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P&S Teleconverters
Eric Stevens wrote:
For those tempted to believe that P&S cameras might be able to offer telephoto capabilities similar to a DSLR see: The Canon TC-DC58C teleconvertor on Amazon http://www.amazon.com/review/product...Viewpoi nts=1 "If you want a field-of-view equivalent to a 420mm lens on 35mm film cameras, but not all the time, this is a good choice, assuming you already have a G7 or G9. If you are a frequent user of such long focal lengths, you will likely prefer a camera that has it built in, or better still, a digital SLR." snip You have to be really careful when choosing tele-converters and wide angle converters. You don't need to choose the same brand as the camera. Find the best tele-converter on the market, and find a lens tube and adapters that connect it to the camera. I.e., the wide angle converter I got for my Canon G series was not the Canon brand, it was much higher end and much more expensive, and it worked with the Lensmate tube. Of course it was also discontinued, greatly increasing the resale value on eBay! Needless to say, you can spend a lot of money on a kludge with those conversion lenses, and achieve only moderate results. That's why the advent of reasonably priced digital SLRs has destroyed the market for high end point and shoot cameras. The Panasonic G1 is essentially a high-end point and shoot but with interchangeable lenses. For someone willing to put up with the major disadvantages of a P&S, but that wants lenses for wide-angle and telephot, the G1 at least is better than the kludgey adapters, but it's certainly no bargain compared to a D-SLR that has far more capability. |
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