Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/08/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have an old Soligor 300mm f/5.5 which is actually very good at f/8 and f/11. It has the old "universal" T-mount with Nikon mount adapter. Here's a 100% crop of a cell tower about 1/3 mile away. (E-30, 1/1000 sec, handheld with image stabilization). <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/album170/P3264119+1.jpg.html> On 4/3 or micro 4/3, it gives me an effective 600mm. I was thinking that if I could get a teleconverter, I could get a little more reach. I occasionally shoot the moon, or something distant on a tripod, but not that often. So this is just something to play with now and then, maybe train on a bird feeder. But not something I want to sink a lot of money and effort into. Vivitar 1.4x converters in manual focus Nikon F mount are $10 on E-pay. 2.x converters are a little more. Genuine Nikon are $60-$100-ish. No OM mount adapter exists for this lens, or I wouldn't be asking this question (I already have a 2x Vivitar converter in OM mount). So, would getting a teleconverter for the Soligor would be worth it, both in terms of price and image degradation? --Peter