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05/20/2003 04:25:25 PM · #1 |
A friend suggested a 52 mm Titanium 2x teleconverter with 58 mm filter threads for my G3 by Digital Optics. I called one online vendor who reduced his list-price of $ 203 to $ 125 after i said that i saw this on ebay last night for a fraction of the price.
Didn't place the order yet and revisited ebay and there it was: 2x tele AND wide angle converters and some junk tossed it (table tripod, lens cleaning kid and some free prints) for a Buy It Now price of $ 119. When i saw this package listed last night i became leery and figured you would get a box full of junk. Yet, the salesperson who gave me the $125 quote didn't offer any reason why there would be such a price difference (i.e. not really the same produc, inferior lens, blahblahblah).
How can this be? Is this really the same lens? Any comments?
I am just terribly impatient to buy a teleconverter but each time one question is answered, new questions are generated. I have ruled out Canon's teleconverter because you cannot stick a filter in FRONT of the lens. |
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05/20/2003 06:23:14 PM · #2 |
Honestly I am not sure what the digital optics lenses look like. but I bought a telephoto and wide angle lens on ebay for 100 dollars. The wide angle is pretty good as far as I can tell but the telephoto was really bad.
Check to see how many elements are in the lenses and check for a return or replacement policy.
I ended up sending the lenses back for an exchange hoping that perhaps the next set they send me will be better and I had just recieved a bad lens. I guess we will see.
If you go to my profile and check out my comparisons page you will find some info on the lenses I bought |
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05/20/2003 10:12:48 PM · #3 |
Andrew's experience confirms my opinion of these "no-name" lenses. If you cannot find a manufacturer's website with specifications, be very suspicious.
That's not to say the OEM lenses are always of the highest quality, but usually they are a quantum leap forward from the no-names, which as Andrew found out can be so bad as to be worse than useless.
BTW, I understand that Canon does not recommend using a filter in front of the teleconverter; is there a reason stated, because I cannot for the life of me understand the reasoning behind this...
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05/20/2003 10:18:25 PM · #4 |
| I have one from eBay. It's no good. Don't buy it. |
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05/20/2003 10:54:23 PM · #5 |
| The only reason you wouldn't want to use them in front of the lens is because it will increase vignetting. |
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05/20/2003 11:56:59 PM · #6 |
The Canon converters have no filter threads anyway. It must be late, this was already stated.
Message edited by author 2003-05-20 23:57:44.
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05/21/2003 12:29:09 AM · #7 |
| Journey, there was a thread like this a week or so ago that I posted in. The bottom line is, if it doesn't have the manufacturer of your camera's name on it, it's not worth putting on your camera, really. Even if you think you're getting a good price for it. Reality is they're still overcharging by a huge amount for the quality you're getting. Go with the Canon, one way to get around not having filter threads, is put the filter on first, then the teleconverter. Your mileage may vary though. |
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05/21/2003 03:16:44 AM · #8 |
Journey,
The easiest way to think about this is: A bad quality teleconverter with a filter in front of it will be much worse than a good quality teleconverter with a filter behind it.
I have used the canon teleconverter with the filter behind it and it works well enough for me. There is vignetting at the widest angle (see: this shot), but not much more than without a filter there.
Do you plan on keeping the teleconverter on the camera all the time?
-Matt |
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