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jacqui2

jacqui

• Aug 15, 2011

• #1

Hi, finances have, Im afraid, dictated that I am selling my dslr (olympus e410) and going back to my panasonic fz28 for a while, the zoom lever is quite stiff on it due to my daughter having it in her handbag along with some after eights! need I say more! anyway it is fine apart from a slightly stiff zoom leaver which I can live with. I have managed to clean it up and it is a lot better now, but wondered if anyone knows if it could be removed for proper cleaning? also as I am into bird photography does anyone know of a good teleconverter for this camera? seen some great photos on the gallery taken with this camera so I am quite keen to give it a try, thanks, jacqui.

 

njlarsen

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• Aug 16, 2011

• #2

If you have not discovered it yet, there is a setting in the menu to start up at the same zoom level as used last time. That saves a lot of hazzle if you mainly take bird photos (= max zoom).

Search this forum for earlier threads on tele converters (TCON17)

Niels

 

bartolli

Well-known member

• Aug 18, 2011

• #3

I use the panasonic dmwlt55 1.7 convertor +dmwla3 adapter rather than the olympus one which seems popular. I'm very happy with it!

 

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jacqui2

jacqui

• Aug 23, 2011

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fz28 fine again now my clever hubby has sorted it! now just looking for a teleconverter for it, been offered a panasonic lt55 with adapter for £69 + postage, seems a good deal? any more opinions on the best one? thanks, jacqui

 

Hobbes2

Well-known member

• Aug 24, 2011

• #5

jacqui2 said:

fz28 fine again now my clever hubby has sorted it! now just looking for a teleconverter for it, been offered a panasonic lt55 with adapter for £69 + postage, seems a good deal? any more opinions on the best one? thanks, jacqui

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Hi Jacqui
That's the teleconverter that I used with my FZ8. I thought it was superb. Images were clear and sharp - definitely no complaints and worth the money. An invaluable piece of kit.
Good luck
Hobbes

 

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jacqui2

jacqui

• Aug 24, 2011

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Hi Hobbes, just looked at your gallery, some great shots there! it says tcon 17 teleconverter though, the one Ive been offered is the panasonic lt55, do you think there may be a big difference? thanks, jacqui.

 

Hobbes2

Well-known member

• Aug 24, 2011

• #7

jacqui2 said:

Hi Hobbes, just looked at your gallery, some great shots there! it says tcon 17 teleconverter though, the one Ive been offered is the panasonic lt55, do you think there may be a big difference? thanks, jacqui.

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Hi Jacqui
It's the same thing. I think Chris(Kten) and I ended up shortening "Panasonic DMW-LT55E 1.7" to "TCON17" meaning "teleconverter 1.7x". Sorry to have confused you |=)|. So, yes, I bought and used the DMW-LT55E.
Hobbes

 

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jacqui2

jacqui

• Aug 24, 2011

• #8

thanks Hobbes, jacqui.