1.6X Telephoto From Century

[Lathe Poland]

Hello Everyone,

Does anyone have any images they can post from the 1.6X Telephoto From Century?

I know there were some "issues" early on with both the wide and telephoto lenses, but I have heard those have been worked out. I would love to add a telephoto to my EX1 arsenal...but I would like to see some with and without images.

UPDATE:

I called century and this is what they said:
"The test footage should show up in the next few days. It will be under a new tab called "sample" on the product page. Definitely on there by the 1st of December. I think my web guy is on vacation right now.

[Lathe Poland]

I'm surprised their are no 1.6x users here.

[Arthur Hancock]

Hi Lathe,

I have the Schneider 1.6 tele and like it a lot. I can't do you a screen grab right now but I can tell you that the lens produces a very clear picture--with only the tiniest bit of softening which I find perfectly acceptable (and I'm a fanatic for sharp images). I do a lot of nature shooting and the 1.6 gets me in close when I need to be (I only wish it was 2X!). The lens is a little tricky to clean. Easy to mount and remove. A good company like B&H will let you return it if it doesn't meet your needs.

Good luck,

Arthur

[Ryan Avery]

Originally Posted by Lathe Poland

Hello Everyone,

Does anyone have any images they can post from the 1.6X Telephoto From Century?

I know there were some "issues" early on with both the wide and telephoto lenses, but I have heard those have been worked out. I would love to add a telephoto to my EX1 arsenal...but I would like to see some with and without images.

UPDATE:

I called century and this is what they said:
"The test footage should show up in the next few days. It will be under a new tab called "sample" on the product page. Definitely on there by the 1st of December. I think my web guy is on vacation right now.

I shot the samples for the website but I did it in the wrong file format! I will have to reshoot next week unless someone in southern california has final cut pro and can read the other files.

Ryan Avery
Schneider Optics

[Lathe Poland]

Ryan,

Not sure what you mean by wrong format, but I'm a FCP user...I'd love to see these examples.

[Ryan Avery]

Originally Posted by Lathe Poland

Ryan,

Not sure what you mean by wrong format, but I'm a FCP user...I'd love to see these examples.

We have an older version of Final Cut. I guess that the EX1 requires certain versions of FCP to read some quality levels. As you can see, I am only an optics and imaging guy, I am not familiar with all the trappings of HDV video.

Ryan Avery
Schneider Optics

[Lathe Poland]

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