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Alan (alandouthwaite) 25 pts

July 5, 2008 1:23 PM

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has anyone bought and used the telephoto attachment?

Are the front end screw in lenses worth buying??

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by James DeRuvo (byjamesderuvo) 58448 pts

July 10, 2008 1:49 AM

A 2x teleconverter will magnify the images coming into your lens by 2. The downside is, that this will cause your camera to have to be compensated in it's exposure settings because of the loss of light by 1-2 stops. And depending on the quality of the glass in your teleconverter, you may also run into clarity issues. You will certainly run into some "barreling" issues at the extreme end of your focal length. this will make the image look like you're looking out of a barrel. This can also happen with wide angle converters as well.

To be honest, while you can purchase these options to screw onto your existing lens, I don't recommend them because the trade-offs involved simply outweigh the benefits in my mind.

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Alan (alandouthwaite) 25 pts

July 10, 2008 7:40 AM

Many thanks, you have confirmed my thoughts about a screw on tele lens, perhaps the macro adaptor would be worth a try unless you know differently?

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Johnny 0 pts

October 11, 2008 9:31 AM

I got the lumix DMC-F50, it came with the 2X lens but I cannot figure out how to attach it to the camera. would someone please tell me how to attach it as it is too large to screw into the end of the lens attached to the camera

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has anyone bought and used the telephoto attachment?

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