New Member Registered: February, 2012 Posts: 17
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| | Review Date: October 16, 2014 | Recommended | Price: $7.00
| Rating: 6 |
| Pros: | Cheap | | Cons: | Disappointing performance | | Camera Used: Samsung GX-20
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Owning as I do the corresponding Vivitar MC 75-205mm, I bid for this on eBay, and picked it up for 99p plus postage. I have 400mm primes, but none of them focus as closely as this zoom can.
The base lens is O.K., its strength is its colour rendition rather than sharpness, but with the converter all I could see was the fringing. With the lenses wide open, the Tamron 01F 2x plus 19AH 70-210 f3.5 produced much more pleasing images. The Pentax 1.7x AF converter plus the Tamron 23A 60-300mm f3.8-5.4 produced images intermediate in quality between the two.
So cheap as it is, I can't recommend it.
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Site Supporter Registered: September, 2010 Location: MD Posts: 1,033
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| | Review Date: August 2, 2013 | Recommended | Price: $20.00
| Rating: 7 |
| Pros: | Better than cropping on the 75-205 lens; fairly fast for a 410mm | | Cons: | Purple fringing; Other zooms can be better | |
This teleconverter is designed to be used with the Vivitar 75-205 f3.8 MC Macro Zoom.
- In general, it was better than using a non-matched 2x teleconverter I also have. (A not-terrible Focal 2x)
- Especially in f5.6-f8 range, using the 2x Matched Multiplier delivered better results with its effective 410mm than without the multiplier at 205mm and enlarging to double size.
- The Vivitar tends to have some purple fringing (largely removeable) with or without the multiplier. It diminishes as you close down.
- The Vivitar at 205mm with the 2x Multiplier competes favorably with the DAL 55-300, but the DAL is easier to use (focus and metering) and has less PF. In low light, however, the Vivitar remains the faster lens.
I am keeping the lens and this multiplier to use in low light situations and for the versatility of having a 75-205mm lens and effectively a 150-410mm with the multiplier.
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