There are zillions of teleconverters around made by several dozen optical
manufacturers and sold under hundreds of labels. Some are good, some not so
good.
If it's a 7-element construction, it may be pretty good. If it's a
4-element version, probably not so good (altho' 4-element construction is
fine for a 1.5x teleconverter). Sometimes you can tell by what's written on
the converter.
At the price quoted, even if it's no good optically it could be very useful
as an extension tube for macro work. Just remove the optical group and
there you have it.
Regarding prices, everything is negotiable until someone says no.
Lex
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From: Sam Shiell <Sam.Shiell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
A local Cash Converters has a 2X tele-converter. I can't see a
manufacturers
name anywhere other than AICO. Does that sound like a manufacturer?? I've
never heard of them and have done a quick "Yahoo" search on the internet
that found nothing.
They want 7 UK Pounds for it (about 10 US dollars, 18 Australian dollars).
Is it worth the bother? What problems might it have? What should I check?
Also, I've never bought anything from a Cash Converts before. Are their
prices "in concrete" or do they expect you to haggle?
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