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Old November 20th, 2003, 03:57 PM   #1
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XM2 and Sony VCLHGD 1758

Help please with a current problem.

I have an XM2 that I use for wildlife video and get some very good results, however, sometimes I could do with an increase in the zoom range and have considered adding the Sony 1.7x telephoto adaptor. Has anyone tried this and was it successful? I want to retain the image sharpness of the XM2 and wondered if this adaptation would ruin this.

Any thoughts or experiences?

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Old November 24th, 2003, 09:45 AM   #2
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I think there were some other adapters people used. Try a
search. Don't think I've heard of the sony adapter before.
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Old November 25th, 2003, 01:25 AM   #3
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Hi Rob, many thanks for the suggestion. Since posting the question I discovered a number of comments regarding teleconverters and it appears the Centuary Optics DS-20TC-58 is considered the best option for quality, although a bit expensive. All teleconverters, I am told, contribute to some degree of colour fringing at the full extent of the zoom, but with a x2 converter on the XM2 there should be plenty to spare and therefore should not cause too many problems.

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