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Jay Gladwell · January 6th, 2009, 10:59 AM

Has anyone compared, or seen a comparison, between Schneider's Century .75X HD Wide Angle Converter ( .75X W/A HD CONVERTER EX1/EX3 - Schneider Optics ) and 16x9 Inc.'s EX 0.75 Aspheric Wide Converter ( 16x9 | Distributor of Film & Digital Products )?

Is anyone here using either of these converters on his/her EX1/EX3?

Andrew Stone · January 7th, 2009, 09:47 PM

Good question. I have been wondering the same thing myself. I see ZGC sells both.

Daniel Epstein · January 9th, 2009, 11:58 AM

I would be very careful evaluating any HD Wide Angle adaptor product. My experience was Century was a bit better optically than 16x9 product for XLH1. No guarantee that the results will be the same for EX series. I did feel that Schneider evaluated their own product more critically than 16x9.

Jay Gladwell · January 10th, 2009, 06:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Daniel Epstein

I did feel that Schneider evaluated their own product more critically than 16x9.

Daniel, would you mind providing a little more detail? What do you base this on? This is exaclty what I'm looking for.

January 6th, 2009, 10:59 AM	#1
Jay Gladwell Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 1,244	Lens converters for EX1/EX3 Has anyone compared, or seen a comparison, between Schneider's Century .75X HD Wide Angle Converter ( .75X W/A HD CONVERTER EX1/EX3 - Schneider Optics ) and 16x9 Inc.'s EX 0.75 Aspheric Wide Converter ( 16x9 \| Distributor of Film & Digital Products )? Is anyone here using either of these converters on his/her EX1/EX3?

January 7th, 2009, 09:47 PM	#2
Andrew Stone Major Player Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Vancouver, Canada Posts: 975	Good question. I have been wondering the same thing myself. I see ZGC sells both.

January 9th, 2009, 11:58 AM	#3
Daniel Epstein Trustee Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: New York, NY Posts: 1,267	I would be very careful evaluating any HD Wide Angle adaptor product. My experience was Century was a bit better optically than 16x9 product for XLH1. No guarantee that the results will be the same for EX series. I did feel that Schneider evaluated their own product more critically than 16x9.