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08-08-2011, 01:45 AM   #1
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85mm lens and teleconverter

Has anyone used teleconverters with 85mm lens and how was the experience, any disadvantages?
Some buying advice-will any k mount tc work with any lens and how effective will it be on my 85 f2?

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The disadvantage is loss in image quality, unless you have a very good and rather costly TC. Your 85/2 with a 1.5x TC becomes 127/3.5 -- but many good inexpensive 135/2.8 lenses are available. With a 2x TC it becomes 170/4 -- but many good inexpensive 200/3.5 lenses exist, and even a used 180/2.8 may cost less than a good TC. TC's are usually best when matched with long fast lenses.

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Thank you sir!
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I hate the results obtained with FA*85 on AF1.7x TC. In theory is should be good 135/2.8 but in practice there is too much purple fringing.

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I have used my vivitar (Samyang) 85/1.4 with the pentax SMC-F 1.7x AF TC as a reasonable 145mm F2.5 lens

I did not experience a lot of fringing, or other problems and it makes for a compact option for a tele if yuou don't have one.
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AF 1.7x won't give you any better than f2.8, no matter how fast lens you attach. Not much fringing you say? Could you share a samle picture with me please?
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Me too...

QuoteOriginally posted by elho_cid Quote
I hate the results obtained with FA*85 on AF1.7x TC. In theory is should be good 135/2.8 but in practice there is too much purple fringing.
a shame to destroy the impeccable image quality of that lens with ANYTHING....I don't even like putting a high-quality polarizer on it, let alone a tele-converter.

And it's already a 127mm on digital....sort of...so 127 x 1.7 = 216mm f=2.8....

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QuoteOriginally posted by Lowell Goudge Quote
I have used my vivitar (Samyang) 85/1.4 with the pentax SMC-F 1.7x AF TC as a reasonable 145mm F2.5 lens

I did not experience a lot of fringing, or other problems and it makes for a compact option for a tele if yuou don't have one.
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AF 1.7x won't give you any better than f2.8, no matter how fast lens you attach. Not much fringing you say? Could you share a samle picture with me please?
true, it will not show F2.5 but only F2.8, however, that does not change the reality that the TC when added to an F1.4 lens gives you optically an F2.5 lens regardless of the aperture the camera sees.

Where this can be important is most likely with PTTL flash exposure. where you may have confusing results because of the 1/2 stop difference between reality and reported.
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QuoteOriginally posted by Cambo Quote
a shame to destroy the impeccable image quality of that lens with ANYTHING
True, but I like to play with my equipment. I even tried some extension tubes on the FA*85.

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true, it will not show F2.5 but only F2.8, however, that does not change the reality that the TC when added to an F1.4 lens gives you optically an F2.5 lens regardless of the aperture the camera sees.
Well by theory 1,7x1,4=2,38 but the AF1,7 TC is made as f2,8 tops. Check it's user manual, if you don't trust me. I guess it is due to smaller diameter of the lens in it...
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QuoteOriginally posted by elho_cid Quote
True, but I like to play with my equipment. I even tried some extension tubes on the FA*85.
Tubes are clean. TC's add more glass between subject and frame, and so introduce at least *some* IQ loss. And unmatched and other less-than-stellar-quality TC's do worse than that. Whether that's important is up to each individual togger. If content is more important than quality, go for it! I heartily recommend TC's for surveillance, blackmail, criminality, and photojournalism.

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cheers, everybody I will not be going for it
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I tried my -F 1.7X AFA TC with a Samy 85 f1.4, did not care for it.

I may be in the minority, but I use the 1.7X all the time. Only use it with Macro lenses, though. Very useful to extend my reach and still hand-hold. Macro lenses can really withstand extra glass with some minor loss in IQ--but Macro IQ is so high to begin with... and of course they excel stopped down (f/8-22).

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I've often had very good results using Pentax TCs with Pentax lenses. As Lowell says, a TC can expand your range while keeping cost &/or weight down.
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For anyone interested..

I've used the M series 85mm f2 with Pentax 1.4-s rear converter and it lends excellent results. The rear converter works well on the 13 3.5 and especially well on the M* 300mm f4. There's slight quality loss, but not nearly as bad as off-branded and quality 2x converters I tested.
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