S5000 lense (1 Viewer)

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C.J.

Member

• Feb 13, 2005

• #1

I have the S5000 and would have liked to have digiscoped with it, but I guess after reading posts its not possible....so can anyone recommend a good telephoto, I read somewhere I could use the 1.7x Olympus TCON-17, is this adaptable for the S5000. I'm not technically minded, but any advice would be most welcome |=)| its either that or saving my money for a EF lense for my Canon EOS650 and megga bucks are not words used in this household

 

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Henry B

Well-known member

• Feb 13, 2005

• #2

CJ, have a look at www.7dayshop.co.uk they have converters for the s5ooo,hope this helps..

 

Hauer

Well-known member

• Feb 19, 2005

• #3

CJ, if you are interested in digiscoping, I remmmend you also take a look at www.photosolve.com They have some very interesting camera add-ons. Good luck!

 

MikeMules

Well-known member

• Feb 20, 2005

• #4

I use the TCON-17 on my S5000, it screws straight onto the adaptor ring you should have already. It works well, better than the Fuji teleconvertor (less purple fringing)

 

prairiemerlin

registered guy

• Sep 12, 2005

• #5

I have this camera, and I often use it for digiscoping. The adapter ring fits nicely over my eyepiece.

 

Keith Reeder

Watch the birdie...

• Sep 12, 2005

• #6

I've lent my Tcon17 to my friend Mark (MH68 on here) to use with his S5000, and to echo Mike's comments, it goes straight on and seems to work very well.

 

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MH68

Well-known member

• Sep 17, 2005

• #7

As Keith says, the Tcon-17 fits straight onto the S5000 lens adaptor. Still getting used to it, but initial results are encouraging. You don`t seem to lose any stops with the Tcon, and there`s little if any loss of quality on the image.
I`ve attached an image taken with the tcon-17, slightly sharpened and cropped by a tiny amount.

Mark

 

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