It was the WCON-7C that I was thinking of buying, as it would give me a 19mm
equivalent, pretty good for a digital wide angle. However, the lens plus the
CLA-7 adapter would cost me around $290 from the cheapest net shop in
Denmark, which I would rather use to buy an E-500 kit (not available yet
over here). But John's and Joel's comments do encourage me though...
Roger Key
>From: "John Hermanson" <omtech@xxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
>To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: [OM] Fw: Re: C-7070 (and C-5060?) extra lenses
>Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 11:05:22 -0500
>
>
>
> >I use the WCON-07C on my 5060. The adapter fits real well and results
>are
> > very good. Requires CLA-7 adapter which has a nice solid breech lock
> > fitting.
> >
> > John Hermanson
> > Camtech Photo Services, Inc.
> > 21 South Lane, Huntington, NY 11743
> > 631-424-2121 | omtech@xxxxxxxxx
> > www.zuiko.com
> > Factory Trained OM Service since 1977
> > __________________________________
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Joel Wilcox" <jfwilcox@xxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Friday, October 28, 2005 2:54 PM
> > Subject: [OM] Re: C-7070 (and C-5060?) extra lenses
> >
> >
> >>
> >> On 10/28/05, Winsor Crosby <wincros@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> My experience with another make of camera is that the makers' add on
> >>> lenses are pretty good. And Olympus' past converter lenses have a
> >>> great reputation even finding use on the end of DSLR lenses with an
> >>> adaptor. I would not worry about the quality.
> >>>
> >>> One thing I found though is that mine are not much used. Not because
> >>> of quality, but I find that the built in lens covers more than 95
> >>> percent of my own photo shooting.
> >>>
> >>> If you get the E-500 you will never use them, if you are anything
> >>> like me, and your use of the 5060 will go way, way down.
> >>
> >> I have the tele converter for the 5060 (my son's). As Winsor says, it
> >> is impossible to discern any degradation in lens quality. I have both
> >> the tele and wide converters for the C8080, and the same is true. The
> >> wide converter is somewhat more useful to me (it gives me my widest
> >> digital capture at =21mm).
> >>
> >> Olympus does a very good job with these converters, though I also
> >> mostly agree with his comment about the E-500. The wide converter is
> >> still useful because I just don't have anything comparable in the
> >> E-system stable. :(
> >>
> >> Joel W.
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