Well, so did I - but a tiny drop of epoxy took care of that. The new
(invisible) connection is much stronger than the spotwelding has ever
been....
Frank.
On Sun, 26 Mar 2000 22:21:20 +0000, "Giles" <cnocbui@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>Yes, and I recall George Anderson very much regreted removing the tab
>on his 90/2 as the results with the TC were not very good and so the whole
>thing was not worth it.
>
>Giles
>
>Frank van Lindert wrote:
>
>> Matt, there has been a thread about this not long ago. Try the
>> archives.
>> Summarizing I can tell you that the little metal tab (which is only
>> for protection of the rear element) can be pushed away by using your
>> thumb with little force needed. After that the 2xA can be mounted
>> without any risk.
>> But the better way (optically speaking) to prolong the focusing
>> distance of the 90mm is by using the frontal 1.7x tele-converter made
>> for the IS-3 camera.
>> See Gary's lens tests for details!
>>
>> Frank van Lindert
>> Utrecht NL.
>
>
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