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From: "Dr. Rainer Wagner" <Rainer.Wagner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, May 18, 2001 2:15 PM
Subject: [OM] [OT] IS3000 and B300- picture quality?
> Hi Zuikists,
>
> I know quite a few of you also use the renowned IS 3000. A colleague of mine
> likes hers very much, but the 180 mm focal length seemed a bit short for
> Wildlife ( She goes to africa every now and then, not really focused only on
> photograpy, but still...). So could anybody comment on the quality of this
> combination? Is it also usable with the zoom function, or should it only be
> used at the 180 mm setting? The combination seems attractive especially
> regarding the weight of equipment, if you have to carry it.
>
> regards
>
> Rainer
> Cologne
> germany
Hallo Rainer
Oly's B-300 1.7X teleconverter is without question the best solution if you
want to extend the tele
range of the iS-3 / iS-3000. Picture quality with this combo is very good. It
is designed to be used
at the extreme 180 mm position, but you could of course also use the vignetting
that occurs if used
at a shorter tele position for occasional creative effects. The optional
quality of Oly's iS/L
converters is very high, and they should not be compared to ordinary cheaply
built video converters.
A bonus effect is that they only have a marginal effect on the lens speed.
Frontmounted converters
are built according to the "Galileo telescope" principle, and they mainly
affect the close focus.
For more info check out Hans' iS/L page at
http://www.taiga.ca/~esif/om-sif/is-series/is-series.htm
(or at the mirror site:
http://members.nbci.com/_XMCM/esif/om-sif/is-series/is-series.htm ).
Regards,
Per Nordenberg
Kolmården
Sweden
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