Before buying, I have do some research base on user's comment for Sony Teleconveter VCL-HGD1758 and Olympus TCON 17C.
I have copy and save some rating in my file.
See below from users comment and rating.
A) When faced with buying a telephoto lens, one naturally looks at the prices. I can tell you from experience, DON'T.
The cut-rate brands sold on Ebay (Phoenix, Opteka etc..) and elsewhere are simply junk. It's not that the photos taken with the off-brands lens are just bad and correctable via Photoshop, it's that they are SO bad, that the autofocus on my Sony 717 simply can't self-correct enough to make the lens even usable.
The VCL-HGD1758 works perfectly with very little/no loss of quality. I ended up buying one after trial and error. Learn from my mistake!
B) Just got my Sony VCL-HGD1758 today & then went for some qick test shots. My first impression:
-Better image quality than TCON17 (Will post pix later)
-Very good picture contrast
-Built quality is excellent
-I always kept a UV filter at the end of the Yoshida adaptor, with the TCON 17, bit of dark corners even at 12X. With Sony, none.
-It is very heavy, wouldn't risk it on a tripod using the camera mounting hole. Almost same weight as FZ10 itself. 99% of my shots are freehand, so not a problem.
-Front diam. 90mm, rear 58mm
-Overall weight approx. 3 LBs plus.
I returned my TCON17 to Olympus for an exchange (over the 30 days return peiod), I don't think the lens are aligned probably, the right side is always softer than the left no matter what angle I was shooting it with. When it come back from Oly I can do some comparison shots.
C) I have tried a few third party TC and so far the Sony offers the best image quality. Image is sharp at full zoom. The only complaint I have is that it is so darn heavy!
D) great lens, razor sharp images, even way into digital zoom. the least vignetting of all the teleconverters. quite a heavy lens, but the end results are worth it. Image tests at
http://www.pbase.com/vman/hgd1758 p/s great site Duke!
E) Expensive & heavy, but worth it. Very sharp & suberb detail at full zoom.
F) The Lens May Be Heavy But For Those Who Complain. Grow Stronger
G) The lens is heavy, but it is well worth the money. At full zoom, including the digital setting, pictures still can be zoomed into with clarity.
The Black Sony Teleconverter is attractive and more eye catching as it match the F828 than the silver one. Like DCA have say, it a Darth Varder Design, cool man. :thumbsup:
But after much mind debating, I decide to go for the Silver Sony teleconverter as image quality came in as my very 1st priority.
No point having a beautiful casing to compensate on image quality.
P.S. This is just my point of view. Do comment, though, as I may not be always right and you may have more details and concrete information to show.
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