the film industry, the nicer lenses can be so heavy it takes two people to lift them(zoom/telephoto), let's you know you are handling something expensive and precious.

i use this lens at maximum zoom most of the time for filming baseball players.

i was not particularly happy with the relatively narrow field of view of the zoom lens that is built into the camera.

the quality is phenomenal, optical zoom through is clear as can be before you hit the digital zoom (obviously), there is no "soft" effect.

when the image size is set to 5 megapixels, the camera can zoom to 18x.

i am very familiar with the problems of taking photos with longer zoom lenses with and without tripods.

in my hoby, i need all the zoom i can have, it is birds watching and photograp of birds, you know, birds are really tiny and use to be very far away from the camera, but my teleconverter 1.7x really

and it's wonderful having that extra bit of zoom...

a last couple of notes - keep in mind your photo size is 4 x 5.33" and not 4x6 so be sure to zoom out just a bit and leave a boarder for post processing into 4x6 standard prints.

i have taken about 500 shots with the ec14 1.4 paired with the zuiko 50mm - 200mm zoom lens on my olunpus evolt e-500 dslr and am quite pleased with the results to date.