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22-04-08, 04:53 PM
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Re: Now I can go to 960mm

By God, you will be able to get a close up of Marvin the Martian MD
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22-04-08, 04:56 PM
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Nice work, picture one could do with a bit of work though.
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22-04-08, 05:01 PM
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Nice work, picture one could do with a bit of work though.
You're on about my flipping fence again aren't you
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22-04-08, 05:46 PM
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That is amazing how far you can zoom in

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22-04-08, 06:19 PM
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:o what is a converter exactly? how does it work? how much cost etc? what is CA? I know you said cromatic aberration - but what is it exactly?

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22-04-08, 06:56 PM
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:o what is a converter exactly? how does it work? how much cost etc? what is CA? I know you said cromatic aberration - but what is it exactly?

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A converter is like a little secondary lens that you attach to the camera and then attach your lens to.

They come in different amounts. This one is X2 so it basically doubles the length of the lens you are using. It's by no means as good as having an actual lens of the length but it's an affordable 'cheat'. I gave somebody £20 for mine which is a C-AF1 2X TELEPLUS MC7. You'll find them on ebay easily enough. It's worth mentioning they reduce the amount of light getting through the lens so with slower lenses you may loose your autofocus.

I'm sure somebody in the know will have a better explanation but Cromatic aberration is something to do with wavelengths of light through a lens and is sometimes visible as colours around an image as not all of the colours in the spectrum are in focus. As a converter magnifies your image it also magnifies the aberrations.
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22-04-08, 07:07 PM
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Thanks for asking Zoundz I was wondering too.

So it works like a filter sort of just attaches to your existing lens?

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22-04-08, 07:18 PM
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You're on about my flipping fence again aren't you
Yes and I will continue to do so, thought there is an easy way to stop me.
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22-04-08, 07:19 PM
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Yes and I will continue to do so, thought there is an easy way to stop me.
Pay for your bus fare ?
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22-04-08, 07:36 PM
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Pay for your bus fare ?
Pay for my taxi fare and my labour and we would have a deal, other that that get off your backside and do it yourself.
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