Teleconverter for Olympus C700 (1 Viewer)

Hi there,

I'm really having trouble getting the information I'm looking for and am REALLY hoping someone will see this and be able to help me.

I own an Olympus C700 Digital Camera and am desperately looking for a teleconverter to go on the end of it. Camera shops around here don't seem to be able to help much and I can't find the information I'm looking for on the internet.

The raynox DCR-1850 PRO has been recommended to me. However it says on the raynox site that this lens is only compatible with 6x or less zoom (mine has 10x). I have found ONE review that says it still works and NONE to say it doesn't.

Here's what I need.... A teleconverter that is somewhere around 2x. (1.7, 1.85...fine). I also want there to be no viginetting of the image when the camera is in the 150mm + zoom range so that I will have access to the full 38 - 700mm zoom range (assuming 1.85x converter).

is there ANYONE out there who has my camera who can help me? I'm almost ready to give up here!

I'd be most gratefull for any information at all
Thanks
Paul

Hi Paul,

I can only refer you to the other thread that you posted here.

If that hasn't been picked up by anyone else then there seems little point in repeating the same request in a different Forum. Once you start wanting to add teleconverters to a camera that already has a 10x optical zoom then you're getting into a very specialised area for which the camera and converters weren't originally designed. I can understand you wanting to make the right decision as to which converter to buy as some give very poor results in terms of clarity of image when for bird photography you need to retain as much detail as possible. Even the Olympus Tcon14+B300 combo gives very slight vignetting at 10x optical zoom, but it's a question of making the best of the situation. The B300 alone is perfectly fine.

Apparently the B300 is the same as the TCON-17...

I just really want to know how far back the zoom can go before viginetting occurs?.... is it around half way (170mm)?

Hi Paul,

Even with the B300 alone vignetting is aparent at anything below 9x!

I generally have my camera set at 10x. If anything is any closer then I don't use the B300. You can get away with cropping out the vignetting area if need be. I should think that you'll have the same problem with any converter as the B300 is pretty biig. As far as i;m aware the Tcon-17 is a direct replacement for the B300 with the same spec - only a good bit cheaper - makes a change !