Samyang T2 2X teleconverter. (1 Viewer)

I've seen a few different brands of these T2 teleconverters around and because they are so inexpensive I hadn't even bothered to give them any thought. Usually cheap means rubbish, especially with optics. Anyway, my curiosity got the better of me and I got this Samyang T2 one off of Amazon for £21. I thought even if the optics are no good then it's a cheap 50mm extension tube. It screws straight into a T-ring and in the other end you screw in the 2" scope adapter.

I ordered the Samyang one because it at least looked to have the best multicoatings/reviews. There's another one by Danubia and one by Walimex which look to use the same outer body but different optics/coatings. Another smaller T2 model by Kiwifotos only appears to have a single lens coating so I gave that one a miss.

Here's a photo from the garden with the Samyang model and taken from around 10m. Seems to work pretty well all things considered.

Paul.

Paul Corfield said:

Here's a photo from the garden with the Samyang model and taken from around 10m. Seems to work pretty well all things considered.

Paul.

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Looks good to me.

Looks pretty awesome - the detail is excellent.

I must say though that you've had photos as good as that with your TN's .. especially the Sunagor ( or was it Soilgor .. i get them 2 mixed up ) and the Canon FD SC

I agree it's not really an improvement, I doubt anything out there will be an improvement now, I think the limit has been reached. As a T-ring user I like the T2 option, it's extremely light weight and as it screws together it's better than a bayonet fitting. There's a T2 1.4X TC that I may try out too.

Paul.