Has anyone used a Tele Lens Adaptor on a Z5 at DVinfo.net

Silas Barker · February 18th, 2010, 05:43 PM

Has anyone used a tele lens on the Z5?
It would be awesome to see some image samples if you have some.

I imagine you might be able to get nearly 30x optical zoom with some amazing close ups and depth of field too in HD!

Adam Gold · February 18th, 2010, 09:04 PM

Well, no, it's still 20x. It starts more tele and ends more tele with the adapter, is all. A 2x adapter would just change the 29.5mm - 590mm to 59mm - 1180mm (in 35mm equivs), which is still 20x.

Silas Barker · February 18th, 2010, 09:07 PM

Right, but from the orginal widest point to the new zoom point is more then 20x with the tele. I don't care what the zoom is, just how close in I can get.

Tom Hardwick · February 26th, 2010, 03:14 PM

Adam's right, except for the fact that all telephoto adapters I've seen have been non zoom-through. Or to be more accurate, partial zoom-through. So your 20x zoom would end up being a 5x zoom or thereabouts, and not 30x by any means.

tom.

Dale Guthormsen · March 25th, 2010, 04:13 PM

Good afternoon,

first, the term Teleadapter is not a proper definition. That would be an adapter to attach a telephoto lens.

A duplex, diopter or what have you just uniformly changes the folcal length as mentioned.

I have a century 2x (duplex) and it is definitely not fully zoom through. I dont think thats ahuge issue as even the zoom on the camera if you crank it fast the focus can't keep up.

Also, the extenders (another term for them) always soften the image the further out you get.

I seldom ever use it and always just work at being closer, always a better image.

Silas Barker · March 25th, 2010, 05:01 PM

I figured out what I wanted to know, thanks.
This is an old thread.

February 18th, 2010, 05:43 PM	#1
Silas Barker Major Player Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Sacramento, California Posts: 577	Has anyone used a Tele Lens Adaptor on a Z5 Has anyone used a tele lens on the Z5? It would be awesome to see some image samples if you have some. I imagine you might be able to get nearly 30x optical zoom with some amazing close ups and depth of field too in HD!

February 18th, 2010, 09:04 PM	#2
Adam Gold Inner Circle Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Woodinville, WA USA Posts: 3,467	Well, no, it's still 20x. It starts more tele and ends more tele with the adapter, is all. A 2x adapter would just change the 29.5mm - 590mm to 59mm - 1180mm (in 35mm equivs), which is still 20x. __________________ "It can only be attributable to human error... This sort of thing has cropped up before, and it has always been due to human error."

March 25th, 2010, 04:13 PM	#5
Dale Guthormsen Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Saskatchewan Posts: 3,048	Good afternoon, first, the term Teleadapter is not a proper definition. That would be an adapter to attach a telephoto lens. A duplex, diopter or what have you just uniformly changes the folcal length as mentioned. I have a century 2x (duplex) and it is definitely not fully zoom through. I dont think thats ahuge issue as even the zoom on the camera if you crank it fast the focus can't keep up. Also, the extenders (another term for them) always soften the image the further out you get. I seldom ever use it and always just work at being closer, always a better image. __________________ DATS ALL FOLKS Dale W. Guthormsen

February 18th, 2010, 09:07 PM	#3
Silas Barker Major Player Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Sacramento, California Posts: 577	Right, but from the orginal widest point to the new zoom point is more then 20x with the tele. I don't care what the zoom is, just how close in I can get.

February 26th, 2010, 03:14 PM	#4
Tom Hardwick Inner Circle Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Billericay, England UK Posts: 4,711	Adam's right, except for the fact that all telephoto adapters I've seen have been non zoom-through. Or to be more accurate, partial zoom-through. So your 20x zoom would end up being a 5x zoom or thereabouts, and not 30x by any means. tom.

March 25th, 2010, 05:01 PM	#6
Silas Barker Major Player Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Sacramento, California Posts: 577	I figured out what I wanted to know, thanks. This is an old thread.