View Full Version : Telephoto lens


John Arman
March 6th, 2008, 10:24 AM
What lens would you suggest, we need to film out to 250 yards so we need at least a 20 optical. So what would you recommend for the HDR-fx1

Boyd Ostroff
March 9th, 2008, 08:42 PM
When you say "20x" it isn't necessarily very informative, because that number is relative to the widest lens focal length. But just on the basis of what you've said, 20 x 1.6 = 19.2x, so a 1.6x teleconverter will get you pretty close to 20x. I am using the Century Optics 1.6x teleconverter and have been very happy with it. Not cheap though, as well as big and heavy.

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/361301-REG/Century_Precision_Optics_0VS_16TC_HDS_1_6x_Telephoto_Converter_Lens.html

They also make a 2x converter, but that's even bigger, heavier and more expensive :-)