Hey tom, I recently sold one of these and had a hugh response. It is a very nice
quality Teleconvertor, and the macro feature is pretty cool. It seems to work
great with pretty much any lens 50 mm or larger. I used mine with 50 f1.8, 50
f1.4 85 f2, 135 f3.5 and the 300f4.5 Zuikos with good results for all of the
lenses. It also seems to work fine with the Zooms (I tried mine with a 75-150
Zuiko) but you definatly get better results with a prime lens. As for use, with
the Convertor set all the way in it will function as as standard 2x convertor.
for macro use I found it was easiest to extend the convertor to control
magnification and fine focus with your lens. I always set the lens in the middle
of it's focusing range and rough focus by moving the camera, then fine focus
with the lens.
As far as resale value goes, I think I listed mine to the group at about $35.00
and it was gone in no time with lots of requests, In EX+ shape I think a fair
price would be $50.00 myself. It is a nice unit and I only sold mine because I
rarely carried it with me.
Jim Couch
Tom Scales wrote:
> One of the boxes I received recently had a pleasant surprise in it. It
> included a Vivitar Macro focusing teleconverter. I remember dimly that this
> has been discussed positively, but don't remember the details. I had a few
> questions:
>
> 1) Which lenses does this work best with?
> 2) Am I better off with extension tubes, as this adds more glass surfaces
> 3) How do I use it? Do I put the lens at infinity or its closest focus
>
> It seems like a cool thing.
>
> Thanks
>
> Tom
>
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