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Re: [OM] 1.4X-A teleconverter

Subject: Re: [OM] 1.4X-A teleconverter
From: "Paul D. Farrar" <farrar@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2001 22:01:27 -0500
At 05:17 PM 8/11/01 -0700, you wrote:
>Went to the post office this morning bright and early and claimed the
1.4X-A teleconverter.  It looks like new, and the seller even shipped it
inside a Zuiko lens pouch.  I bought it primarily to use with the 400/6.3,
maybe rarely with the 300/4.5.  I don't have the 250/2 or 350/2.8, I'm sorry
to say, and my 180/2.8 isn't supposed to be compatible with the 1.4X-A
because the serial number is 111xxx, way below 200000, which supposedly
divides the "can use" from the "can't use" lenses.  But the thing fits and
everything looks sharp through the viewfinder, even using the Varimagni
finder at 2.5X.  I know the real test will be when I shoot some film, which
I may try to do tomorrow, but what have I got to lose?  
>
>What was the later change in the 180/2.8 all about and is it just wishful
thinking that my "older" lens and the converter will produce good results?
>
>Walt

I use it with a 1001xx, which, despite the low #, is a blacknose. Maybe they
reformulated the 180
after the 1.4X was introduced for better performance with the converter.

Paul


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