Olympus B-300 1.7X (1 Viewer)

I'm thinking of buying a Lumix FZ38 having seen some great results here. I noticed that people also used the Olympus TCON-17 teleconverter with some success.

A trawl through my old gear revealed an Olympus B-300 1.7X teleconverter that looks very similar to the TCON-17. This has the required 55mm thread so should attach to the adapter.

Will the B-300 work as well as the TCON-17?

Thanks,

Dave

They're pretty much the same, Dave. Some differences have been noted but these could be down to sample variation. Recall one BFer found the TCON-17 had a little less false colour while this test found the opposite; the TCON-17 was slightly sharper though :
http://www.cs.mtu.edu/~shene/DigiCa...5-17-Lens-Test/test-1/Tele-Test-Infinity.html

Thanks for the link. So all I need now is the camera and adapter. ;-)

Dave