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Customer Reviews of Olympus TCON-1.7x Telephoto Converter Lens

Ads ZOOM to an already powerful camera
I use this telephoto lens on my Olympus SP-550 camera, and I love it. The camera by itself has an 18x optical zoom. With this 1.7x addition, I am really getting up close and personal. I have had no problems with distortion using this lens. The lens does soak up some light, making it necessary to adjust the shutter speed/aperture/ISO settings accordingly in dim light. I attach it to the camera body using the Pemaraal 55mm adaptor tube from pemaraal dot com, which I also recommend as a solution for the Oly SP-550 for attaching 55mm filters and lenses. (There is no vignetting using this adaptor at wide angle, and it can stay on all the time, allowing one to keep their UV and polarizing filters permanently attached). All in all, I've found the Tcon-17 lens quite useable for those really distant shots. No disappointments. I'd buy it again.

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Get really close
This works as advertised. It makes my Olympus SP 550 UZ into 27X optical zoom, and the images are clear, without any noticible color fringing. Distortion is not a problem, either, and the image stabilization in the camera allow nice, clear shots even when hand holding the camera at 27X. You will need a CLA-10 adapter tube to attach this to the 550 UZ, or other adapter if you have a different camera. It has 55mm threads on the back, so will screw directly to cameras that happen to have that size filter thread.

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TCON-1.7X Telephoto
Find the pictures to be clear on my Panasonic FZ-50. <
>No problems with autofocus. <
>As to be expected the depth of field is very narrow and find it better <
>to use the manual focus in situation where the subject is surrounded with clutter such as a bird in a tree or bush. <
>Only reservation is that the threads are plastic and could possibly wear <
>after a while.