Mike wrote:
>Walt,
>I've found the Zuiko teleconverters to be superior to the Tamrons when
>paired with my Tamron 400mm f4. You'll also see how easier the Zuikos
match to the >lens itself.
>If you use the 1.4 for example, you have to take the adaptall mount off
>the lens,attach the teleconverter to the lens and then attach the adaptall
>mount to the teleconverter. With the Zuiko just leave the adaptall mount
on
>the lens and attach the teleconverter. No swapping the mount and lining up
>the green dots to get the shot. My 400 f4 came with the Tamron 1.4 but
it's
>only been on the lens a couple of times.
>For me the Zuiko 1.4XA and 2xa are optically better and easier to work
>with. YMMV.
My observation exactly with regard to less attaching and detaching of
parts, and if the Oly converters are, as you say, and as I suspected,
better, then the Tamron coverters can stay home. I'll keep them, along
with the N*k*n Adaptall mount that came with the lens, in the unlikely
event I ever decide to loan it to my blasphemous, infidel, N*k*n-using son.
>BTW I was up in Maryville 2 weeks ago while on vacation. Went trout
fishing
>on the Clinch a couple of days. Stayed with the sister-in-law who lives
on in
>North Shore Drive just east of the Pellissippi Pkwy. It sure was nice up
in
>the hills.
Your sister-in-law must live really close to my mother and disloyal son.
Both live less than a mile from the east end of the Pellissippi Pkwy.
Small world.
Walt
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